Fitness Myths
Fitness Myth - You Need to Have a Workout Routine to be Fit
New here? You may want to subscribe to Trying Fitness by Email. Here are a few posts to get you started:
Fitness Interviews
Is Your Personal Trainer Full of Crap?
The Dirty Facts About Eating Clean
You don’t need to belong to a gym or some type of organized group to incorporate fitness into your life. If you are [...]
Fitness Myth - If You Don’t Look Overweight, You Don’t Need to Exercise
Exercising is about more than just looking good. Just because you don’t appear to be overweight, you can still have more body fat compared to your muscle mass. Having a high body fat increases your risk for various diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, stroke, etc.
Heart disease risk can be reduced by exercising [...]
Fitness Myth - Eating Once a Day To Lose Weight
Eating once a day is the worse way to try to shed excess pounds. In fact, by eating only once, your body goes into starvation mode and begins to store more of the calories from your meal as fat. Our bodies adapt and will change in order to keep us alive.
It is healthier [...]
Fitness Myth - You Can Lose Weight with Pills or Drinks
This myth continues to make many diet supplement manufacturers millions of dollars a year. Many of my family members and close friends still fall for the “magic in a bottle” to try and lose weight. What many people don’t realize is that many diet supplements are marketed with misleading advertising.
Regular exercise and a [...]
Fitness Myth - Just Walking Doesn’t Require Warming Up
Walking is a low impact exercise but it is just as intense as running as far as your muscles are concerned. You shouldn’t workout with cold muscles. It is important to warm up your muscles before any exercise. Spend at least five minutes walking at a steady pace to break a sweat.
Once [...]
