hormonal response
Exercise is a form of stress you place on your body, although it’s a good form of stress. In response to this stress, hormones are released. Is the hormonal response to aerobic exercise different from that of strength training? According to a new study, aerobic exercise promotes the release of a hormone-like molecule that may explain some of its health benefits.
If you’re pressed for time, you may be forced to do cardio and strength training on the same day. That brings up the age-old question, which should you do first? A new study looked at the hormonal response to doing one before the other. Find out what this study showed and whether it exercise order really matters.
Research suggests that high-intensity exercise is better than long periods of cardio for shedding body fat – but have you ever wondered why? After all, trainers used to tell you to exercise in the fat-burning zone for fat loss. Find out why higher intensity workouts where you’re NOT in the fat-burning zone work so well for fat loss.
How does the hormonal response to resistance training differ from endurance training? Do they interfere with each other? Find out how your body responds to resistance training, high-intensity cardio and longer periods of moderate-intensity endurance exercise from a hormonal standpoint.
Research shows that your brain doesn’t register liquid calories in the same way it does calories from food, and that can lead to weight gain. Find out how.
