What studies have you read that show HGH being dangerous long term. I think the drug is marketed towards seniors with the promotion of life extension.
Yes, it is and they're playing with fire. The problem is that they are bypassing the body's normal inhibitory feedback mechanisms in the case of IGF-1. This abstract discusses this in detail: https://www.transd.com/growth-Hormone-IGF-1-cancer.php You can get nice boosts in HGH from exercise, increased sleep and even laughter. There is no good reason to inject it and risk cancer imo.
Nitro, I dont know if this has been covered, but you are over training, you should not be in the gym longer than 30 minutes. Research HIIT ( High intensity interval training). The goal is to break the muscle down as quickly as you can so you can get on with recovery, which is where muscle grows. In a nutshell, warm up, then do rapid sets of different excercises for that particular body part. Try not to rest between sets more than 30 seconds to a minute. Do one body part per day. The idea is to tear that muscle group apart, and then get it to growing asap. Try to train to failure as quickly as you can. You cannot get lean and put on size at the same time, so decide what cycle you will do first. The idea is to put on size, then take of fat with a minimum of muscle loss, you will lose some muscle tho, regardless. It is not difficult to train the body...........
Also, those actors and actresses eat very, very clean, which is very, very expensive. No processed foods of any kind. Cuts of real meat, and it must be lean. No starches beyond vegetable starch. Do those two things if you can afford it, and you will get lean. Three cycles of 90 days, 60 bulking, 30 cutting and you will be in great shape.
You can be in the gym longer than 30 minutes and athletes do it all the time. But you MUST build up slowly, have lots of rest, relatively low stress and excellent nutrition. And, of course, the older you get, the more careful you have to be. This is very important and I will tell you why: The latest research shows that sitting is BRUTALLY hard on the body. Just Google on sitting and mortality and I'm sure you'll turn up numerous studies. Almost everyone on this site sits on their butt a LOT. Some research has shown that exercising a few minutes, like 30 min., isn't as good as being active and standing all day. Again, sitting is VERY hard on the body - almost as hard as smoking or any of the other lifestyle sins. Work out at least twice a day if you can do it. You will feel the difference - trust me. Of course, don't go crazy and overtrain...
It is VERY hard to get lean meat. Wild game is typically about 5% fat and a modern cow or pig 30%. It is very difficult to compensate for that and most guys will drown in their own cholesterol with these kind of saturated fat levels unless they are very careful.
Yeah, I recommended HIIT earlier in the thread. You'll never catch me on a treadmill for 2 hours. Tabata for 4 minutes and you're done. You don't need to train to failure to induce micro-trauma -> hypertrophy.
NItro, you've gotten some good advice on this thread. Another mention above of tabata intervals. These come up in CrossFit workouts sometimes and they are butt kickers. Just for fun, try this simple looking workout, requires no equipment. 20 seconds on, 10 seconds off of burpees for 4 minutes (8 rounds), rest 1 min then do the same for squats (air squats, bodyweight only, full depth). Your score for each is the lowest number achieved in the set. So if you did burpees of 10,9,8,7,7,6,7,7 your score is 6. Add that to your squat # for a total. You are trying for the highest score possible. The effort and intensity will be eye-opening for you, I can almost guarantee it.
Speaking of HIIT, I had previously followed my weight routine with 30 minutes of fast walking on the treadmill at maximum incline (15 degrees). Some months ago, I replaced this cardio with burst training, running as fast as I could on the treadmill at a 12-degree incline for about 45 seconds. Two minutes total rest between intervals, for a total of 5 bursts. I found it to be incredibly challenging. When I was breathing my lungs out during the rest periods, people would actually come up to me occasionally and ask if I was alright. After a number of months, I have found it a bit too taxing, and I'm now back to regular cardio following the weights. I will probably alternate between regular cardio and burst training from time to time, but I have found all burst all the time to be a bit much for me.