How Using Red Light Therapy Can Act Like an Anabolic Steroid for Bodybuilding
Looking for a non-steroid advantage to pack on more muscle with exercise?
Building muscle is a hard process. Let me tell you from personal experience it gets even harder after age 60. I work out and from the studies I’ve read I’m expecting RLT to be the magic bullet that will accelerate muscle building and fat loss.
Supplementing exercise with Red Light Therapy (RLT), also called photobiomodulation, not only increases your muscle mass faster with exercise, it aids muscle recovery and reduces DOMS. There are hundreds of clinical studies supporting the effectiveness of the process.
Photobiomodulation before exercise increases strength and reduces fatigue. Photobiomodulation after exercise, boosts recovery and decreases Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS).
I like this first study because it uses identical twins with identical genetic codes.
First Study
These brothers are monozygotic identical twins, 19 years old, male, 5'8" tall and weight 154 lbs. They both were college soccer players, living together and matched in habits and diet. Before starting the study, the researchers performed a genetic analysis to confirm that the brothers genetic code was nearly identical.
