Pro hGH Supplement Test Pattern, IRONMAN Magazine Aug '98

We put a lot of supplements to the test here at the IRONMAN Training and Research Center. While some produce results, others don't. Every so often, however, we find one that performs so spectacularly well that I can hardly contain my excitement—it's rare, but it does happen. It's one thing for a supplement to have some valid theory behind it; it's another for that supplement to actually perform up to expectations in a field-test situation.

Recently I was sent a promising new growth-hormone precursor that I decided to test. It's a precise mix of a number of GH-boosting amino acids—such as glutamine, arginine, glycine and tyrosine—that are scientifically buffered from stomach-acid degradation. (The damaging effects of stomach acid are the reason it's much less effective to take GH-boosting aminos on their own). It also contains anterior pituitary peptides that suppress the release of somatostatin, a growth hormone and IGF-1 regulator. According to Dr. James Jamieson, the supplement's developer, when you flood the bloodstream with those aminos and simultaneously shut off the somatostatin GH governor, you get a surge of GH that remains high for extended periods.

The results have been impressive: In an unpublished study that included both elderly people and three young, healthy bodybuilders, one bodybuilder had an 8.5 percent increase in measured IGF-1 levels after just one day of using the supplement. The second bodybuilder had a 12.5 percent rise in IGF-1 after a day, while the third showed a 36.6 percent increase in IGF-1 after six days. IGF-1 has a direct correlation to growth hormone—GH is converted to IGF-1 in the liver—so you can see the hormonal implications.

A number of us tried Pro-hGH here at the ITRC. The results I noticed were that I was sleeping more soundly, waking up with more vigor and getting much stronger in the gym despite an unusually high stress level. I observed IRONMAN's editor in chief, Steve Holman, getting leaner yet looking much thicker. He said he was amazed because he hadn't started dieting or altered his training program, yet he could definitely see a difference—his vascularity was becoming more pronounced, and more separation was visible in almost every muscle group. Steve was excited. That was enough to convince me that this product does have merit for older bodybuilders. I'm in my 50s and Steve is almost 40, so our GH levels are dwindling. What about younger bodybuilders?

Jonathan Lawson, who also trains at the ITRC went on a full eight-week cycle of the new growth hormone product as well. He's only 25, so I didn't expect him to get the same effects; however, after only four weeks his bodyweight was up to a solid 200 pounds and his condition was very close to contest ready, full and vascular. I was so impressed, I snapped the photos that appear to the right of the Neveux shot below. Jonathan competed only a few months ago at less than 185. That's his weight in the most-muscular photo at the left. At the right are the photos of him after using Pro-hGH—almost 20 pounds heavier, very near contest condition and totally drug free. He said he wasn't dieting, just following his winter training schedule, as he'd been for the two months prior to introducing the supplement. He also said his hardness was quite a shock to him because he'd been soft and he usually stays that way all winter. Apparently, the Pro-hGH made quite a difference.

I said earlier that amazing results from a supplement were rare, but I'm convinced that the new GH product produces spectacular effects.

I'm thoroughly convinced that the only way for drug-free bodybuilders to get to the next level of development is through natural hormonal manipulation—and Pro-hGH is a giant step in that direction. My hat's off (and my hair seems to be less gray lately) to Dr. Jamieson for developing a truly amazing bodybuilding supplement.

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