| There are lots of myths that surround the fitness and | | | | weight training is beneficial for everyone. |
| exercise field that have no real basis in fact or reality. | | | | 3. Many exercises have heard that you need to |
| But they persist anyway, and unfortunately many | | | | workout on an empty stomach to burn more calories. |
| accept these misconceptions as fact, sometimes even | | | | Again this is just not true. Burning calories has |
| causing harm to their body as a result. So let's debunk | | | | absolutely nothing to do with what is in your stomach |
| the top 5 fitness myths now. | | | | at the time when you work out. Burning calories is tied |
| 1. No pain, no gain has been a common mantra heard | | | | to the length and intensity of your workout. In fact, if |
| in gyms around the country for years. No doubt it has | | | | you engage in an intense workout on an empty |
| it's roots in the truth that you have to push your body | | | | stomach you could risk dizziness and fainting from not |
| when exercising or it does no real good. However to | | | | having enough energy to keep up with the muscle |
| take that to the extreme where you don't feel that | | | | demand. That's why it's often a good idea to have a |
| you have gotten a good workout unless pain is | | | | small carb snack 10-15 minutes before your workout. |
| involved is just not true. In fact, the opposite is true. | | | | 4. Another very popular myth is that a person has |
| Pain is your body's way of telling you that something | | | | belly fat because their stomach muscles are weak. It |
| you are doing is not right and it usually warns you | | | | may be true that their stomach muscles are weak, but |
| before major injury happens. So heed the warnings. | | | | belly fat, as well as all fat, is put on the body by |
| Realize that some mild discomfort may be | | | | overeating and little exercise to burn it off. In other |
| experienced when you push your body beyond it's | | | | words, you can do all the stomach crunches you want |
| current capacity, but when you go to the point of pain | | | | and still not have a flat stomach if you are still eating |
| you have gone too far. | | | | too much and not burning those calories efficiently. |
| 2. Another myth is that weight training for women will | | | | 5. Another myth - protein builds muscle. What actually |
| make them look like Arnold Schwarzenegger. It's just | | | | builds muscle is working your muscles out regularly. |
| not true. Women have a completely different physical | | | | Protein is good to have in the diet but too much of it |
| makeup than men, that emphasizes more fat deposits | | | | can actually be detrimental and cause health problems. |
| and less muscle mass. It's simply not possible for a | | | | So if you want to grow your muscle mass do what |
| normal woman to produce huge muscles by weight | | | | works, work out longer and more intensely. |
| training alone. Instead weight training can help | | | | Understanding the popular fitness myths can help you |
| strengthen and condition women, improving overall | | | | focus on the real truths of exercise instead and get |
| stamina. So don't listen to the myth, some form of | | | | the results that you really want. |