There is so much miss-information out there about health & fitness. It’s hard to know what’s the truth and what’s a myth. Here are my top fitness myth picks.
- Muscle turns into fat. This is simply not true. Muscle and fat are two totally different tissues it is impossible for one to turn into the other. You can get fatter if you stop working out because you’re not moving burning calories. The more lean muscle tissue you have the more calories you will burn at rest. So yes, you will get “fat” and out of shape if you stop exercising… So don’t STOP!
- Women will get big muscles if they workout. Women and men were not created equally when it comes to a hormone called “testosterone.” Testosterone, is what causes men to gain muscle more rapidly than women. Yes, women do have testosterone to, but not nearly enough for their bodies to respond like that of a man. You may ask what about those huge bodybuilder women, well…. they train really, really hard with extremely heavy weight and some (I’m not saying all), but some take testosterone illegally to gain muscle size.
- No pain, no gain! Exercise does not have to be painful in order to be effective. As a matter of fact there shouldn’t be any pain while working out! Pain is your bodies signal that something is wrong. You should feel some discomfort at times when exercising, but NEVER pain!!!
- You can spot reduce. Umm… if that was true I would like so off of my back side please! It is physically impossible to spot reduce. When you lose weight you will lose it from some areas quicker than others. But you can dial in a switch and make that choice, the universe has decided it for you. Now, what you can do is make an area firmer and stronger. With this new lean muscle tissue than yes your metabolism will go up and thus your body fat will go down (but where your body decides, not you).
- If I workout I can eat whatever I want! Wow… if only that was true. Calories in, energy out… It is a fact of science that you must burn more calories than you consume in order to lower or maintain your weight. So, if you eat more calories than you’re burning during your exercise program… um… girls you’re going to gain weight!
