Did you know that the body produces a whole collection of hormones during exercise? In the lead, endorphins provide a delicious feeling of well being, during, but especially after the session. Dopamine is the hormone of pleasure, but also addiction.

The sports coach Erwann Menthéour, creator of the Fitnext thinning method, enriches this panorama with a family of strategic hormones allowing you to be in better health and especially to lose weight.

Survival yesterday, overweight today

To explain this metabolic phenomenon, the former professional cyclist reconverted as a writer specializing in well-being for 15 years summons an ancestral survival mode at work in women: the process of fat storage would be dictated by the secretion of oestradiols , a hormone that stimulates the production of lipocytes and limits anabolism (translate the production of muscle mass).

"Oestradiols allowed the woman to go through a period of famine," says Erwann Menthéour, without threatening the health of the fetus they were carrying. What was a great anti-crisis tool in prehistory has become the nightmare of modern day women. "

In short, the more a woman deprives herself, the less she loses weight.

Boost your adrenaline to destock fat

The solution to slim down? Challenging the body by doing high intensity physical exercise, or "adrenergic" exercises such as crossfit, bodybuilding and some group classes based on resistance rather than endurance.

"With 25 to 30 minutes of intense effort, the secret body of catecholamines. Two of these neuro transmitters are more famous than the others: adrenaline and norepinephrine "says the coach. These hormones called stress trigger a state of alert throughout the body, which is then ready to pounce, attack or run away to avoid danger. But the body is a supporter of the slightest effort. He will do everything to get rid of the clutter to better execute the movement.

"His first reflex is to order the destocking of fat cells. As weight loss takes several weeks to be effective, it simultaneously triggers secretion of testosterone, growth hormone and DHEA. These three substances increase the calorie expenditure at rest (so-called basal metabolism), which accentuates weight loss. By the way, they protect your skeleton, and stimulate your sexuality. All at once.

Intense efforts to lose weight: instructions for use

The recipe for producing this precious cocktail? Intense efforts, such as bodybuilding with weights, sprints, jumps, etc. The coach draws attention to a sign that does not deceive: "When your body begins to shake, it means that it secretes catecholamines. "

And to give the right fat burner sports mix: "Start your training with a little weight training or sprints to increase norepinephrine levels and encourage destocking. Extend your session with more cardiac activity - such as running - that will consume this fat in circulation and produce a large amount of endorphin, just to be serene all day! "

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