Thread: Second Wind

Originally Posted by Hoglander

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Which of the hypotheses is right in that link, if any?

BTW, what is wrong with training more than a hour with high intesity weight training? I get second wind most workouts and feel I could go for hours. I usually go for an hour and a half or more.

The way I understand it is that going for too hard and too long leads to a sharp rise in catabolic hormone production eg. cortisol.

Thanks, that's what I thought. I like a couple of fast beers to counteract that before I workout. I'm not convinced that in the amounts I get from long workouts means anything bad anyways. Working for a long time doesn't give you Cushing's does it? I'm old and have more inflammation then I use to have from working out when I was younger so maybe it helps me?? BTW, does that hormone that give me "Second Wind?"

You drink beer before you lift?

I think they are the right carbs for the job. To be honest sometimes I choose other carbs. Well, it's mostly other carbs.

BTW, you just made cortisol spike.

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