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Sports Performance Hormones

Meaning

Sports Performance Hormones are a critical category of endogenous signaling molecules whose optimal concentration, balance, and signaling activity are fundamentally crucial for maximizing athletic capacity, including physical strength, endurance, rapid recovery, and ideal body composition. This essential group includes powerful anabolic hormones like testosterone, growth hormone, and IGF-1, which drive muscle protein synthesis, alongside key metabolic regulators such such as insulin, cortisol, and thyroid hormones, which govern energy availability and adaptive stress response. Clinical management of these hormones focuses on maintaining their balance within a high-performance physiological range to robustly support intense training loads and facilitate efficient post-exercise recovery.