Fitness myths you used to believe

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  • Frank_Just_Frank
    Frank_Just_Frank Posts: 454 Member
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    Weightlifting stunts your growth.
  • MsJulielicious
    MsJulielicious Posts: 708 Member
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    Sit back folks. I got this one!
    "fat makes you fat"
    "sugar is bad. always"
    "must be hungry. always. starving in fact"
    "women should only do light weights with lots of reps"
    "fitness should make you miserable"
    "shakiness and mood swings are part of the process"

    Yep I was a totally ignorant sheep tool. Thank Gawd for education.
  • TheRealParisLove
    TheRealParisLove Posts: 1,907 Member
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    The myth that did me the most harm is that I could eat whatever I wanted as long as I worked out hard enough. Now I know that you can't out exercise a poor diet.
  • geebusuk
    geebusuk Posts: 3,348 Member
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    That 5/6 meals a deal kept your metabolism up.

    Still followed calories too, though nowhere near as anally as I do now with MFP..
  • suppakana
    suppakana Posts: 307 Member
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    Girls can't lift weight. They'll get bulky.

    The strongest woman will still be weaker than the weakest man.

    Those are two that need to be squished, and squished permanently.
  • Elif84
    Elif84 Posts: 287 Member
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    I thought if I just exercised (mostly cardio) and still ate the way I did, I would lose weight. I never lost weight and didn't see any change in my body. I switched it around. I watched what I ate, did heavy lifting and less cardio and started to see a change.
  • sklarbodds
    sklarbodds Posts: 608 Member
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    I actually believed that if I just worked out I could eat whatever I wanted. I believed that in part because it was true when I was in H.S. (Of course I played 3 different sports and ran and rode my bike like CRAZY).

    I would eat 3500 calories and workout for 30 minutes and wonder why I wasn't losing LOL.
  • Hungry_Annie
    Hungry_Annie Posts: 807 Member
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    I thought I had to eat as little as possible, and burn off as much of what I ate. Good lord.
  • FattyFatsoMcTubby
    FattyFatsoMcTubby Posts: 170 Member
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    You get fat by eating fat. To lose weight stop eating fat.
  • toddis
    toddis Posts: 941 Member
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    That you need to stretch...
  • F00LofaT00K
    F00LofaT00K Posts: 688 Member
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    If you follow a low carb diet, you can eat as much food as you want and get skinny. OR that certain foods are unhealthy and make you fat.
  • rayonrainbows
    rayonrainbows Posts: 423 Member
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    detox with only fruits & veggies for a week before you start your diet to shrink your stomach -> decrease hunger
    (then i wondered why i almost never lasted until the "actual" "diet")
  • jennegan1
    jennegan1 Posts: 677 Member
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    Got nothing to add. Heard of everything besides for the detoxing/juicing/cleanse diets til I joined this sight which I knew they are bull...my fav though you must eat a certain way to lose weight aka diet....I tried giving up some foods but decided it wasnt worth it..Also must eat breakfast in order to lose weight also
  • twhaley1990
    twhaley1990 Posts: 140 Member
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    Toning.
  • tropicaltiger
    tropicaltiger Posts: 254
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    my favorirites is-don't eat after 6pm my body will store the fat lol
  • jthomchin728
    jthomchin728 Posts: 5
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    1,000,000 sit-ups a day will give you a six-pack.
    I didn't eat breakfast or lunch today, so I can pig out at dinner and lose weight!
    Lifting heavy will make you bulky/muscular/make you look like a man (I had a friend tell me that again as recently as this summer!).
    You can't eat ___ if you want to lose weight!
    You HAVE to eat ___ if you want to lose weight!

    "Negative Calorie foods"
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,688 Member
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    Muscle weighs more than fat.

    A pound of muscle weighs the same as a pound of fat!
    Problem here is that muscle does weigh more than fat if equal volume is being measure. When comparing materials for density, one doesn't compare pound vs pound. It's volume vs volume.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal/Group FitnessTrainer
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    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,688 Member
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    When I started in fitness I believed these due to everyone around me echoing them:

    Breaking up your meals to several increases your metabolism.
    Eating clean is the only way to get "ripped".
    Diet soda rots your insides.
    Cardio burns fat (even without calorie deficit).
    Lifting weights made one inflexible and slow.
    Eating after 7pm stopped one from losing weight

    A.C.E. Certified Personal/Group FitnessTrainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
  • jthomchin728
    jthomchin728 Posts: 5
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    Toning.

    This.
  • Therealobi1
    Therealobi1 Posts: 3,262 Member
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    stop eating after 7pm
    cut out bread and pasta
    heavy weights make woman bulky
    exercise as much as u like so u don't have to worry about diet

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