Pycnogenol-Based Antioxidant Supplement Lactaway(TM) Boosts Resistance Training Performance, But Reduces GH Release by 60% - Is the Growth Hormone "Loss" Relevant?
Performance ￪, Growth Hormone ￬ Alright, I know that no one actually knows how important the post-exercise increase in systemic growth hormone actually is when it comes to building muscle (there is little doubt that the local expression of splice variants is relevant). In spite of that I still feel it's still worth mentioning that a group of researchers from Australia and the United Kingdom have recently established that the provision of the antioxidant supplement Lactaway increases the muscle contractile performance "at the expense" of the post-workout growth hormone increase (Ackermann. 2014). Why? Well those people who are most likely to spend money on expensive anti-oxidant supplements are usually also the ones who believe in the "muscle building magic" of the post-workout GH increase. What is in this "antioxdidant" supplement? Lactaway "as in lactate away" is a, according to manufacturer claims, a "pre workout supplement (n...