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Friday, November 23, 2007
5 Myths When It Comes To Weight Loss
MYTH 1 - The healthiest way to find out if you are losing weight is to weight yourself on a scale
FACT - The healthiest way to gauge your progress is to make sure you are increasing your strength levels and endurance through the length and level of the exercise routine you are doing. Another way is to simply look in the mirror and wear clothes. People put too much emphasis on the scale and not enough emphasis on how their clothes are fitting and how they are feeling
MYTH 2 - It is more beneficial to work out 2 to 3 hours a day instead of just one.
FACT - Long workouts can be counterproductive. More than one hour of intense exercise can actually increase cortisol levels which can assist in destroying muscles. The body is designed for quick but intense workouts so anything more than 45 minutes of weight training, and 40 minutes of cardio will counteract what you may have already done. Not that you won't lose weight, but after a certain point everything you are doing no longer has any effect on your body.
MYTH 3 - Women will look like bodybuilders if they weight train
FACT - A woman has only 1/3 of the testosterone that a man does so it is physically impossible to look like a man. The women who are body builders look big because they may take steroids or growth hormones. At first you may look a little bigger when you weight train because you are carrying excess fat below the muscles, but eventually when you lose the weight you will see only lean and defined muscles, not bodybuilder type muscles.
MYTH 4 - You must work out 7 days a week to see results
FACT - The amount of days you work out does not constitute a higher level of fitness. Consistency and the intensity of your workout is more important than how many days you do it. The more you workout the less energetic you feel about it because you are tired and don't feel like putting forth more effort. It is better to work out 3 or 4 days at a higher intensity. MYTH 5 - To get flat abs or midsection you must perform a lot of abdominal exercises often
FACT - To get a flat stomach or a "six-pack" your body fat levels must be reduced. This is achieved through lower calories and fat combined with exercise. For most people having visible abdominal muscles is almost impossible because of genetics. If you gain only 2 or 3 pounds, even in water weight, they will probably disappear so it is best to get it as flat as you can but doing ab exercises everyday for an hour will not get them that way unless you are losing weight as well.
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