Revealed: The Facts Behind The Key Youth Hormone That You Simply Must Increase ASAP In Order To Really Burn Fat, Build Lean Muscle and Stay Healthy!
Now You Can Do This Naturally Without Drugs or Pills!
Find Out How In This Free Special Report Courtesy of Jon Benson, Best-Selling Author of Fit Over 40!
FROM THE DESK OF JON BENSON March 30, 2007
Listen.
I don't care how long you exercise or how hard you diet. Unless you discover how to maximize your natural growth hormone levels, you are spinning your wheels.
Do you want to get twice, even three times the results from the same time spent in the gym? How about burn up to SIX times more body fat using the same well- planned workout and diet?
Then growth hormonenatural growth hormoneis the winning ticket.
Let Me Tell You How I Got This For Free And How I!m Able To Share It With You Today
My good friend Lewis Wolk sent this mini-book to me today. He said, Jon, you need to share this with your listin fact, just GIVE it to them!
Naturally I jumped at the chance. I always love to reward my readers and over- deliver. I!m sure you don!t mind a free gift now and then, either!
This is a free chapter from his new e-book, All Star!s Secrets. Think of All Star!s Secrets as The Bible of Fitness Interviews! In fact, this is just one of 14 pros interviewedbut Lewis was kind enough to give this to me for free and allow me to pass it on to you.
You can read a REVIEW of Lewis! book here http://www.fittobuy.com/allstars.php
FitToBuy.com is a fitness and motivational product review site. I did a review for Lewis a while back, and I stand by every word. (Hint: You can even see some sneak peaks by clicking on the link above.)
Meanwhile, enjoy Phil Campbell!s Growth Hormone chapter, included on the following pages. Let me tell you a bit about Phil and the info to come
Phil Campbell, M.S., M.A., FACHE has been in the fitness industry for decades. Now, he has written this how-to on maximizing your growth hormone levels naturally. It!s shortonly a few pages. But don!t let that fool you. The principles are golden.
Phil talks a lot about sprinting and runningbut keep in mind, I use the SAME principles of oxygen debt and lactic acid training thresholds without running at all. I do it in the gym. The trick is to train with minimum rest between sets and always go for a good burn.
But there!s more to it than that. You need to read Phil!s report for yourself, and then dive into the natural Growth Hormone solutions he offers.
You!ll find that by applying simple tricks, like keeping your body warm during a workout, you can naturally increase your fat-burning, youth-restoring Growth Hormone levelsnaturally, without risky drugs or supplements!
Sincerely,
Jon Benson Author, Fit Over 40
P.S. Do you want to learn a LOT more about dieting for Growth Hormone release, training routines that will naturally elevate your hormones and can help you burn a lot more fat? Then go here: http://www.allstarssecrets.com now!
All Star Trainer's Secrets to Maximum Muscle Gain and Maximum Fat Loss in 30 Days 2004
Phil Campbell
- The Internet's best known trainers show you their exact step-by-step, day-by-day workout plans!
- Each expert answers the specific question: "How can I gain maximum muscle and lose maximum fat in the next 30 days ?
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Copyright Copyright
Copyright 2003,2004 by Lewis Wolk All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the author.
MEDICAL DISCLAIMER: These programs are for educational and informative purposes only and are not intended as medical or professional advice. Always consult your doctor before making any changes to your diet or nutrition program. The use of diet and nutrition to control metabolic disorders and disease is a very complicated science, and is not the purpose of these programs. The purpose of these programs is to help healthy people reach their cosmetic fitness goals by educating them in proper nutrition and exercise guidelines.
No health claims are made for these programs. These nutrition and exercise programs will not help cure, heal, or correct any illness, metabolic disorder, or medical condition. The author is not a medical doctor, registered dietitian, or clinical nutritionist.
If you have diabetes, chronic hypertension, high blood cholesterol, cardiovascular disease, or any other medical condition or metabolic disorder requiring special nutritional considerations, we suggest you consult a health care professional with a clinical nutrition background (MD, RD, or CCN) for your special nutrition program.
Your nutrition plan will not be effective by itself. You must combine a good diet with an appropriate exercise program for optimal results. If you have been sedentary and are unaccustomed to vigorous exercise, you should obtain your physician's clearance before beginning any exercise program.
The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) recommends that apparently healthy individuals who are male and over 40 or female and over 50 to have both a physical exam and a diagnostic exercise test prior to starting a vigorous exercise program. A diagnostic exercise test and physical examination is also recommended in individuals of any age who exhibit two or more of the major coronary risk factors (smoking, family history of heart disease, elevated blood cholesterol, elevated blood pressure, and diabetes). Any individual with a known history of heart disease or other heart problems should be required to have a medical evaluation including a graded exercise test before engaging in strenuous physical activity.
