Separating Common Health and Fitness Myths from Fact

written by john c ashworth, ma, cscs, ces

This is a list of the most common myths when it comes to exercise and weight loss.? A brief review of this list will help set you straight in relation to important weight loss concepts.

• Myth: Cardiovascular training is the best way to tone and shape the body.
• Fact: to lose weight the right way (build muscle while doing it), you MUST train with weights.
• Myth: Exercising regularly prevents the need to worry so much about good nutrition.
• Fact: when you?re exercising regularly, nutrition becomes even more important.
• Myth: Women might bet ?bulky? and ?over muscular? if they lift weights
• Fact: Women generally don?t have enough testosterone in their bodies to become over muscular.? Strength training helps women create lean, tone, and healthy bodies.? In addition, strength training helps women fight the affects of menopause on lean muscle and bone loss.
• Myth: strength training is only for young athletes and people who are already in great shape
• Fact: people of all ages (8-80 years old) should perform regular strength training.? And the older one gets, the more important regular strength training becomes
• Myth: muscles grow while you?re in the gym working out
• Fact: muscle is built in recovery when your body performs the work of re-building what you broke down during your exercise session.? Which, by the way, is one of the reasons post-workout nutrition and your nutrition program in general are so very important when you start and continue an exercise program.
• Myth: There is a magical set of reps and sets that produces the best results
• Fact: High-intensity efforts that are cycled over the course of the year and workouts that change at the very least every two weeks is what produces the best results
• Myth: Eating right means cutting my calories as severely as possible and eating three square meals a day
• Fact: Eating 5-6 mini meals every 2-4 hours is the optimal nutrition plan that will produce the best results
• Myth: People who over eat lack will power
• Fact: Overeating is a natural instinct that is driven by a poor nutrition program, not eating enough balanced ?mini-meals? throughout the day, and eating meals that are un-balanced and contain too many simple carbohydrates
• Myth: High-carbohydrate, low-fat diets work the best
• Fact: people are becoming fat, and developing type 2 diabetes and heart disease from over-consuming carbohydrates and not exercising enough
• Myth: You have to count EVERY calorie you eat if you want to lose weight
• Fact: You should count portions and not calories and focus on the balance of the meals and in getting adequate amounts of food early in the day
• Myth: If you eat right, you don?t need to take supplements
• Fact: Studies show that supplement provide a good insurance policy on making sure critical nutrients, including protein, are not missed each day.? Meal replacement bars and shakes also provide a level of convenience that helps ensure people get 5-6 balanced meals EVERY day.
• Myth: You need to drink water only when you are thirsty
• Fact: Once you are thirsty it?s too late.? The body needs more water than it communicates to you on an on-going basis
• Myth: You have to eat perfectly all the time
• Fact: There?s no such thing as eating perfectly and a cheat day here and there provides an opportunity to enjoy food that you really shouldn?t eat all the time, but that is enjoyable to consume on occasion

Source: http://fitnessnomadreport.com/separating-common-health-and-fitness-myths-from-fact/

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