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Hormones 101: 8 Articles For Athletes

Hormones can be our best friends or our worst enemies. Here are 8 articles about hormones and their role in staying strong and healthy.

Mindith Rahmat

Written by Mindith Rahmat Last updated on January 26, 2013

Hormones can be our best friends or our worst enemies, depending on whether or not we keep them in check. Here are 8 articles about hormones – testosterone, relaxin, cortisol, oxytocin, leptin, growth hormone and melatonin – and their role in staying strong and healthy.

Hormones can be our best friends or our worst enemies, depending on whether or not we keep them in check. Here are 8 articles about hormones – testosterone, relaxin, cortisol, oxytocin, leptin, growth hormone and melatonin – and their role in staying strong and healthy.

Why Proper Sleep and Melatonin Are Absolutely Essential (Doug Dupont)

We know sleep is important for us, but do you know why? New research examines the amazing antioxidant effects of melatonin. It’s so powerful it can combat deadly cancer drugs.

Hugs Are Awesome (And Good For Your Health, Too) (Traver H. Boehm)

Increasing pleasure, decreasing stress, increasing human bonding, and all the while decreasing the risk of common heart ailments – sign me up please! Hugs are awesome.

Relaxin: Hormone Facts Female Athletes Need to Know (Lindsey Mathews)

You may have heard of the hormone relaxin in reference to pregnant women, but we all have it – men and women. Does it and your cycle play a part in injury, specifically ACL injury, in women?

Leptin: The Secret Key to Getting Shredded (Joshua Wortman)

Leptin is quite possibly the most important hormone you have never heard about. If your leptin levels are not in check, then you will never acquire the leanness of which you are capable.

New Drug Builds Muscle For Men With Low Testosterone (Joshua Wortman)

Maintaining muscle is a problem for many older athletes, and for men in general as they age. An experimental medication known resulted in an increase in muscle strength in men with low testosterone.

Why and How You Absolutely Must Manage Your Cortisol (Ben Mattingly)

You’ve been training hard and eating right, but still have belly fat. What gives? Could be your cortisol levels and all the stress in your life. Find out why and how you need to manage your cortisol.

Oral Contraception Use and Growth Hormone Levels in Female Athletes (Mindith Rahmat)

New research in the Journal of Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, investigated oral contraceptives on growth hormone responses to sprinting in female athletes.

Exercise Induced Testosterone and GH Does Not Build Muscle (Joshua Wortman)

Common belief is that lifting heavy will trigger testosterone and growth hormone in the body, building more muscle. Now, science says it may just “bro knowledge” after all?

Mindith Rahmat

About Mindith Rahmat

Mindith is a born mover. She has spent her life exploring various athletic disciplines, starting with ballet and modern dance from an early age. She went on to become a E-RYT 500 certified yoga therapist and teacher and discovered CrossFit after the birth of her daughter.

Mindith coached CrossFit at a number of boxes near her home in Southern California, which lead to her involvement in Russian kettlebells and Olympic weightlifting. She has coached a wide variety of populations and cares deeply for women’s health, specializing in pregnancy and postpartum fitness. She is currently studying the principles of Natural Movement and Kettlebell Sport, and is working to complete an additional teacher training in the Taoist art of Yin Yoga with Master Paulie Zink.

Mindith founded Breaking Muscle in 2011. Over 5 million people a month have visited the site, hundreds of thousands of them follow Breaking Muscle on social media, nearly 2,000 coaches have written or appeared on its pages, and there are thousands of free, fully-formed training plans freely available. Breaking Muscle has won numerous awards in the industry and is recognized for pioneering new approaches to fitness and coaching techniques. In 2021, Breaking Muscle was acquired by Barbend. Mindith continues to devote time to her kids, pursue her doctorate in psychology, do research, and teach.

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