Our pituitary gland is very small. It’s just the size of a pea. We can find it behind our noses, sitting at the base of our brains.
This gland produces HGH or the human growth hormone. This hormone is very necessary for your growth when you hit puberty. Once you become an adult, the human growth hormone switches its job.
It becomes responsible for the correct functioning of our tissues and organs. If you want to look for ways to boost the level of HGH in your body, you can do so using special exercises. These are called compound exercises.
They are called compound because you need to use more than a single joint and recruit more than just one muscle group.
- Lunges
This is a compound exercise that works your bottom, quads, calves and hamstrings. In order to do these, you need to step forward as far as you can and bend your knee.
It should be at ninety degrees. Your back knee should barely skim the ground. Return to your standing position and step forward using the other foot.
Place your foot flat on the floor. Do these in a series of steps, and for extra intensity, carry dumbbells while you do it.
- Clean and Press
Every major muscle your body is worked when you do clean and presses. You need a barbell to do this. Stand behind the barbell you have loaded and squat.
Hold on to the barbell a little further than the width of your shoulders. Lift the bar and swing it to your chest. With force, push it directly above your head.
Lower it back to your chest gently, then put it on the ground. Repeat this. You can also use dumbbells to do clean and presses.
- Deadlifts
Deadlifts are a type of compound exercise that works your glutes, legs and back. Load heavy weights on your barbell to do this. Do a wide stance behind the bar.
Bend your knees and squat down. Then grab the bar. The distance should be as wide as your shoulders. Focus your eyes straight ahead and keep your back straight while you lift the bar off.
Do these until you reach a standing position. After doing so, lower it back to the ground and repeat. You can either use an alternating or overhand grip. Dumbbells can also be used.
- Bench Presses
Bench presses are usually done to build up body mass. Lie on the weight press bench and grab the bar. Your grip should be wide.
Push the barbell off the safety pins and hold it straight over you. Your arms should be straight. Lower it until it reaches chest level then push it up again.
Inhale deeply as you lower it and exhale when you lift.
These are just some of the exercises you can do in order to enhance your body’s release of the human growth hormone.
Eat healthy meals alongside your exercise routine so that raising HGH levels will have higher and better results.
