What is the WORST fitness advice....

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  • jennielou75
    jennielou75 Posts: 197 Member
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    You can't excercise if you have had weight loss surgery because you don't eat enough calories.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,692 Member
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    From a yoga instructor:

    Training hard puts stress on your body. Stress isn't good to have.

    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
  • NathanHaines
    NathanHaines Posts: 5 Member
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    You do not need cardio to lose weight.
  • amonkey794
    amonkey794 Posts: 651 Member
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    .

    Adding one more: anyone who ever said running was better than walking. I burn more calories walking up steep inclines than I do running on flat surfaces and don't damage my joints nearly as much.

    True story for me too.
  • amonkey794
    amonkey794 Posts: 651 Member
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    You do not need cardio to lose weight.

    You don't, though.
  • arlenem1974
    arlenem1974 Posts: 437 Member
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    I was told that because I was big boned that I will never be slim. I am medium boned like my sister and now I'm about 1 size bigger then her.
  • millerll
    millerll Posts: 873 Member
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    No carbs...cause carbs is teh enemy, doncha know! Also no wheat, even though I don't have gluten intolerance. Pfffftttt..............

    Also, anything by Tracy Anderson.................
  • eric_sg61
    eric_sg61 Posts: 2,925 Member
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    Don't lift heavy weights, because it will make you bulky.

    This and you gotta do high reps to tone
  • UpEarly
    UpEarly Posts: 2,555 Member
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    For me personally... 'Eat low carb and high protein'. I know it works for others, but it caused health problems for me.
  • kr1stadee
    kr1stadee Posts: 1,774 Member
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    Skip the weights, focus on cardio
  • Cr01502
    Cr01502 Posts: 3,614 Member
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    Stay in a calorie deficit to lose weight.
  • meaningful99
    meaningful99 Posts: 174
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    A woman told me in all seriousness that her secret to weight control was to drink four beers instead of food for dinner every night, and she suggested I try it.
  • MooMooooo
    MooMooooo Posts: 306 Member
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    My overweight husband always likes to tell me 'I don't need to diet - exercise is all anyone needs to do' OK champ *rolls eyes*
  • WinnerVictorious
    WinnerVictorious Posts: 4,735 Member
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    more reps, lower weight will tone your muscles.

    this was conventional wisdom for many years.
  • AlongCame_Molly
    AlongCame_Molly Posts: 2,835 Member
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    You do not need cardio to lose weight.

    You don't, though.

    This. You can very easily lose weight with little to no cardio. I did!
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,473 Member
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    that you should have a rest day.
  • scaredofcoasters
    scaredofcoasters Posts: 90 Member
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    "It's genetic." I even believed this for a while. That I'd never get fit because I come from a heavier family. Yeah right! Now that family keeps telling me, "I wish I could lose weight like that," yet they never take my advice.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,136 Member
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    \If you can't go A2G, don't bother trying squats.
  • delaney056
    delaney056 Posts: 475
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    You can eat as many calories as you want, as long as you low carb it.
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
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    That you should do absolutely no cardio when you're losing weight, even if you enjoy it and have several foot and bike races coming up in the next few months.

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