A very important issue in building muscle mass is the effect that testosterone can have on the processes occurring in the body. This is what today's article is about. The content of the article:
- Direct impact
- Indirect impact
It is very common to hear the statement that androgen can be both anabolic and anti-catabolic, but in fact it is not. It has been proven in clinical trials that androgens have both anabolic and catabolic effects. Moreover, the impact on the athlete's body from these effects can be indirect and direct.
Direct effects of anabolism and testosterone on the body
Testosterone is able to act on muscle androgen receptors, thereby stimulating the synthesis and breakdown of protein compounds at the same time. The growth of muscle tissue mass under the influence of testosterone is possible only for this reason, its anabolic effect is superior to the catabolic one.
Scientists have found that the growth of muscle tissue under the influence of anabolic steroids in animals and humans is determined by the same hormones. Consequently, after the intensification of the anabolic process, the synthesis of new tissues should have increased more than it did in reality. It turned out that the destruction of a certain part of the tissues occurs simultaneously, since the catabolic effect has also increased.
After measuring the rate of growth and decay of muscle tissue cells, confirmation was found for the ability of androgens to produce catabolic effects on the body. However, this can be seen as a positive moment: the sensitivity of tissues to the negative consequences of the training process has increased significantly. Therefore, less exercise can be done to stimulate muscle tissue repair.
But often professional athletes have certain difficulties with the further growth of muscle tissues, since they have acquired resistance to the effects of training on them. Muscles are only able to grow after being injured. If they are not brought to this state in training, then the mass of muscle tissue will not increase. Androgens can increase the sensitivity of cells to the effects of damage, which causes muscle growth.
Very often you can hear from athletes that after starting to use steroids, the muscles begin to ache during exercise.
Indirect effects of testosterone
Of course, one cannot say that all the positive qualities of androgens can manifest themselves only in a direct way. There are also indirect signs of their influence on the athlete's body. We can immediately name the increase in strength and aggression. This makes it possible to increase the intensity of the training process by adding a few extra reps.
If we talk about the growth of muscle tissue, then here the indirect effect of testosterone is less pronounced. Testosterone can enhance the work of hormones of the anabolic group, for example, growth hormone and IFG-1. In addition, androgenic substances are able to increase the density of muscle tissue and their receptors for hormones, which were mentioned above.
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All these factors have that effect on the synthesis of muscle tissues, about which so much is said everywhere.
