Physical
Training
Feb 2004
Achieve
Fitness
5 Fitness Myths That
Are Responsible For Thousands of Fitness Failures
Copyright © Jesse Cannone 2004. All
rights reserved.
Unfortunately, many people are misinformed
and are also misled by the many promises of the weight loss industry.
Everywhere you look, you see or hear of people promising “Dramatic Weight
Loss” with products such as “The Fat Trapper”, or “Exercise in a Bottle”.
Then you also have the hundreds of diets
out there such as “The Zone”, “Sugar Busters” or “The Atkins Diet”.
I’m sure you have heard of many of these yourself. You might have
even tried some of them. Unfortunately, these products and diets
are not the quick fix, or the miracles they are portrayed as. They
are also usually very dangerous.
Below are some common misconceptions among
people with regard to exercise and nutrition.
1.
You need to exercise to burn fat.
The truth is you don’t gain body fat because
of a lack of exercise. You gain it because your blood sugar levels
exceed what you are using. Basically, you are eating too many calories
at one time.
2.
Your metabolism slows down once you hit 30.
WRONG! Actually, hundreds of research
studies have shown that the slow down in metabolism is due to a loss of
muscle tissue. And the loss of muscle tissue is directly related
to a lack of hard physical activity!
3. Pasta
and bread are fattening.
Anything is fattening! Lettuce can
be stored as fat! Any food or drink, which contains calories, can
be stored as body fat if it causes your blood sugar levels to exceed what
the body needs at that time. Bread and pasta are actually great sources
of complex carbohydrate! The key is how much you eat and when you
eat it.
4. Eating
after 7pm will make you fat.
Absolutely false! It all depends
on whether or not the body needs that amount of calories at that time.
Keep in mind your body is constantly burning calories, 24 hours per day,
just the amount varies.
5. Strength
training will make you bulk up.
Another NO! It seems as if mostly
women are concerned with this one. Muscle size is primarily affected
by genetics and hormone production; therefore, most women don’t have the
potential to build very large muscles.
Muscle burns calories, so the more muscle
you have, the more calories you burn which makes easier to burn fat and
harder to gain it!
By no means is this a complete list!
There are so many I could write a whole book just about them. The
key is in education, but not by reading fitness magazines!
Jesse Cannone CFT, CPRS, CSPN is a
certified personal trainer and author of the best-selling fitness ebook,
Burn Fat FAST. Be sure to sign up for his free email course as it is full
of powerful weight loss and fitness tips that are guaranteed to help you
get the results you want. http://www.guaranteed-weightloss.com
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