Good Morning! TIme to stop the madness running rampant in our industry and get down to delivering the FACTS. Here are 10 Fitness Lies that can secretly
derail you, so you can use the truth to fuel your decisions.
10. THE
MORE YOU SWEAT THE BETTER THE WORKOUT
The truth: "This is just an
illusion. You burn more calories when you work harder," says Liz Neporent,
a health and fitness expert and national spokesperson for the American Council
on Exercise. Sweating more might make you think you're working harder, but in
order to burn more calories, your muscles have to put out more effort, your
heart has to beat faster, and your breathing rate has to increase too, Neporent
says.
Think of swimmers.
9. Lift Light Weights To Tone Up
The truth: This
myth just won't seem to go away! Most women don't have the hormones or the
muscle mass needed to get really big muscles, Neporent says. "You'd have
to spend hours and hours in the gym to build up [muscle mass], and even then
most women are incapable of really bulking up."
Don't shy away from weights that challenge you. To
reshape your body, Neporent recommends lifting heavier weights and pushing
yourself to the point where you fatigue your muscles within 8-15 reps.
8. For flat abs, you should work them every day.
The truth: Like every other muscle
group in your body, your abs need time to rest and recover. "Training a
muscle causes the muscle to break down, and it is during rest that it is
allowed to repair and rebuild itself," says Tom Holland, an exercise
physiologist and author of "Beat the Gym".
Abs are built in the gym and revealed in the
kitchen.
7. Pilates
and Yoga Creates Long, Lean Muscles
The truth: While you may feel longer
and taller after a great Pilates or yoga session, it's physically impossible to
lengthen a muscle. "Muscles have a fixed origin and insertion point,
therefore the only way to truly 'lengthen' a muscle would be to surgically
detach and reattach it," Holland says.
6. The
"Fat-Burning" Zone Is The Best For Weight Loss
The truth: While
you do burn a higher percentage of calories from fat at lower intensities, you
burn more calories overall by exercising harder.
Bottom line:
To burn the most fat, create a well-rounded workout schedule that mixes
strength training, high-intensity cardio, and lower-intensity sessions if you
want an extra hit of cardio. And of course, supplement your training with a
healthy diet and proper nutrition support with safe supplements.
Think about it, you are in the fat burning
zone while you sleep.
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Anna
