150 Muscle Building, Fitness and Diet Myths from M&S

Posted today by Muscle & Strength: 150 Muscle Building, Fitness and Diet Myths

1) You must eat every 2.5 to 3 hours or you will fail to build muscle and/or lose muscle.

2) You must use a training split; full body workouts are inferior.

3) Your can’t handle more than 30 grams of protein at one sitting. The rest goes to waste.

4) Eating fat makes you fat.

5) If you don’t eat immediately after lifting your will miss the golden window of opportunity and lose or minimize gains.

6) Women who lift heavy will build massive amounts on muscle mass and look disgusting.

7) Endless crunches and sit ups will carve out six pack abs.

8) Adding more volume (sets and exercises) and frequency is the magic key to unlocking muscle gains.

9) You must do endless amounts of cardio to lose weight.

10) Half squats are better for your knees than deep squats.

11) You must have amazing genetics to build an impressive amount of size and strength.

12) You must hit a muscle from every possible angle to build great size.

13) If you don’t change workouts frequently, your gains will stall.

14) You can build an impressive amount of muscle mass without dramatically improving your current strength levels.

15) To build impressive arms you must work both triceps and biceps with 12-24 direct sets per week.

16) You can spot reduce impressive amounts of fat via exercise.

17) Athletes do not need extra daily protein, only those looking to build muscle need extra protein.

18) People who workout hard do not need extra daily protein, only those looking to build muscle need extra protein.

19) You can’t build big legs without squats.

20) You can’t build a big back without deadlifts.

21) You can’t build a big chest without the flat bench press.

22) A natural bodybuilder can get as big as an enhanced bodybuilder if they only work hard enough.

23) High protein diets are bad for your health and will destroy your kidneys.

24) Creatine is bad for you and will destroy your kidneys.

25) Creatine is a steroid.

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Replies

  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    Good stuff. How many of these myths will be posted on the forums in the next hour or two? We can play bingo...
  • Lyadeia
    Lyadeia Posts: 4,603 Member
    If the rest of the list is like the part you posted, I would request that this be stickied to help prevent 2384756287346529837465 new threads that perpetuate the myths.
  • joel3736
    joel3736 Posts: 55 Member
    Actually a few of those are true.
  • JeneticTraining
    JeneticTraining Posts: 663 Member
    Niceeee
  • JeneticTraining
    JeneticTraining Posts: 663 Member
    Actually a few of those are true.

    Which ones are true
  • michellekicks
    michellekicks Posts: 3,624 Member
    Actually a few of those are true.

    Of course they are.
  • baptiste565
    baptiste565 Posts: 590 Member
    number 8 is true
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  • This is good stuff. However, just like the state farm commercial. You can't believe everything you read on the internet.
  • Lyadeia
    Lyadeia Posts: 4,603 Member
    This is good stuff. However, just like the state farm commercial. You can't believe everything you read on the internet.

    I was going to read this comment but was distracted by pecs and abs. :flowerforyou:
  • michellekicks
    michellekicks Posts: 3,624 Member
    84) You should trust all online advice if it sounds intelligent.
  • gerard54
    gerard54 Posts: 1,107 Member
    Aren't these all true...