FITNESS

Open Your Eyes To The Myths And Facts Around Fitness

When it comes to being fit, many of us are dedicated to a diet and a good workout. In this rush of maintaining our body or being a fitness maniac, we often tend to forget if we what we are believing and doing needs to be done or are we being blind and following the crowd. Has it ever happened that you thought “Is this exercise truly beneficial for my health?”

If this question struck to you at some point, it is more than enough to prove that you are trying to reason the purpose of moving left to right and so on.

Whether you worship exercise or don’t find out about the different myths and facts around fitness for knowledge. Are you looking forward to opening your eyes to the right information?

Read this article and pay attention to every point that is listed out here!

No 1 - It Is Important to Stretch Before Exercising

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

How can you exercise well if your body is not loosened enough? This loosening happens only when you move your body and swing it along.

Many fitness experts have debated over what is a fact and myth over stretching before exercising.

The answer is it is a fact that you need some movement before you get on with a full-fledged workout session. So, stretching in prior is the best!

No 2 - It Is Difficult to Have A Flat Belly Now When I am Old

Is it age that counts for making you look flat or healthy? THE ANSWER IS NO

At any age, you can be flexible, strong, and cut down on calories.

As studies have suggested that as you grow old, you lose out on muscle mass and people have formed a wrong notion that since they are anyways going to lose out on muscle mass, there is no chance to look slim and fit.

They think that less muscle mass leads to weakness and with lack of strength, there is no chance of being able to workout.

So, breaking this myth, a person loses out on muscle mass more when he/she is living an unhealthy or sedentary lifestyle. Thus, move your body even if you are old. Don’t strain yourself but at the same time don’t stop.

It is still possible to have a flat belly while your diet and fitness would build your muscle mass to some extent.

No 3 – An Effective Workout Without Facing Pain Is Impossible

If I don’t experience pain, I will never be able to make it and complete a workout.

DO YOU THINK IT IS TRUE?

An MD who specializes in physical medicine and rehabilitation as well as spine and sports medicine at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City says that it is not advisable to exercise through pain. Experiencing pain is likely to be a sign of an injury.

You can consider pain to be a warning sign.

Therefore, it is a complete myth that you have to go through pain if you want to make sure that you are exercising effectively.

No 4 - Swimming Aids Weight Loss

It is evident that investing energy and flapping your hands and legs is good enough movement and it is likely to burn all the excess fats in our body. Isn’t it?

But this is a myth because you will lose weight only if you continuously swim for hours together and that’s not possible.

Swimming is otherwise a good workout if you want to improve your lung’s capacity, tone all the loose muscles, and boosting your mood. Relying on this workout for weight loss won’t be of much help.

No 5 – To Get Rid Of Any Kind Of Back Pain Try Yoga

Any kind of back pain is terrible and causes a lot of discomfort and picking up yoga asanas to work on all your back pain may or may not help.

Yoga does help with a few aspects of your body. However, it won’t benefit your back in every way. If the pain is arising due to a muscle pull or strain in your back, you can rely on yoga.

If you have other major problems such as slip disc and so on, it is a myth to believe that yoga can solve every back problem. If you have major back issues, immediately get it checked by your doctor.

No 6 - Fats Burn Fast Only When You Exercise On An Empty Stomach

From our childhood, we have always been asked to exercise on empty stomach to derive the best benefits from a particular workout.

Another reason as to why we were asked to exercise on an empty stomach so that we don’t feel nauseous after eating and exercising. Can you relate to this? NOW THE QUESTION IS IF THIS PRACTICE IS A FACT OR A MYTH?

It is a myth because the body needs glucose while exercising and if your stomach is totally empty, your body is going to search for another source of gaining energy and you wouldn’t want your body to go to that source as it would make you put on weight.

YES, YOU HEARD IT RIGHT!

The body goes into an emergency mode and it goes to the fats to fight this difficulty. The fats would further consume all your muscle tissues and take all your energy. on your metabolism and you won’t be able to digest food or even burn calories like you usually do. Hence, don’t ever make the mistake of exercising on empty stomach. Get some form of glucose into the body and then begin with a vigorous workout.

No 7 – Proof Of A Good Workout Is In How Much A Person Sweats

Most of us think that only if we have sweat enough, it can be called a day of the best workout.

Well, that’s not true because everyone’s body is different from how one’s body reacts is solely dependent on many factors. Talking of sweating, a few people sweat less and a few people sweat more after working out but that doesn’t mean someone who didn’t sweat well hasn’t benefited at all from the workout.

You sweat less or more based on factors such as your body’s metabolism, your weight, and the place you are exercising at. While another reason for sweating too much is because the body is cooling down.

Thus, sweat has nothing to do with how effectively or ineffectively you are working out.

No 8 – Crunches Is the Best Way to Say Good-Bye To All the Belly Fat

Avoid being blinded to what you are asked to do. Whenever you are asked to do a particular exercise or picked on one random exercise, first off, read through the purpose of that exercise and then discover its benefits on your body.

Blindly don’t say a YES to any workout. If you think crunches are the best way to lose belly fat, then you have got it all wrong. Crunches only help with strengthening the muscles around your belly and it gives you a good posture.

This workout won’t affect the entire weight of your body. Moreover, sometimes it is not even about your belly. You must be healthy and because of that, it might seem like you have a big belly.

Once you start working out, to lose overall weight on your body. The abs muscles after crunches will show up automatically.

If you want to burn fats and effectively lose weight, it is necessary to do cardiovascular and strengthtraining workouts. This will help you lose weight on your belly as well as the body. On the whole, your belly would look flat and you will be in shape.

Conclusion

Did you have fun opening your eyes to many myths that were never visible to you or is it making you sad that you didn’t research enough and kept exercising with the wrong mindset or never understood the purpose?

Either way, now you a few fitness facts are known to you. It is time to stick to the facts and enlighten all your other fitness fellow mates about what you know.