More Is Not Always Better: the Fine Balance Between Cortisol, Insulin, Testosterone, and HGH

so how do we get the 6 pack? I’m a mail carrier and I do a lot of walking, and I’m pretty lean except for my tummy. any suggestions? my weight is around 135-138 lbs on a good day and would also like to get up to 145 lbs as my ideal weight. thanks.

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Interesting article,with excellent and practical applications to ordinary and athletic living.Keep on writing please…

Thank you Team Pacquiao as always you’re the best.

Hi Terry im just wondering if your accepting long distance clients? I’m from Canada and just a regular guy who wants to be healtier. And if you do can you pls give me a quote on how much you charge? Thanks and more power!

@ ALEX can you redefined this part:

if you want to bulk down, then low intensity/high volume exercise might get you there. But if you need explosive power, that low intensity exercise won’t get the job done and will cause you to release catabolic hormones. These will break down your muscle and may cause fat loss, but more often than not, actually will cause fat gain instead.

this seems to be tricky, we want to fat loss and not gain.

Before I sprained my right ankle badly I was 20 yrs old and weight 140lbs. At 5’5″ I was able to reach my goal touching the basketball ring 10′ high with my finger tips. For 3 weeks of healing, I did not play any basketball. I gained weight. After my ankle fully healed, the first time I played basketball I sprained my left ankle. As bad as my right. Another 2-3 weeks no activity. I continued gaining weight. Finaly I was fine to play competitive basketball. But this time I already weight 160lbs. I played basketball continously once or twice every week and never got any severe injury for the next 5 years. But never regained my old weight. Now I’m 40 yrs old and 190lbs fatter. Not married no children and I still love to play basketball. But this time around I could hardly lift myself off the ground. 20 yrs ago who cares about sports science. knowing how came from what is common to all. To think if I loose 50lbs, does that make any difference in my basketball skill and my health?

No disrespect but, dont you mean GROWTH HORMONE (HG)….HGH is a the one created in the lab used as a performance enhancing drug

great article Teri Tom! Sounds just like your book on martial arts fitness. Good to have refreshed my memory though. Now I need to go find a good heart rate monitor like Amir Khan’s haha.

excellent informations

@jay i see u dont need much cardio since youre a mail man some sort. for you to get a six packs you always wanted is to do ab core work out im not talking here about traditional sit ups maybe you can but it will take too much time and too many repetitions. ab core work out is more specific you could check out youtube its there avoid carbs even though your lean as hell LOL im pretty lean myself im still having that same problem i got 4 packs on top and still got the 2 in the bottom a loaf of bread LOL its just matter of being consistent. just do ab core workout form time to time and it targets pretty much everything from your both left and right side obliques to your upper and bottom

alex can you help me get rid of the six pack out of my sons face.. (floyd jr.)? .1. talk like a bitch 2. no respect 3. liar 4. racist 5. coward 6. afraid of pacman..

Teri Tom is the secret of Alex Ariza’s brilliant body of work. Together they make a formidable team. Kudos to both.

thank you sir teri for this very informative article…

@Goko, I’m 65 years old but I still have my six packs. I’m 5’6″ and have the boxer’s body at 128 Lbs. I was in Martial Arts in the 60s up to the 70s and when I stop practicing it, I went into weight lifting. When I was 55 years old, I was weighing 157 lbs but I was able to bring it down to 128-130lbs five years ago by simply avoiding anything that has refined sugar in it like ice cream, cakes, etc and foods high in glycemic index like potato, white rice, etc. Now, I only eat complex carbohydrates like vegetables (only salad and raw) and fruits. Since I’m still lifting weights, I use whey, chicken and fish as my source of protein. On top of weight lifting, I do interval training in between weights by walking/sprinting 5 to 8 miles. My BP, cholesterol and blood sugar are all normal. I Hope this helps especially those seniors who are in bad shape.

Thanks RG. When I was in the Philippines, it was common knowledge weightlifting help you trim or gain muscles. What I did in highschool and in college, fo 10 yrs I wrap my ankles with weights. Since our house is in the top of the mountain. I took it as an excise. Like the old stories we know from the American basketball players. I heard it later it makes the ankles weaks. Which cannot be scientificly verified. It is also common knowledge because you burn cholesterol weight lifters tend to eat a lot too. This is were what kind of food should we eat. Since were a rice country, 2 plates of rice is just common after a game of basketball or any workout. The story goes if you stop the workouts like weightlifting, the faster one gains weight. I was into martial arts too, karate, judo, amature boxing, kickboxing then Taekwondo when it was so popular. When I’m active, my weight is controled. Its nice to know, you disciplined yourself to do workouts. Sad to say I’m not. Now that I’m in the U.S. with all the fitness gymns around. I could not even find time.

Very informative, thanks Teri! This will be helpful for my fighters.

Thanks for these insightful articles who help out the little guys who can afford experts.. ! It seems mannys style will benefit from using creatine. Does he use? Since he is always under weight he can spare the additional water weight. What about guys like me who are almost always on the up side of the catch weight who can’t spare water weight. How may we be able to benefit from creatine.

thanks obie, ill check that out.