Increase Growth Hormone

Since I’m into (mild) bodybuilding, I sometimes get allerted to these news-worthy items:
Since PE basically revolves around growth, which is (partly) a hormonal thing, this might be of interest to folk here:

Science Says This Is The Best Bodybuilding Breakfast | MuscleHack by Mark McManus

Interesting. Any other source that support this? It’s not too detailed.

Okay, dug around a bit and I found various papers published by the Dutch group in Maastricht (beautiful city, by the way!) about dietary impact on GH. Here’re some links:

http://scholar. google.com/scho … lbumin+and+milk .

Fasting increases GH.

1)Fasting

2)Carb back-loading

3)Lactic acid resistance training

4)Waiting about an hour for pwo shake

5)Cardio

6)Less rest between working sets

7)Working out fasted

8)Sex and PE

9)Intermittent vegan days with normal BB diet.

10)Skipping before bed shakes and meals.

Thanks TheGreatDivider, those tips could come in very helpful, I did not know about (most of) these!
What did you mean exactly with these two:
9)Intermittent vegan days with normal BB diet.
10)Skipping before bed shakes and meals. (Did you mean rope skipping before bed? What’s a BB diet?)
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I already knew about Lactic acid resistance training (German Body Composition), I’m planning on getting started next week. (GBC implies less rest -> lactic acid build up) I’ve worked out fasted too, that’s not as hard as you’d think! (Heck, if Muslims can partake in athletic events too, during their fast.)

I have quite bad experiences with carb loading (meaning you deplete your carbs for a while), that made me feel feeble, and having to drink a glass of soda, in the evening.

BTW I just thought of this: (not very related to PE, but it is related to fitness): cardio is bad for those who want to grow muscle,because the energy for that gets taken from the muscles.

Do HIgh Intensity Interval Cardio (HIIT). Muscle sparing, very good for fat burning. Will dig out link later.

That’s not what carb-loading means. It means the opposite: Eating lots of carbs a day to a few days before you perform exercise that requires high-energy usage.

@Eponymous, ah, you’re right of course. The trick with my protocol back then was, that loading worked better after depletion

And @sta-kool, thanks for the tip, there are many sites which discuss/advocate HIIT (over cardio), I’ve done (a sort of) HIIT, worked well.

And search Livestrong.com for more tips on increasing GH.