Two Important Hormonal Benefits from Kettlebell Compound Exercises
Did you know you could be missing out on some major health benefits if
you only stick to isolation exercises?
Did you know you could be missing out on some major health benefits
if you only stick to isolation exercises? If you want to maximize your
health you need to be incorporating compound exercises into your weight
lifting routine. For those not in the know, isolation exercises
are lifts that focus only on one muscle group in your body. Examples
of these include bicep curls, leg extensions, and shoulder raises.
Compound exercises, on the other hand, recruit many major muscle groups
in order to lift a weight. Examples of these are squats, dead lifts,
and pull-ups. To someone who lifts weight it may seem like there
would not be much of a difference between the two exercise types. In
reality, the difference is quite significant. Exercises like the squat
and dead lift place an extreme amount of load on the body. This shocks
your central nervous system and causes certain hormones to be
released. You simply cannot get the same effect while doing isolation
exercises like bicep curls. Your body will not react the same way to
80lbs. curls as it will to squatting 400lbs. So, as previously
mentioned, once you place you body under heavier loads it will start
release certain hormones that are beneficial to your overall fitness. These
two hormones are testosterone and growth hormone. As a man, these are
two things you want! Suffering from low levels of either hormones will
cause your training routine to produce lackluster results. You will
want to make sure your testosterone levels are optimal because it also
has a strong connection to your sex drive, energy levels, and even
helps protect you from osteoporosis. Growth hormone is just as
important. In cases where people were deficient in this hormone,
medical growth hormone supplementation has provided benefits such as
fat loss, increased lean mass, denser bones, improved lipid profile,
healthier heart and cardiovascular system, and overall psychosocial
well-being. It should be obvious why you would want to do compound
exercises since they stimulate your body to release these hormones. It
would also be smart to check with your doctor to get some blood work
and make sure your levels are pretty good before even beginning your
training routine. Low levels of these hormones from the start could be
like shooting yourself in the foot. Once you're set with your
doctor , you can use high repetition squats to keep good growth hormone
levels. Doing low repetition dead lifts will keep your testosterone
levels where they need to be. The kind of weights you choose to
perform these exercises are up to you. Kettlebells are an excellent
choice though since many of their exercises are geared toward compound
ones. Grab your two favorite heavy kettlebells and you're ready to do
some hard core squatting or dead lifts! Summary - Stay away from isolation exercises because they do not put enough load on an average lifter.
- Stick to compound exercises since they stimulate more muscles.
- Using compound exercises can help maintain testosterone and growth hormone.
- These hormones are linked to many positive health benefits.
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