The ALLSTAR authors and publisher shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any of the information contained in this manual. The user assumes all risk for any injury, loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused, directly or indirectly by using any information described in this course.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: It has taken me a long time to put together the acquired knowledge from some of the Internets finest fitness professionals that I am about to share with you, and throughout that time I have been surrounded by the best of people. I wish to express my heartfelt thanks to my family for there support on this project
Finally, I would like to express my sincere thanks to you the reader with whom I feel a special bond because like myself you are searching for knowledge that will in the end help us to better ourselves. I know over the next few weeks and months as you see the changes to your body you will realize how worthwhile the effort and commitment has been for you .
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Good luck, and please keep in touch. I would truly love to have a letter from you describing your success. I n fact, I would like you to make that one of your goals. In thirty days, write me a short letter and let me know how you used this material to reach your goal. You might even include before-and-after pictures. If you do, I'll double your FREE atozfitness members area membership to give you a full year of access for your time.
And remember this: I respect you and that there are lots of people out there who-like me-definitely want to see you succeed. And you're not alone in this; Ill always do my best to find an answer to any of your health and fitness questions. Here's to your health!
Wishing you health and happiness,
Lewis
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Phil Campbell
How to Increase the Most Powerful Bodyfat Cutting, Muscle Building Substance in Your Body Without Injections!
by Phil Campbell, M.S., M.A., FACHE
Ask any nationally ranked bodybuilder about the best way to build muscle and cut bodyfat quickly, and youll hear about growth hormone injections, (which are not recommended and can be extremely dangerous, by-the-way). This chapter will show you the latest research on this subject and exactly how you can increase growth hormone naturally without injections to maximize muscle and lose fat in the next 30 days. Its a simple concept, but it will work wonders. On the days when youre not working legs, add a 20-minute anaerobic sprint session to the end of your workout. This simple addition to your training plan will make your body increase the most powerful muscle building, bodyfat cutting substance known in science, growth hormone. Growth hormone Growth hormone is the same substance that makes children grow several feet taller in a few short years, and your body produces it naturally unless your inject growth hormone for its anabolic impact - and thereby teach your pituitary to produce less. Growth hormone injections are given to children with clinical stature growth problems to help them grow normally. Increasing growth hormone in adults that have reached their full height will not make them grow taller, but will pull the bodyfat off and increase muscle size, definition and muscle separation. When growth hormone is increased via injections, on average, not the best case, but on average, a man weighing 200 lbs will pull off 28 pounds of bodyfat while putting on 16 lbs of lean mass. Anaerobic sprinting types of exercise - running, cycling, swimming, cross country skiing - are shown by medical researchers to make the body release significant 7
amounts of the most powerful "fitness hormone" in your body. (Impact of acute exercise intensity on pulsatile growth hormone release in men, 2000, Pritzlaff). USA Today reported that over 250,000 Californians inject growth hormone for its anti- aging benefits. "A growing body of evidence suggests that higher intensity exercise is effective in eliciting beneficial health, well-being and training outcomes. In a great many cases, the impact of some of the deleterious effects of aging could be reduced if exercise focused on promoting exercise produced growth hormone." ("The exercise-induced growth hormone response in athletes," Godfrey, Sports Med. 2003;33(8):599-613.2003) Workouts designed unleash the most powerful body fat cutting, muscle building substance known in science! Researchers show that growth hormone can be increased in men by as much as 530 percent through sprinting activities. Anaerobic sprint workouts can be done in many different ways--running, swimming, cycling, cross-country skiing. Even a heavy leg day in the gym may do the trick. If your favorite cardio machine-stepper, elliptical, cycle or treadmill-will get you really out-of-breath by pumping hard and fast, it will get the job done! How to reach the four growth hormone release benchmarks A particular threshold of exercise intensity must be achieved before human growth hormone can be released, (Effect of low and high intensity exercise on circulating growth hormone in men, 1992, Felsing). This release threshold is determined by achieving all four HGH release benchmarks during training. Youll see this important information next. However, I cant over emphasize how essential it is for you to become a master at reaching these benchmarks during workouts. It means the difference in burning calories and winning the grand prize of training - having the full synergistic blast of HGH flood your system with natural fat burning, muscle toning & building, anti-aging properties. Thats all. Oxygen Debt The out-of-breath condition resulting from high-intensity exercise during anaerobic training is an unmistakable HGH release benchmark. This is one of those conditions where youll know it when youve arrived.
