All About Human Growth Hormone
Human growth hormone, or HGH, is a powerful anabolic substance that fascinates scientists and intrigues bodybuilders. Here’s everything you need to know. David Robson November 13, 2020 • 12 min read In their quest for greater muscle size and the ripped, dry look that characterizes a top-level bodybuilding physique, competitors have, since the 1950’s, as is generally thought, used a variety of supplemental substances, both naturally and pharmaceutically derived. After experiencing unprecedented muscle growth with anabolic steroids in the early ’60s (a time when these drugs were used in larger quantities as the level of bodybuilding competition increased), bodybuilding competitors knew they had found the critical factor necessary to take them several steps higher towards physical perfection, and iron warriors the world over have not looked back since. With the 1970’s ushering in a new era for competitive sporting success, with the emergence of lucrative contracts and entire careers ba