Avid readers know that I am passionate about how hormones effect our body composition, fat burning capabilities, and overall health and wellness.

This post addresses nutrition's effect on growth hormone and exercise. Brad Pilon simplifies the truth here: 



Contrary to popular beliefs, it's OK to skip breakfast. It is actually beneficial to bodybuilders to workout on an empty stomach because that is what naturally boosts growth hormone and testosterone.

But what is so important about high intensity training? Check out my article"Intensity Defines Success"  from "Great Lakes Fitness Extreme Magazine," and see. 

"What's amazing is that high-intensity training boosts your body's production of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA).  DHEA is a steroid hormone made by the adrenal glands that acts much like testosterone.  DHEA  is considered the "mother hormone" and is the precursor to testosterone, estrogen, and other hormones...

...You can combat this decline by throwing away your monotonous exercise program and moving toward a fresh, high-intensity routine.  Patricia Kroboth observes in the Journal of Pharmacology, Volume 39: "When exercising at 80% maximal heart rate, DHEA increased 1.4 times and while exercising at maximal heart rate the DHEA increased 4 times their original concentrations.""

First of all, HIT (high-intensity training) raises our resting metabolic rate to burn more calories 24/7, serves as a way to change up your routine and stimulate the body differently for more results, and you will burn through stored carbohydrates (glycogen) which, in turn, shifts your body to burn fat for fuel.

But that's not all; HIT increases your endurance and improves mitochondria density and function to better absorb and utilize nutrients in food, thus improving recovery and muscle growth.

Don't be afraid to do some intense cardio, such as kettlebell swings, between sets of resistance training. You will be surprised at how much lighter those weights feel when you keep moving between sets. In this instance, your body will respond by adapting and becoming stronger, more resilient, and energized.

Plus, what's good for your overall health, is good for your sex life, too!