In confirmation of Ray's stance against endurance exercise, this latest study showed that performing as few as 3 weekly sessions of running each of them 25min long is enough to disturb the hormone balance heavily in favor of cortisol and induce a catabolic state.
http://suppversity.blogspot.com/2015/04 ... en-25.html
"...The statistical analysis of the results of the blood tests revealed that the cortisol levels in the exercise group were significantly increased compared with the control group (P<0.05). The ratio of DHEA to cortisol on the other hand, decreased significantly."
"...this appears to indicate that any 8-week endurance training similar to the present protocol will establish a catabolic environment in the body of inactive young women. Mahdaviyan, et al. further point out that they believe that this was a result of "overtraining, and besides the psychological and physiological condition".
[PDF] The Effect of Endurance Training on the Ratio of Serum Cortisol to Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) in Inactive Young Women | Semantic Scholar
http://suppversity.blogspot.com/2015/04 ... en-25.html
"...The statistical analysis of the results of the blood tests revealed that the cortisol levels in the exercise group were significantly increased compared with the control group (P<0.05). The ratio of DHEA to cortisol on the other hand, decreased significantly."
"...this appears to indicate that any 8-week endurance training similar to the present protocol will establish a catabolic environment in the body of inactive young women. Mahdaviyan, et al. further point out that they believe that this was a result of "overtraining, and besides the psychological and physiological condition".
[PDF] The Effect of Endurance Training on the Ratio of Serum Cortisol to Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) in Inactive Young Women | Semantic Scholar
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