Fitness Tips that are just BS

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  • SailorKnightWing
    SailorKnightWing Posts: 875 Member
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    Technically, if the tea has caffeine then it will work as a diuretic. If it's caffeine-free tea then it will act the same as water.
    You need to drink around 700mg of caffeine for the diuretic effect to make a noticeable difference. That's 7 cups of coffee.
  • QuietBloom
    QuietBloom Posts: 5,413 Member
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    Technically, if the tea has caffeine then it will work as a diuretic. If it's caffeine-free tea then it will act the same as water.

    Yes! That is a perfect example of a fitness tip that is BS. Good work. :flowerforyou:
  • chrisdavey
    chrisdavey Posts: 9,835 Member
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    must eat every 3hours
    must have breakfast
    must have protein shake (not food) withing 30mins of finishing workout of pointless
    don't train for longer than 45mins or you will be catabolic and muscles will fall off
    don't eat C&F together
    don't eat simple sugars, except PWO when you need the insulin spike
    cardio will make your muscles fall off
    you can gain muscle without fat if you stick to "clean" foods
    diet food/drinks make you fat and give you cancer
    low fat foods are chemical **** storms and the added sugar makes you fat
    xxxxxx food cannot be part of a healthy diet (except hydrogenated trans fat)
    saturated fat will give you heart disease
    another guy said he will ONLY eat in a calorie surplus if only eating P&F
    you can gain muscle and lose fat at the same time if you eat these specific foods (not noobie, muscle memory or on gear)
    juicing is a great sustainable diet for weight loss
    you HAVE to use adjustable free weights to maintain LBM while dieting
    .8g/kg of BW for protein is enough
    simple sugars are bad and make you fat (bloody insulin)
    should only eat low gi carbs (despite the fact that many low gi foods have a higher insulin response than high gi foods)
    fruit is bad because it has too much sugar
    80/10/10 diet (possibly the dumbest idea yet)
    vegetarians can't get adequate protein

    And I'm sure there are more.
  • mike_ny
    mike_ny Posts: 351 Member
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    Certain foods are "fat-burners", as if you can eat a dozen donuts as long as you chase them down with grapefruit juice or one of the magic fat-burner foods.
  • ChristiH4000
    ChristiH4000 Posts: 531 Member
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    *gasp* You can't eat a WHOLE banana every day.

    I'm eating that damn banana....every.single.damn.day.
  • devil_in_a_blue_dress
    devil_in_a_blue_dress Posts: 5,214 Member
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    Having angry sex with your instructor is the same as being on the cross trainer

    Wait, this isn't true?

    Oh.
    Does having angry sex with your instructor on the cross trainer count?
    Um... for science....

    TOTALLY COUNTS
  • melb_alex
    melb_alex Posts: 1,154 Member
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    *Close Family Member*

    "If you obsess too much about your fitness your relationships break up, marraiges break up etc

    There is no way you can keep up with the maintenance when you're older when you have kids".

    You don't HAVE to look hot 24/7 Alex, there is more to life than this weightlifting".


    "Thanks for the advice I am going to go lift max weights now, you have given me an added incentive" ;) *Alex hangs up*
  • dougt333
    dougt333 Posts: 697
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    Parents advice to me.

    While gaining weight.
    "You should diet your getting too fat"

    While loosing weight from proper nutrition and excersizing"
    "Are you sick your getting thin, you should eat more."

    Don't listen to them.
  • Andy_83
    Andy_83 Posts: 270
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    Having angry sex with your instructor is the same as being on the cross trainer

    Wait, this isn't true?

    Oh.
    Does having angry sex with your instructor on the cross trainer count?
    Um... for science....

    TOTALLY COUNTS

    Although i feel for the guys on the treadmills
  • Joehenny
    Joehenny Posts: 1,222 Member
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    Eat clean when you bulk and you won't gain any fat.
  • Mellyajc
    Mellyajc Posts: 142 Member
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    Technically, if the tea has caffeine then it will work as a diuretic. If it's caffeine-free tea then it will act the same as water.
    You need to drink around 700mg of caffeine for the diuretic effect to make a noticeable difference. That's 7 cups of coffee.

    I imagine that depends on the person. My mom's quite sensitive and if they swap the decaf tea for real stuff, she's in the bathroom 10 minutes later.

    I sometimes notice the effects after one cup of coffee.
  • Mellyajc
    Mellyajc Posts: 142 Member
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    Running is bad for your knees.
  • SrJoben
    SrJoben Posts: 484 Member
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    Tea doesn't count as drinking water but you can add lemon to your water to make it taste better.

    I always imagine people who think like that as also wondering where bread disappears to when you put it in the toaster.

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  • Warchortle
    Warchortle Posts: 2,197 Member
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    I'll start.

    "If you lay down after eating you will get fat"
    I'm nitpicking but eating advice is not the same thing as fitness advice. Eating can impact fitness and vice versa... but not the same thing.
  • Warchortle
    Warchortle Posts: 2,197 Member
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    Running is bad for your knees.
    This is incorrect. Running *can* be bad for your knees under certain conditions... and running can be fine under certain conditions.
  • sccet
    sccet Posts: 141 Member
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    Forgot my favorite:

    You absolutely, cannot - under any circumstances - gain muscle while eating at a caloric deficit.
  • Magic_Chicken
    Magic_Chicken Posts: 141 Member
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    I'll start.

    "If you lay down after eating you will get fat"


    I was once told to eat standing up cause that way the fat goes straight to your feet!! lol

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