Growth hormone is a peptide hormone which promotes the build up of new muscle tissue and retards breakdown of muscle during or after exercise.
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The Key To Muscular Progress
Exercise Also Increases Growth Hormone – That’s right. Exercise itself releases Growth Hormone.
Send Energy “In” To Build Muscle
What does that mean anyway? Let me use an example so you can feel what I’m trying to say.
Developing Dynamic Delts
Vince Gironda believed that completely developed deltoids are the foundation for a great upper body.
The Larry Scott “Blade” Zone
It’s the area in each exercise where intensity screams off the scale. It’s where we need to slow … way down … so the incredible power of squared numbers can explode our progress.
Vince Gironda’s 15 x 4 Routine
The routine 15 sets of 4 reps (15 x 4) is done when you’ve experimented with routines like 3 x 8, 6 x 6, 8 x 8, 4 x 12 – it is used for “muscle confusion.”
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Skip Robinson and Vince Gironda
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Vince Gironda, Good Health and Your Colon
Did Vince Gironda have a five-day colon kit that would shrink the abs and did he have a list of 15 steps to good health?
Vince Gironda on Manganese and Joint Pain
Vince Gironda recommended manganese for joint problems, and I see that it is one of the ingredients in the Joint-EZ formula. What do you think of glucosamine? How does it compare in effectiveness to manganese? Thanks again for your advice.
Weight Loss and Protein Requirements
I’m a former fat guy turned fitness devotee. The magazines would call me a mesomorph. I’m currently at around 15% body fat, following an extended cutting period. I felt that my body was no longer responding to diet after such a long time, so I’ve decided to take a six-week break from cutting to see if it helps my fat-loss progress when I return.