Find out the most effective ways to burn fat in bodybuilding, which are used by professional athletes during the drying period. Most athletes believe that androgens are powerful fat burners. However, in their practical application, everything turns out to be not so unambiguous.
Without a doubt, some athletes lose quite a lot of fat mass when using androgens, but another part gains it. Androstenedione is no exception to this rule. A natural question arises: why does this stimulant of testosterone secretion have such an opposite effect on the body? In this article, we will try to figure out what the use of Androstenedione in bodybuilding can give - burning or accumulating fat.
Bodybuilders should try to increase the rate of testosterone synthesis, but this must be done within reasonable limits. It's all about the effect of the male hormone on body fat. Testosterone does not contribute to a uniform accumulation of fat throughout the body, but only in the waist area. Some of this fat mass is located under the skin, but most of it is under the abdominal muscles. One of the reasons for the accumulation of fat in men after a certain age is precisely the decrease in testosterone production.
Visceral fat deposits around the waist are negative. They disrupt insulin resistance, which can lead to the development of diabetes and various diseases of the heart and vascular system. Thus, in order to maintain your health, you must try to eliminate visceral fat deposits. In the course of several studies, it has been proven that simultaneously with a decrease in visceral fat mass with the use of androgens, subcutaneous fat is also lost. This suggests that the use of these drugs, including androstenedione, can solve a lot of health problems.
However, do not rush to rejoice. Despite the fact that low testosterone levels promote fat gain, high levels of the male hormone can produce similar results. The concentration range in which testosterone is a fat burner is extremely small and crossing its boundaries in either direction will cause fat deposition. As a result, we can say for sure that Androstenedione is capable of both burning fat and promoting its accumulation. These processes are seriously influenced by other factors.
What affects the fat burning properties of Androstenedione?
The process of fat accumulation is influenced by a large number of factors. Among them, it should be noted the work of receptors of the androgenic type of adipose tissue, appetite and leptin levels. Let's take a closer look at them.
Receptors of the androgenic type of adipose tissue
Fat cells contain a large number of androgen receptors and for this reason they are very sensitive to testosterone concentration. First of all, it should be noted that testosterone has the ability to increase the number of beta-androgen receptors, which are responsible for extracting fat from cells.
They can be activated by adrenaline or norepinephrine. Thus, even if the male hormone interacts with receptors, it is not able to mobilize fat on its own. Simply put, thanks to testosterone, the sensitivity of adipose tissues to adrenaline can be increased, since the number of receptors increases and fewer catecholamines are needed to activate them.
At a high concentration of somatotropin, testosterone more strongly stimulates androgen-type receptors. Since testosterone promotes the secretion of growth hormone, we can talk about their synergistic effect on adipose tissue. As a result, Androstenedione can also not only activate the process of fat release from cells, but also prevent its accumulation.
You probably know that cells contain mitochondria, which receive energy from fats. They also have sites that are able to capture male hormone molecules, which leads to faster delivery of fatty acids to them. This fact indicates that androgens have the ability to accelerate the fat oxidation reaction.
Appetite
Androgens have the ability to increase appetite, but not in every person. They produce the maximum effect on those people whose appetite is low. Thus, we can say that it is appetite that is the main factor affecting the action of Androstenedione. Simply put, it depends on your appetite whether you gain fat mass or, on the contrary, can get rid of it when using androgens. If, after starting to use Androstenedione, you feel an increase in appetite, but you need to take measures to reduce it. Unfortunately, the amount of food consumed will not affect this in any way.
Leptin concentration
For a long time, scientists could not understand the mechanisms of increasing appetite when using androgens. This became possible only a couple of decades ago, when leptin was discovered. This hormone is produced by the cells of adipose tissue. The more fat you have, the more leptin is synthesized.
When the hormone reaches the brain, the appetite decreases. But a very important indicator is the sensitivity to leptin. In the body of obese people, this hormone is synthesized in large quantities, and it is the low sensitivity to leptin that is their main problem. The synthesis of the hormone can be accelerated by food intake, insulin and cortisol.
Leptin has the ability to accelerate lipolysis, but testosterone in turn inhibits the production of this hormone. In this regard, it becomes necessary to increase the concentration of leptin. Glucosamine, Uridine, and caffeine with ephedrine can help with this. If after starting the use of Androstenedione your appetite began to increase sharply, then start using these substances.
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