Top 6 Fitness Myths
Ace Fitness developed a list of the top 6 fitness myths. The list was derived from a survey of 1500 fitness professionals. Here are their top six responses and an explanation from Industrial Strength:
1. Women who lift weights will get bulky muscles. This would be a full time job first of all. Women do not easily bulk up like men. It requires many sets and heavy weights with various training styles and a huge time commitment. However, women do want to gain muscle mass in order to burn more calories at rest.
2. Spot reducing is possible. Don’t we all wish that were true! The body will reduce as a whole not according to spots.
3. No pain, no gain. Maybe if you are an Olympian! For the rest of us, pain is a sign of a potential problem that needs to be addressed. Let your trainer know what you are feeling if you are concerned.
4. Exercise requires a hefty time commitment. 30 minutes a day, 3.5 hours a week, 15 hours a month. About 2% of your time. You decide if that seems like a lot.
5. If you exercise, you can eat whatever you want. Try it and see! Lots of hard work and no weight loss results. Weight loss is a simple math equation involving calories in vs. calories out.
6. There’s a magic bullet (quick fix) out there somewhere. If that were the case 62% of our society would not be obese.
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