Thermogenic B2 and B1 BOMBING
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
Thermogenesis is an interesting topic, especially for those looking to lose a bit of the nasty stuff…
FAT! You can shed fat using a number of tools found in your training arsenal as well as your nutrition arsenal. The stand by is always reducing insulin response with lowering carb intake while introducing resistance training and some quick hit HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) ala TABATA’S.
And,If you live in the North East and you want to take advantage of a naturally intrinsic way to rev up your metabolism and thermogenesis (bodyheat production), you can attempt to take your weight training outdoors into the frigid. This sounds absurd I know, but it is effective. Think about what happens when you are submerged in a cold bath of ice. The thought of this gives you some insane shivers. This shivering is your body’s musculo skeletal system response to cold temperatures as it attempts to keep core body temp. relatively warm enough for survival.A simple built-in survival technique that uses muscular friction to produce heat. When your body detects significantly cold temps. your brain sends neural signals that stimulate your adrenals to release some cool hormones, ephedrine and norepedrine, to do some interesting things. First heartrate increases as well as vaso and broncho dilation to prepare for flight or fight movement. This is done primarily through the actions of ephedrine or adrenaline. The shivering is done through the messenger ability of (nor-ephedrine or otherwise know as nor-adrenaline), that causes stimulation at specific receptor sites at muscle cells called BETA 2 Agonists that would cause a quick, sympathetic shivering of muscle, thus producing heat. This effect definitely increases caloric output. And because of the neuro-sympathetic interrelationship between B2 and B1(B1 agonist has the effect on adipose tissue by stimulating triglyceride release and subsequent use of fatty acids for energy. Also known as lipolysis) the notion to grab some iron and head to the “frigids” (my nick name for the freakin’ cold) and blow out some complexes starts to make a bit of sense. Atleast to you and I anyway. The neighbors, thats another story. You will most probably not be invited to a cookout at the neighbors. But, you will be the “shredded freak” on the block. And that by itself is well worth the disparaging and “neighborly” remarks that you will personally never hear.
Peace-Matt