Some information about HGH gut and Palumboism
Such a relevant issue in professional bodybuilding as HGH gut and Palumboism will be discussed in this article. You are going to learn about the possible origins, the history of how it came about, and how to differentiate between GH-Gut and Palumboism. Facts, myths and assumptions related to this topic will also be discussed.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HGH GUT AND PALUMBOISM?
Professional BB's HGH stomach
What is the HGH gut? GH gut is the extremely enlarged stomach of bodybuilders. When athletes have a ripped body, it is especially noticeable. In this case, they have six-pack abs. But their waist is very wide and their stomach is bloated. This is why human growth hormone abdominal syndrome is also known as the pregnant bodybuilder syndrome.
Palumboism is a condition in which the abdomen is distended and the muscles in the limbs atrophy. The strange name comes from Dave Palumbo, the father of Palumboism. See his build in the photo. Its origins are still unknown and the phenomenon is very rare. Palumboism is thought to be some kind of hormonal disorder in the bodybuilding community. But this is only speculation. Research hasn't proven this hypothesis yet. We will discuss this later.
In short, Palumboism = GH intestine + muscle atrophy.
When did the GH bowel first appear?
In the 1990s, when Dorian Yates became Mr Olympia and replaced Lee Haynee, the first bloated bellies were noticed. It is widely believed that Yates was the first professional bodybuilder in the professional bodybuilding world to have an HGH bloated stomach. However, there was no mention of HGH in Dorian's interviews about his cycles, only traditional steroids. This may be true, but later bodybuilders, from Coleman on, definitely started using growth hormone, and it is an essential drug for bodybuilding today.
Others argue that the intestines are enlarged by the general weight gain, not the growth hormones. You will see a huge increase in muscle mass if you look at three Mr Olympia title holders from the 1980s and 1990s. Lee Haynee weighed 110 kg and was 180cm tall, Yates weighed 120 kg and was 177cm tall, and Ronie Koleman had 138 kg of ripped mass and was 180cm tall. The hypothesis, then, is that the enlargement of the abdomen is linked to the need to maintain much larger muscles than before.
Possible sources of HGH intestine
The most important factor is that HGH acts via IGF-1 on receptors in the smooth muscle of internal organs, causing them to bulge.
This factor appears to be true. However, the origin of HGH gut is more complex:
Long-term and overuse of HGH. Professional athletes take steroids and HGH for almost a year, and HGH is taken at 15 to 30 IU per day for six months straight.
Other medicines and combinations. Professional BBs do not use HGH alone, but only in combination with steroids and insulin to achieve the synergistic effect. But the synergetic increase also affects the internal organs, growing quickly.
Food in enormous quantities. Jay Cutler once said that the hardest part of a bodybuilder's life is eating, and that his only job is to eat. Professional bodybuilders consume 6 to 7 thousand calories a day, divided into 7 to 8 meals, so they have to take in 800 to 900 calories each time. Trying to eat this amount of food will leave you with a bloated stomach. What if you had eight meals a day? Your stomach would be bloated all day long, and HGH, steroids and insulin would be part of the process.
Maintaining large muscles requires large muscles of the spine and abdominals, so the waist rises.
The origins of HGH gut are likely to be complex. HGH+insulin+steroid misuse and overeating are the main causes.
Further proof that the bloated belly is not caused by HGH alone is that Olympic athletes who also take HGH don't have large stomachs.
HGH gut facts, myths and assumptions
Myth 1. The GH intestine is irreversible.
Fact 1. When the conditions that affect the belly return to normal, the belly returns to its normal size. Two examples can illustrate this fact: Dorian Yates and Phil Health. Dorian, who used to have a GH gut during his career, doesn't have it any more. (Photo). The second example is Heath, who had a large belly during the Mr Olimpia competition in 2013-2014, but it was not noticeable during the competition in 2015, as it had disappeared and his waist had returned to its original size.
Assumption 1. The abdomen is very elastic. It can easily change its volume from the normal 1 liter to 4 or even 6 liters when it is full or otherwise distended. It returns to its normal size when the mechanical distention stops.
Myth 2. HGH was not used by the bodybuilders of the golden age.
Fact 2. Growth hormone has been on the market since it was first extracted from cadaveric pituitary glands in 1956. Over time, pituitary extraction became more widespread and by the 1980s, HGH was readily available. When recombinant growth hormone was synthesized in 1985, HGH became readily available to bodybuilders, and they certainly used it.
Assumption 2. The bodybuilders of the golden age used HGH, but they took lower doses than today because the hormone was extremely expensive, so the problem of human growth hormone bloating did not exist.
Myth 3. Growth hormone at any dose results in GH gut.
Fact 3. Scientists who have researched the use of somatropin as an anti-aging therapy have neither observed nor corrected this side effect.
Assumption 3. Growth hormone, when not abused, doesn't cause internal organ enlargement because the anabolic potential is concentrated in skeletal muscle tissue.
First - check out this article – HGH side effects
How can I avoid the human growth hormone gut and the Palumbo effect?
Don't exceed 10 IU per day and a 3-5 month cycle (Read an article about HGH DOSAGE)
Try to eat in smaller portions.
To keep the inner abdominal muscles toned, do vacuum exercises.
Information about PALUMBOISM and its FACTS AND MYTHS
Well, let's talk about another popular problem in bodybuilding - the so-called Palumboism (GH gut + muscle shrinkage)
Greg Covac – it is an example of palumboism
Palumboism takes its name from its "father", Dave Palumbo, who exemplifies the phenomenon.
As you can see from the photos, Dave's physique changed significantly over the course of his career. The young Palumbo had a great body, but then things went wrong and his physique started to change. His stomach grew and other muscles diminished.
The use of HGH in combination with other drugs is thought to cause a type of hormonal disorder called palumboism.
Myth 1. Palumboism is a disease of the mind.
Fact 1. Based on a few examples, this idea has no scientific basis.
Assumption 1. Palumboism is a form of speculation.
Myth 2. GH, insulin and anabolic steroids are the only drugs that can cause pituitary enlargement.
Fact 2. Athletes in professional bodybuilding take roughly equal doses of HGH, insulin and steroids, but there are few who have Palumboism
Assumption 2. Palumboism is a genetic response to the effects of some drugs, if it exists at all.
Myth 3. In bodybuilding, palumboism is a common problem.
Fact 3. There are just a few examples of Palumboism.
Assumption 3. The photos of Dave Palumbo that are used to illustrate Palumboism were taken during a guest posing session when Dave was already retired. So the illustrations of his awful physique are not representative.
Main Points:
GH gut has a complex nature: abuse of HGH (human growth hormone), insulin and AAS in combination with enormous food consumption.
If you take HGH properly, with low doses and short cycles, HGH bloat does not occur (You can find the information in the article on HGH FOR BODYBUILDING)
The swelling will go away when the stomach returns to normal.
Palumboism seems to be only speculative, even mythical, not scientifically proven, because it is based on too few cases.