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what is the bodies response to cortisol after a workout, does it return to normal after the workout or stay elevated and any tips on keeping it down
what is the bodies response to cortisol after a workout, does it return to normal after the workout or stay elevated and any tips on keeping it down
Great piece of infoTQ,
High intensity, shorter in time (60ish minutes) weight training sessions
will reduce the amount of cortisol your body produces, compared to
a longer less intense workout.
The same holds true for cardio. Thus, the effectiveness of HIIT style.
The more training you do, the better your body will become at dealing with physical stresses and decrease the need to release cortisol.
My belief is that shorter intense sessions done more frequently is the way to go. Training a body part 2-3 times a week works better than training each
body part once a week and killing it with too many sets.
There is a lag time, depending on how you train and your PWO nutrition, before the body returns to it's normal cortisol set point.
The goal is to make it as short as possible.
Go hard, go home! !
-MT
doent your body adapt to your training stress,i ask because you here that high volume,low carb,high reps,train more then 45-60 min, raise cortisol then others say overtraining is bs and as long as your nutrition is good you be fine
Cortisol is essential and there is no reason to try and reduce or suppress it unless you actually have Cushing's Syndrome or your cortisol levels are otherwise above the physiological range.
A meta-analysis of the research looking at hormonal responses to training in terms of GH, testosterone, and cortisol has actually found that cortisol has the highest association with positive training adaptations. Obviously this doesn't mean that cortisol is more anabolic than GH and test, but it likely means that higher training intensity = greater cortisol and greater growth.
In the big picture, short term hormonal responses to training are really minor factors.