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Oxygen demand and availability is an important regulator in the bodys release of HGH during exercise, (Regulation of growth hormone during exercise by oxygen demand and availability, 1987, Vanhelder). Unlike other methods of fitness training, the goal of anaerobic exercise is actually to propel you into a winded state. The word anaerobic means without oxygen. After performing 8 to 10 seconds of 90 - 100 percent maximal high-intensity effort (like sprinting), or 20 to 30 seconds of 70 to 90 percent high-intensity anaerobic exercise (like hard intervals), the body experiences oxygen debt. During recovery from this state, the body pays back the oxygen debt by increasing the heart rate and supplying oxygen to the blood with hard, rapid breathing. And the oxygen debt generated during exercise triggers growth hormone release. WARNING Anaerobic exercise forces the heart muscle to pump fast and hard to pay back the oxygen debt caused by this form of exercise. See your physician before attempting anaerobic training. Even young athletes need to buildup to anaerobic capacity. Muscle Burn The burning sensation that you feel in your muscles during exercise is caused by lactic acid. And reaching the muscle burn stage corresponds with release of HGH into your body. In fact, researchers show that HGH is released 16 minutes after reaching the lactic acid threshold. Lactic acid is a by-product of being oxygen deficit during high-intensity exercise. The lactic acid induced muscle burn is somewhat like a self-defense mechanism of the body. It lets you know that youre exercising anaerobically. Reaching the muscle burn stage during training is a noticeable sign that an important HGH release benchmark has been achieved. Increased Body Temperature A third benchmark that must be reached to increase HGH is to turn up your body heat during fitness training. Researchers show that increasing body temperature is an important HGH release benchmark, (Role of body temperature in exercise-induced growth hormone and prolactin release in non-trained and physically fit subjects, 2000, Vigas). 9
A good warm-up should raise your body temperature by approximately one degree and this is necessary for HGH release. Even in freezing temperatures, body heat can be raised by wearing adequate clothing. Dont let cold weather be an excuse not to exercise. There are temperatures, however, that will preclude HGH from being released. Use common sense. In most cases, however, working up a good sweat during training should accomplish this growth hormone release benchmark. Adrenal Response The University of Virginia research team identified the adrenal hormone release function as possibly playing a central role in HGH release. The release of epinephrine (adrenaline) that boosts the body in stressful situations and norepinephrine, which maintains normal blood circulation, both play vital roles in HGH release. Exercise must achieve the out-of-breath, slightly painful level of intensity that produces an epinephrine response before growth hormone is released. Sprint 8 Workout The basic workout is the Sprint 8 Workout, which is performed by running. While there are many way to reach the intensity level of growth hormone release, understanding how the basic running program is performed will show you the intensity necessary in other forms of training. After a 10-minute warm up that includes some 30-second stretch-hold positions for the hamstrings, quads and Achilles, begin the first of eight 60-meter (70-yard) sprints. You can mark off 70 yards on a 100-yard football field or track, or step-off the distance between mailboxes. Sprinting doesn't mean running "all out." It means running hard enough to get you out-of-breath on every sprint. The first sprint should be started at 30 percent speed (a little faster than jogging). And during the sprint, progressively move toward 50 percent speed/intensity. On the second sprint, start at 40 percent speed and progressively move toward 60 percent speed. To avoid injury, it's important to spend at least 10 yards slowing down. And most importantly, dont jerk or dig in to run faster. Sprinting at a high rate of speed requires super-fast IIX muscle fiber. And if you havent been doing any sprinting in a year or so, then your IIX fiber has atrophied. After each sprint, walk-don't jog-back to the starting line. Walking enables you to recover so you can put more intensity into the next sprint. Spend at least 1.5 minutes (but no more than 2 minutes) walking back to the start line.
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Warning Whatever you do, don't do this! Don't start with a hard, all-out sprint. While anaerobic fitness training is clearly the most productive type of training, it's also the most dangerous. Hamstring pulls are a primary target. Anyone with a heart condition or medical problem should get a physician's clearance before performing anaerobic exercise. Even young athletes should progressively ease into sprinting workouts. It takes at least eight weeks to progressively build your fast-twitch muscle fiber. The goal is to go hard enough and fast enough (without pulling anything) to get totally out of breath on each sprint. If it takes more than 30 seconds to get out of breath, you'll need to find a way to raise the intensity.
Cycling Sprint 8 Workout
The Sprint 8 Workout can be performed by cycling outside or at the gym. The recumbent bike is a favorite for those with bad knees and back problems. When you ride something that supports your body weight, it typically lessens the intensity. You'll need to ride just a little longer than if you were running.
However, if your sprint lasts more than 30 seconds, the intensity level needs to be increased or you may miss the anaerobic threshold necessary for growth hormone release. For example, pedaling 20 to 30 seconds on a recumbent bike is equal to running 70 yards in sprints in 8 to 12 seconds.
