HGH, Sprint 8 and VRT

[VRT Man]

Been catching up with some interesting info in interviews with the illustrious Dr. Mercola regarding short burst, high intensity exercise and Human Growth Hormone (HGH).

Dr. Mercola is extremely interested in this style of exercise, and in his interview with Phil Campbell, an expert in high twitch and low twitch muscle fibers, he mentions Sprint 8 and other exercises of short, intense duration which creates high secretion levels of HGH in the body (no matter what the age). It is stressed that fast intense movements, (and fast-twitch muscle fibers) of short duration are the ones that create high levels of HGH.

This is exactly the method of VRT I have been applying lately, flexing hard, but moving FAST and intense, the kind that gets me extremely out of breath, and I can visibly see the difference that HGH makes, versus the slow heavy methods of exercise, or long duration aerobics like distance running which do not create these levels of HGH but are nevertheless healthy from an exercise viewpoint.

You can listen to the video here:

http://visionfitness.mercola.com/?e_cid=20120127_FNL_ban_HL

Greg Mangan
VRT Man

[MikeNY]

I read in a book by Dr. Maoshing Ni that squats, pushups and exercise increases the bodies natural production of HGH. In VRT and the methods taught here anyone can trigger HGH.

[jonlclay]

Greg,

I'm starting to experiment with this doing one set of my M7 routine doing faster reps than normal. Question I have is do you do more than 10 reps when doing this and how fast are you doing a rep?

Thanks,

Jon

[firefox]

That doesn't make sense to me,Greg. When using VRT,DVR,or DSRs,in order to make the movement more intense,I would have to move slower - not faster.If I move faster,I can't apply MORE tension - it would have to be less. Now,when working with weights,then you would have to move faster in order to move more weight or resistance,or to work more intensely.

[monty]

From what I know is the sprint 8 should be an exercise that really jacks up the heart rate, from running, spin bike, eliptical, etc. I have not been able to run but have been doing the sprint 8 on a spin bike. I also do burpees with a jump, 30 sec hard rest, 1.5 rest. It is quick and not easy but gives alot of bang for the buck.

Monty

[VRT Man]

That doesn't make sense to me,Greg. When using VRT,DVR,or DSRs,in order to make the movement more intense,I would have to move slower - not faster.If I move faster,I can't apply MORE tension - it would have to be less. Now,when working with weights,then you would have to move faster in order to move more weight or resistance,or to work more intensely.

Hi firefox,

You can do this not with the highest intensity, but reasonably high, but please remember, the MAIN FOCUS is on SPEED. Do VRT FAST, switching without rest to the next exercise, and watch how quickly you get winded. I guarantee you'll have an oxygen debt (gasping for breath) for at least one or two minutes, and an accelerated heart rate in the upper 80% of BPM levels on your heart monitor (if you're wearing one).

Greg Mangan