{"id":998,"date":"2012-05-21T18:52:45","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T18:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chadhowsefitness.com\/members\/?page_id=998"},"modified":"2012-07-27T14:36:38","modified_gmt":"2012-07-27T14:36:38","slug":"1-training-myth","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.chadhowsefitness.com\/members\/1-training-myth\/","title":{"rendered":"#1 Training Myth"},"content":{"rendered":"

#1 Training Myth<\/span><\/h1>\n

\"\"\u00a0VS.\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s get right into it. I\u2019m going to keep this short. Simple. To the point. Just facts and one thing you can do today to turn things around.<\/span><\/p>\n

First of all, this IS NOT the most important step in building your ideal body. That comes in a few days. But from a training standpoint, this is HUGE stuff.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are two kinds of hormones when it comes to building muscle: the good and the bad.<\/span><\/p>\n

Good<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Testosterone (test)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Human Growth Hormone (hgh)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Bad<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Cortisol<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Cortisol i<\/span>s a stress hormone. It\u2019s our body\u2019s reaction to stress. It\u2019s released to bring energy (fuel) to our vital organs. This fuel comes from our muscle and our bone.<\/span><\/p>\n

Test & HGH\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

They combat cortisol. They also promote recovery (help us actually build muscle) and elevate fat loss. We need these hormones to build our ideal bodies, but also for health reasons.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Training Myth That Makes Us Skinnier & Fatter<\/span><\/p>\n

Walking into the gym where my mentor worked, I was SKINNY. That first day we went over what I was doing in the gym and some immediate changes I could make was eye-opening.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou need to be training in a way that promotes and elevates the GOOD hormones, and diminishes the BAD ones,\u201d is one of the first things he told me.<\/span><\/p>\n

I immediately thought the guy way going to hand me a needle and tell me to pump a vile of steroids in me arse\u2026 luckily, that\u2019s not what he meant.<\/span><\/p>\n

From a purely training standpoint (we\u2019ll cover nutrition soon), longer workouts promote higher cortisol levels \u2013 after 60 minutes of intense training, cortisol is released and our muscles begin to be used as fuel.<\/span><\/p>\n

One way you can<\/em> diminish this effect is by having a source of carbohydrates during your workout (or having BCAAs during or before your workout) \u2013 but I\u2019ll save nutrition for another message.<\/span><\/p>\n

What you can do immediately<\/em> is to cut your workouts off at the 45-50 minute mark. I even train for as little as 30 minutes in each session.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

One way to do this is to double and triple up on your sets (like in the Thor Workout that I gave you).<\/span><\/p>\n

Try giant sets:<\/span><\/p>\n

A1.<\/span><\/p>\n

A2.<\/span><\/p>\n

A3.<\/span><\/p>\n

Supersets:<\/span><\/p>\n

A1.<\/span><\/p>\n

A2.<\/span><\/p>\n

Each are great tools to shorten a workout but create MORE<\/em> muscle damage in less time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Think of it like this:<\/span><\/p>\n

The goal of a workout should be to create as much muscle damage in as little time as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019re after \u201cOptimal Returns\u201d. What that means is there\u2019s such thing as too much. Or \u201cover-kill\u201d. Take tanning for example. We get a tan at 15-minute of lying in the sun.<\/span><\/p>\n

If we go over that 15 minutes we\u2019re just killing skin cells. We won\u2019t actually get a \u201cbetter tan\u201d. We\u2019re just damaging our skin further.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you want a tan, lie in the sun for 15-minutes, then get out of there.<\/span><\/p>\n

The same with your training. If you want to build muscle, train for 45-50 minutes, 4 days a week. If you go over that prescription, you\u2019re just damaging your body to the point where it can\u2019t repair itself.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Bodybuilders Changed Everything \u2013 In a Bad Way<\/span><\/p>\n

We look at bodybuilders and we think, they have that much muscle, if I train like them, I\u2019ll get the muscle I want.<\/span><\/p>\n

I thought this too. But it just doesn\u2019t work like that.<\/span><\/p>\n

The way bodybuilders train is a breeding ground for elevated cortisol levels. They way they combat this is through illegal drugs.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2026 Keep in mind, if you take steroids, all good. It\u2019s just not my cup of tea, and I don\u2019t think the benefits outweigh the negatives.<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019ll get into this more in the future, but I see I\u2019m already 3 pages deep!<\/span><\/p>\n

For now, shorten up your sessions and lift 4 days a week.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ll get into some more detail (a pretty huge secret) later on this week.<\/span><\/p>\n

Until then,<\/span><\/p>\n

Make Big Things Happen.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chad \u201cwish I learned this earlier\u201d Howse<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

#1 Training Myth \u00a0VS.\u00a0 Let\u2019s get right into it. I\u2019m going to keep this short. Simple. To the point. Just facts and one thing you can do today to turn things around. First of all, this IS NOT the most important step in building your ideal body. That comes in a few days. But from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"launch_001e.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.chadhowsefitness.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/998"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.chadhowsefitness.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.chadhowsefitness.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.chadhowsefitness.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.chadhowsefitness.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=998"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/www.chadhowsefitness.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1170,"href":"http:\/\/www.chadhowsefitness.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/998\/revisions\/1170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.chadhowsefitness.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}