Until we find the answer to immortality, we need to follow a protocol of healthy living that Ageless Forever can provide. Ageless Forever will work with you to personalize your exercise program. Exercise is a key ingredient to maintaining youthfulness. Dr Pierce has access to some of the top personal trainers in the greater Las Vegas area, all of them certified by national organizations, in order to assist you in achieving your ultimate fitness goal. These programs not only involve training at local gyms, but also extend to in-home personal sessions.

Along with vitamins, minerals and supplements, exercise will assist your body in reducing the effects of environmental toxins, pollution and stress.

OPTIMUM HEALTH THROUGH EXERCISE
Our goal at Ageless Forever is to assist each patient in reaching his or her optimal level of health, energy, as well as productivity. Controlling hormonal levels is one of the key ways of improving both body composition and helping to forestall the effects of aging as well. Although this can be accomplished with a number of dietary supplements and/or prescription medications, one of the easiest ways to improve these key hormones is with exercise.

Exercise can be divided into two major categories: aerobic exercise (jogging, walking, stair stepper, treadmills, etc.) and anaerobic exercises or resistive exercises, which would include weight lifting and/or calisthenics.

The key hormones affected by both types of exercise are insulin and glucagon, growth hormone or HGH, and testosterone. These key hormones were originally designed genetically to help with improving muscle mass and are directly related to the flight or fight responses in order to help us avoid potential danger and/or life threatening situations that were present early in man's evolutionary history. Once stimulated, they are responsible for improving our muscle mass, our strength and our speed and agility.

Let's look at the effects of each type of exercise on these key hormones. Ideally, insulin levels and blood glucose levels should be at a low to moderate level. It is at this level that glucose is more available to the muscles without storing body fat. At this low to moderate level, the body can utilize not only the glucose stored in the liver initially, but also has the back-up capability of utilizing glucose stored in both muscle and fat tissues. Growth hormone levels before a period of exercise are in a low state. (See Diagram I) Within thirty minutes after exercise, the pituitary releases a surge of HGH, which this peaks in approximately fifteen to twenty minutes. Within another half-hour, these levels have dropped back, again, to baseline level. It is this surge of HGH, which helps to build muscle mass and decreases body fat. As the growth hormone levels increase with the initiation of exercise, insulin levels begin to drop and glucagon levels begin to rise. It is this drop in insulin levels and rise in glucagon and glucose, which helps stimulate the release of growth hormone.

These are the responses that occur during aerobic exercise. It is for these reasons that it is more beneficial to begin aerobic exercises before resistive exercises. In this state, the release of glucagon and insulin levels help to stimulate the release of growth hormone, not only from the aerobic exercise itself but also will further help improve the release of growth hormone and testosterone when resistive exercises or weight lifting is begun.

The hormonal response to anaerobic exercises or weight lifting is different from the aerobic exercise response. The two key hormones responsive to aerobic exercise are growth hormone and testosterone. At the end of a weight lifting session, within minutes, both testosterone and growth hormone are stimulated to be released. Within thirty minutes growth hormone and testosterone have hit their maximum peak. The effects of growth hormone and testosterone continue for approximately another forty-five to sixty minutes. It is during this period, again, that the effects of weight lifting inasmuch as improving muscle tone, muscle mass and tendon and ligament strength have their effect. Diagram II illustrates the fact that weight lifting has a larger effect in releasing a greater quantity of both growth hormone and testosterone than does aerobic exercise.

The ideal sequence of exercising would include a period of approximately thirty minutes of aerobic exercise before heavy weight lifting. With this type of exercise plan, by dropping insulin levels and raising glucagon levels, growth hormone is stimulated to be released in greater quantities. By controlling the glucose levels present and keeping the glucose levels lower, growth hormone is also stimulated more effectively.

The combined effects of stimulation of growth hormone occurs both aerobically and anaerobically and, in effect, the two peaks can be added together to therefore induce a greater stimulus to the pituitary to release its own growth hormone naturally and allowing us to experience the benefits of improved muscle mass and tissue repair.

Taking certain supplements at a specific time can also help further enhance both growth hormone and testosterone release. Supplements that help stimulate growth hormone release would include arginine, ornithine, and glutamine and should ideally be taken right before the weight lifting or anaerobic activity. Supplements that improve glucose levels would include things that may contain vanadium, chromium, fengugeek, gynmena, bitter gourd and should be taken before the initial aerobic exercise since they help stabilize glucose levels and may therefore help with improving glucagon response. Testosterone releasing compounds should also be taken, ideally, before the anaerobic or weight lifting activity. These include supplements that might contain androstenedione, yohimbine extracts and other compounds which would help to stimulate testosterone release naturally.

Compounds that contain creatinine will enhance both hormonal responses and improve both aerobic and anaerobic exercise capacities due to improved energy responses in the muscles due to the increased production of ATP; this allows a greater endurance in both types of exercise responses.

Utilizing the above information with your work-out can markedly improve the effects of both aerobic and anaerobic exercises and will show up as a improvement in both overall aging parameters as well improve your body composition and overall physical appearance.

These components are vital in order to maintain the quality of life that makes the quest for longevity worthwhile. If you are interested in being the best you can be, then Ageless Forever is the answer to all your wellness needs. Call today for a personal consultation with Dr. Pierce, or email us at ageless@agelessforever.net.

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