Great article, Tarmyg.
Here are some highlight that effect me:
Granted, RT induced spike will not compete with exogenous administration:
"Similar to T, acute RT-induced elevations in GH may not be large and long enough to induce similar effects to exogenous recombinant GH administration."
Although The comparison between a RT-induced level and exogenous administration will not matter to me, the following does apply to my GHRH/GHRP administration.
"Endogenous GH release seems also to respond to smaller muscle groups with low to medium intensity and short rest
periods [3], peaking between the period immediately after and 15 min after RT, coming back to baseline values around 60 min
post-RT [3,23,34]."
So, working out small muscles produces a considerable spike and large muscles doubles that spike plus, a lower intensity may be efficacious. This informs my the level workout intensity vs cortisol avoidance. Sometimes when I workout real hard, partly in order to get a GH spike, I can't sleep that night because of the cortisol.
This part is hilarious:
"In order to classify the muscle-building potency of AAS, an anabolic to androgenic ratio chart is often used by athletes. However, this ratio is based on the growth rate of the levator ani muscle versus the prostate in rodents after treatment with several AAS [53]. Nevertheless, even though this ratio based on a specific muscle of rodents can hardly be replicated to humans, it seems that many AAS abusers still consider it when choosing their performance enhancing compound."
Gearhead, is this related to the three classes you were telling me about in an earlier thread:
(1) Testosterone derivatives (T, Methyltestosterone,
Methandrostenolone, Chlorodehydromethyltestosterone, Fluoxymesterone,
Boldenone): The compounds in this group are known to induce fast strength and muscle gains but show a
high rate of aromatization. Due to the high water retention caused by aromatization, they are mainly used in
bulking cycles for quick mass gains.
(2) Dihydrotestosterone derivatives (Stanozolol, Oxandrolone, Oxymetholone, Mesterolone,
Methenolone, Drostanolone): Even though most of these compounds are highly androgenic, they have a
high binding affinity to the androgen receptor and are potent strength and muscle mass builders. Due to the
DHT structure, these compounds cannot aromatize to estrogen. Therefore, these compounds are often used
for cutting cycles and pre-contest.
(3) Nandrolone derivatives (Nandrolone, Trenbolone): Compounds in this group show the highest anabolic
to androgenic ratio and have strong muscle building effects. However, administration of nandrolone derivatives
can result in elevated progestogenic activity. The use of this group of AAS is versatile and is used for both
bulking and cutting cycles.
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Thanks Tarmyg