Release Natural Steroids to Build Muscle, Cut Fat

Here is a link to an article about how you can build muscle and reduce fat:

http://www.brianmac.co.uk/articles/article009.htm

The recommendation is to do weight training with large muscle groups and sprint training ( running less than 30 seconds) so that your body produces its own natural steroids to build muscle and cut fat. 

Our sport is mainly an upper body and core strength sport.  However, I don't believe it makes sense to ignore the legs and glutes in your training because they are large muscle groups and doing sprint training and weight training and plyometrics can help your body produce natural steroids that help in muscle growth and fat loss.  By the way, I firmly oppose taking steroids or any other banned or illegal drugs.  But your body will produce natural steroids if you train it properly.

So sprints and weight training, such as Olympic lifts, squat, deadlift, bench press, french contrasts, and plyometrics can be beneficial to slalom racers even though they may seem to be training different muscles than the ones direcly involved in our sport.  Yes, training needs to be specific, but it should not ignore major muscle groups because by involving major muscle groups in strength and sprint training, you produce hormones that help your muscles develop.

You won't develop excessive bulk because you won't be training like a bodybuilder.  Bodybuilders do many different isolation exercises, slow lifting, and they do lots of reps and other techniques designed to build bulk.  Strength training for athletes is very different.  If you are doing fewer reps, faster lifting, plyometrics, sprinting, etc. you won't be building bulk, just strength and power.  You will look athletic and be strong and lean, but won't look like one of the guys on the bodybuilding magazine covers.

It's fast and powerful movements that help release hormones in your system to build muscle.  So, your paddling training should be fast and powerful (30 seconds or less and fast).  And to supplement it, you should do some weight training and some sprinting (running 30 seconds or less) to get more of your body's natural strength hormones flowing to build muscle and reduce fat. 

Here is the link to the article:

http://www.brianmac.co.uk/articles/article009.htm

 

Comments

[John Johnny]

What do you call natural steroids? Hormones? Compound exercise is definitely the best and fastest way to grow fast. And because you are what you eat don't forget to include in your diet almonds, lentil and chickpeas,oats, broccoli, spinach, beets, sweet potatoes, brown rice, fish oils, soy bean and drink plenty of water. Live healthy. http://musclegrowthstories.blogspot.com