Pool Sprint 8 Workout
Swimming hard and fast for 25 meters, then swimming easily for 25 meters, is similar to running the Sprint 8 workout. Make every swim sprint a little more intense than the previous one.
Cross-country Skiing Sprint 8 Workout
Whether you're cross-country skiing in the mountains or in your gym on an elliptical trainer, the same principles apply -- high action sprinting for 30 seconds followed by an easy pace for 1.5 minutes.
Stretching and warm-up
Improving flexibility though stretching and other less intense forms of exercise will not release growth hormone. However, you'll need flexibility to perform anaerobic sprint 11
workouts. And avoid sprinting on leg day because that much work in one area can set you up for an injury.
Scheduling the Sprint 8 Workout
For the best results, youll want to do the Sprint 8 Workout three days a week. Scheduling the workout is easy. Add the Sprint 8 Workout to your training plan with a day of rest in between, and dont sprint on leg day in the gym.
Doing the Sprint 8 Workout after weight training is best because anaerobic workouts can be exhausting. Sprinting before weight training may reduce the amount you lift by 20% or more.
Since the Sprint 8 Workout will keep your heart rate higheven during the 1.5 minute recovery period between sprints, as your heart pumps hard to pay back the oxygen deficit generate during the sprintthis workout is equal to 20 minutes or more or cardio. While this workout only takes 20 minutes, its much more demanding than 20 minutes of cardio.
The take home
If you want to maximize muscle and lose fat in the next 30 days, workout to release the most powerful bodyfat cutting, muscle building hormone in your body through high-intensity growth hormone releasing exercise.
Reach the four benchmarks shown by researchers to release growth hormone. 1. Out-of-breath (oxygen debt) 2. Muscle burn (lactic acid) 3. Increased body temperature (one degree) 4. Adrenal response (slightly painful)
Consider adding an anaerobic Sprint 8 Workout, in some form--running cycling, swimming, XC Skiing--to your training plan three days a week. You'll unleash the most powerful body-fat-cutting, muscle-building substance known in science!
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About Phil Campbell, M.S., M.A., FACHE Phil Campbell authored his first fitness training manual over 30 years ago. While in college, he managed health clubs and performed personal training ... 20 years before it was called personal training. After earning two masters degrees, one in health services administration, and a 20- year career as a healthcare administrator that included serving as a Division President with eight hospitals under his command, he returned to writing about fitness, improving athletic performance, anti-aging, and anti Middle-aging. He was even nicknamed the "anti Middle-aging guy" by a national fitness writer. Phil Campbell is age 51. He has 20 years of experience in hospital administration where it was his responsibility to take the medical disciplines of surgery, pathology, radiology, pediatrics, pharmacy, physical therapy, rehabilitation, psychiatry and other disciplines and operationalize these medical services into a healthcare delivery system to help and improve the lives of others.
The same approach is used in his book. He has taken the latest research in the biomedical disciplines of exercise science, medicine, nutrition, endocrinology, fitness for specific age groups and has presented a research supported system that will help improve the lives of others. He has used his years of experience in taking complex medical subjects and making them understandable and practical. He shows readers step-by-step how to improve fitness, increase energy, and lose, cut, and tone.
Phil Campbell's inspiration to help improve the health status of large populations was sparked by his Health Services masters degree advisor, Dr. Ed Cavanaugh, a former division administrator with the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. Mainstream biomedical research is the base for all of Phil Campbells writing, and over 160 research studies are cited in his book.
He shares his unique experience of how a 20-year career hospital administrator and a father of three can achieve optimum fitness improvement as a time-crunched adult. Phil Campbell is the creator of Ready Set Go Fitness, a comprehensive fitness training approach targeted at five major areas of fitness; flexibility, endurance, 13
strength, power, and anaerobic conditioning.
As a masters athlete, Phil Campbell holds several USA Track and Field Masters titles including first place in the 100-meter sprint, Southeastern U.S. Championships for his age group in 2000. In 2003, he won the 200-meters and discus, placed second in the 100-meters, and he set the meet record in the javelin during the USA Masters Track & Field Tennessee Championships. Nationally, in 2001, he placed third in USA Track and Field Masters Nationals in his age group in the javelin, and fifth in discus. In his late 40s, he won a 40-yard dash competition in 4.69 seconds. He holds a black belt in Isshinryu Karate, and has competed and won first place in martial arts and weightlifting competitions.
Phil Campbell will show you how to have the most successful and lasting fitness improvement experience of your life. Ready, Set, Go! Synergy Fitness is available online and at bookstores. www.readysetgofitness.com 14