What is a neuroendocrine response and how do you get one?

Partial answer from Greg Glassman in Girevik Magazine:

Neuroendocrine response is a change in the body that affects you either neurologically or hormonally, (i.e., what most people want… RESULTS). Most important adaptations (RESULTS) to exercise are in part or completely a result of a hormonal or neurological shift. Current research, much of it done by Dr. William Kraemer, Penn State University, has shown which exercise protocols maximize neuroendocrine responses. Deadlift, squat, presses, and cleans all have a demonstrated potent neuroendocrine response.

Among the hormonal responses vital to athletic development are substantial increases in testosterone, insulin-like growth factor, and human growth hormone. Exercising with protocols known to elevate these hormones eerily mimics the hormonal changes sought in exogenous hormonal therapy (steroid use) with none of the deleterious effect. Exercise regimens that induce a high neuroendocrine response produce champions! Increased muscle mass and bone density are just two of many adaptive responses to exercises capable of producing a significant neuroendocrine response.

Don’t forget to include a healthy dose of neuroendocrine response type exercise to your program at Athlon Elite!  All of our programs are designed with this in mind.