Kaatsu Training

[NeptuneWolf]

Cool. Bodybuilders grow five times faster in hypoxia gym.

Bodybuilders grow five times faster in hypoxia gym

 

[Bionic]

Pointless for "enhanced" athletes, though.

Nishimura speculates that training in a reduced oxygen environment boosts the production of lactic acid. That causes your testes to make more testosterone and the pituitary to produce more growth hormone.

And Kaatsu training can fuck you up seriously if you do it wrong.

 

[Aaron Osaka]

Don't get me started on Kaatsu -- wait I'm already relying to this thread haha.

Kaatsu is still huge here (though the fad is starting to slowly die out).

My concerns:

*Does your average trainee really need a huge GH spike?
*Should women who only train casually even bother? (women oftentimes have higher GH (in proportion) to men especially during menopause)
*LONG TERM EFFECTS OF ESSENTIALLY TOURNIQUETING YOURSELF?
*Quality of muscle (nerve connection may not be solid with GH-created muscle).
*Edit: The amount of GH produced via the Kaatsu effect can be up to 200%! A sudden spike in GH of this magnitude could possibly lead to negative effects. Since the amount of GH that may increase cannot be regulated (and if it can, I stand corrected), the GH increase reminds me of the way red blood cells may increase uncontrollably with EPO.

To purchase a full Kaatsu body "suit" that will make you look like a B-side 90's comic book character (https://blog-imgs-38-origin.fc2.com/h/a/k/hakubayamatoya/kaatsu3s.jpg) will cost you about $500-600.

To become a certified Kaatsu trainer, all you need is a few days to attend a seminar, take a test, and pay a small nominal fee of $10,000.