7 fitness myths we need to know before training
We have all tried and some of us have certainly succeeded: joining the gym with the aim of losing weight, keeping fit or, simply, just to meet new faces.
When it comes to topics like this everyone suddenly turns into experts in the trade even though they limited themselves to two test pilates classes and continued to train at home.
- · 1. Thanks to the gym you can eat lots of chocolate
- · 2. The more you sweat the more you lose weight
- · 3. If you feel pain it is because you have trained well
- · 4. Running long distances is better
- · 5. You can lose weight only in one area of the body
- · 6. After a month in the gym, cellulite disappears
- · 7. If you train a lot with weights you become like a man
Working out at home works, but what are the most common (and false) myths about fitness?
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1. Thanks to the gym you can eat lots of chocolate
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A healthy lifestyle goes hand in hand with well-balanced exercise. If your aim is to keep fit, it is important to go to the gym, but this must necessarily be accompanied by a diet that is aware of the facts: otherwise you risk that all your efforts on the treadmill will not be rewarded!
2. The more you sweat the more you lose weight
Losing liquids does not mean losing weight, especially since these are liquids that will be replenished at the end of the fake slimming session.
When you go to the gym, use special garments that promote perspiration: your body will thank you!
3. If you feel pain, it is because you have trained well
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We know, gymnastics is certainly not a walk in the park, but if after an exercise we are in debt of oxygen, we can no longer move our legs and we want to make a will, perhaps it is necessary to give ourselves a regulation and take a pause.
Pain can be good as long as the gym doesn't turn into torture!
4. Running long distances is better
Some love it, while others feel they are dying after the first two hundred meters. If long distances just aren't your thing, settle for shorter ones. It is scientifically proven that those who run less than one hour a week, making short bursts for about ten minutes, have a heart as healthy as that of those who run for three or four hours a week.
5. You can only lose weight in one area of the body
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It would be nice but it is practically impossible. Losing weight only in the areas of the body where we would like to lose weight is a real utopia because weight loss, as well as gaining weight, does not look anyone in the face.
By losing weight you may lose your love handles but you may also have to stop wearing that no-wire bra, the one that has been a bit big for you since you lost weight ...
6. After a month in the gym, cellulite disappears
If you are fighting an orange peel battle, a sports top and shorts will not be enough. If you want to win you will also need to check your diet, drink plenty of water or green tea, and avoid salt.
Alliances, such as the one between an exercise bike and your pantry, are almost always winning!
7. If you train a lot with weights you become like a man
Many believe that lifting weights is not recommended for girls because, in the long run, it makes their arms and shoulders much larger than average. The truth is that big muscles become so big thanks to the presence of testosterone, produced in large quantities by the carriers of two Y chromosomes: from this point of view you can rest easy!
And if you want to proceed at full speed, eat well too!
