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5
Fitness Myths That Are Responsible For Thousands of Fitness Failures
by
Jesse Cannone
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!
The
above information is an excerpt from the
Burn Fat FAST! e-book which can
be found at http://www.burn-fat-fast.com.
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