LED light?

[RovinC]

I wasnt sure where to post this, but was wondering if anyone has explored using LED light after working out to help stimulate muscle growth?

According to articles by NASA:
NASA found that optimal LED wavelengths for tissue penetration are 680, 730 and 880 nanometers (billionths of a meter). NASA also experimented with different levels of energy to deliver the light. They found that, at 4 joules per square centimeter, DNA synthesis in fibroblasts and muscle cells could be quintupled.

Not sure how to utilize this, but they found they need a way to keep muscle and bone strong in space as injuries etc dont want to heal and this works.

So if LED can increase collagen in your face and remove wrinkles, and sports places use LED to help heal injuries, how would one use this to further increase the effectiveness of a cycle for example?

thoughts?

 

[m_ob]

I wasnt sure where to post this, but was wondering if anyone has explored using LED light after working out to help stimulate muscle growth?

According to articles by NASA:
NASA found that optimal LED wavelengths for tissue penetration are 680, 730 and 880 nanometers (billionths of a meter). NASA also experimented with different levels of energy to deliver the light. They found that, at 4 joules per square centimeter, DNA synthesis in fibroblasts and muscle cells could be quintupled.

Not sure how to utilize this, but they found they need a way to keep muscle and bone strong in space as injuries etc dont want to heal and this works.

So if LED can increase collagen in your face and remove wrinkles, and sports places use LED to help heal injuries, how would one use this to further increase the effectiveness of a cycle for example?

thoughts?

It sounds too damn good to be true, but if it holds true this is a remarkable topic to bring up. I could see how this could enhance not only your cycle but muscle growth and health in general.

 

[m_ob]

Researchers Shed Light on Muscle Growth Regulator
July 30, 2009 Enlarge
Tom Thompson, PhD, and Jennifer Cash

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research at the University of Cincinnati has led to the first published structure of myostatin, a protein that regulates muscle growth in animals, offering hope for major advances in the fight against muscle-wasting diseases.

Corresponding author Tom Thompson, PhD, an assistant professor and structural biologist in the molecular genetics, biochemistry and microbiology department, detailed his research team’s findings, headed by first author and graduate student Jennifer Cash, in a peer-reviewed article for the EMBO Journal, a publication of the European Molecular Biology Organization.

The article presents the atomic crystal structure of myostatin in complex with the natural inhibitor follistatin and uncovers important features of myostatin that pertain to how it signals and is degraded, or neutralized.

Neutralization of an animal’s naturally occurring myostatin results in a marked increase in muscle mass. Therefore, therapeutics that target myostatin and stop it from working would stimulate muscle growth, offering a benefit to patients with muscle-wasting diseases such as muscular dystrophy, cancer and sarcopenia, the age-related loss of muscle mass, strength and function.

“Understanding the features that are unique to myostatin is important to discovering how to inhibit myostatin without unwanted side effects,” says Thompson. “The structure will allow us to manipulate protein inhibitors such as follistatin and help in the identification of small molecules that specifically disrupt myostatin activity.”

Armed with new insights into myostatin’s structure, Thompson will work with the Drug Discovery Center at UC’s Genome Research Institute to identify drug-like inhibitors to myostatin.

Thompson has been working with the aid of more than $1.5 million in grants, including a $1.15 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 grant and a $300,000 Muscular Dystrophy Association grant, both awarded in 2008. He previously was awarded a four-year, $260,000 grant from the American Heart Association (AHA).

 

[RovinC]

I would think this would be just as you say, great for overall health as well.
Astronauts who have gotten even a slight injury havnt been able to heal w/o gravity it seems, and muscle and bone loss has been documented while in space.
So you know they have spent allot of time and research into this subject to keep them strong and healthy.

The question is, how much and for how long?

You can buy over the counter LED's like the baby quasar, which I have first hand seen increase collagen and even dramatically reduce wrinkles on your face. A good friends wife started using it and it made a huge difference, though it took a few weeks to see the results to begin with.
Though these are in the 2.6 joule range, and the study showed 4joules. It didnt specify which wavelength increased the synthesis.

Sports professionals have LED treatments to help heal wounds and speed recovery, so its not hype.

This could actually be bigger than steroids if it worked. Imagine using light to increase muscle size!

The fact it can also increase bone density and circulation is amazing as well.

 

[m_ob]

I would think this would be just as you say, great for overall health as well.
Astronauts who have gotten even a slight injury havnt been able to heal w/o gravity it seems, and muscle and bone loss has been documented while in space.
So you know they have spent allot of time and research into this subject to keep them strong and healthy.

The question is, how much and for how long?

You can buy over the counter LED's like the baby quasar, which I have first hand seen increase collagen and even dramatically reduce wrinkles on your face. A good friends wife started using it and it made a huge difference, though it took a few weeks to see the results to begin with.
Though these are in the 2.6 joule range, and the study showed 4joules. It didnt specify which wavelength increased the synthesis.

Sports professionals have LED treatments to help heal wounds and speed recovery, so its not hype.

This could actually be bigger than steroids if it worked. Imagine using light to increase muscle size!

The fact it can also increase bone density and circulation is amazing as well.

Sounds legit. Some how I don't think my little double A flashlight will do the trick lol.