I've heard that working leg muscles and doing dead lifts, which works major/large muscle groups, releases the most growth hormone and increases strength the fastest. All the power lifters do dead lifts. Seems logical.
I went through a stage of just doing deadlifts and squats when I hurt my shoulder a couple of years ago and when I eventually got back to doing military press, pullups, and bench press I was lifting slightly heavier weights. I was expecting to drop 10% or something. Obviously I can't prove that this was due to higher hormone levels or whatever the **** you lot are talking about, but I've read it elsewhere and either way it surprised me. I've never really known which one, out of squats and deads, really is better for you overall, but I'm not sure there's any disadvantage to doing either of them with proper form.
Compound exercises that work not only the largest muscle group in the upper legs, but also recruit other groups, such as the back. Squats first, then deadlifts get the testosterone pumping.
You get to speak to Jesus, if you do enough with a heavy weight that is ;-) I prefer Squats to Deadlifts, personally speaking.
Load of horse **** if you ask me. As most professionals are on gear. There are genetica limitations to how much hormones your body will produce anyway. And they're certainly not the achievable levels that many rookies think are attainable. Either way its a semi-irrelevant statistic.
I do very light deads occasionally. Overrated exercise if you ask me. Good way to snapping your back up. Thats why Ronnie Coleman spent the best part of last year in hospital. Squats are better. Plus you get some nice wheels! :yep
regarding GH and testosterone- i heard its true and it makes sense. as you are working all the biggest muslces in your body simultanously
I used to do something like this:- Workout A:- Squats Overhead press Dumbell rows Workout B:- Deadlifts Bench press Pullups