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    Squats Make You Fat

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    • Posts: 49,126 Member
      While working out at a Planet Fitness in PA in 2007(on vacation at Hershey's Park), a "PT" told me that the way I was curling (I was in the same stance as a barbell row, but doing curls with my elbows isolated) wouldn't result in better biceps.:laugh:

      A.C.E. Certified Personal/Group FitnessTrainer
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    • Posts: 6,990 Member
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      Unfortunately this asinine reason or something similiar was used for many years to prevent women from competing in distance running


      Do they think it's just bouncing around in there loose or something? This kills me.
    • Posts: 568 Member
      squats made me so fat.......

      0_o
    • Posts: 777 Member
      Someone actually toldme that if you don't shower right after you work out/sweat that your skin will reabsorb the fat that came out along with the sweat you produced. Gotta love that advice....

      Hmm noo but you may get pimply :)
    • Posts: 2,733 Member
      I don't have a single quote to contribute, but this thread is hilarious!!! :noway:
    • Posts: 8,218 Member
      My marathon running coworker won't lift weights because they make her slower.

      I've told her she can put them down before running, but no avail.

      :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

      :drinker:
    • Posts: 4,089 Member
      An older family friend came over when i was working out and saw me deadlifting. She said that if i keep lifting that much weight i will never have babies. I didn't ask for an explanation why.

      It's cause your girl parts will fall down and turn into boy parts, just like your fat is turning into muscle and your getting all bulky and stuff.
    • Posts: 238
      I was told I didn't need to worry about losing weight to decrease my chances of diabetes because I was TOO YOUNG to get diabetes. I'm in my 30s.

      Illnesses don't ask for ID.
    • Posts: 504 Member
      I was also told by my co worker that running would make my uterus fall out. And he was serious.

      If that were true, wouldn't there be a bunch of uteruses all over the road after a marathon????
    • Posts: 1,060 Member
      I was told:
      - You have to eat breakfast or your metabolism will slow down
      - Can't absorb more than 20 grams of protein in one sitting
      - Lifting weights makes you bulky (anything but!)
    • Posts: 1,949 Member
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      My mom is worried that I'm going to hurt myself because "deadlifts are dangerous".

      They ARE dangerous if you lift with improper form. Deadlifts need to be treated with the utmost respect. Just sayin'...your mom is right as usual.
    • Posts: 4,966 Member
      A "trainer" approached me and gave unsolicited advice about how I should never ever do weights above 5 pounds because "they will make me bigger"

      Instant credibility destruction.

      He was creeping
    • Posts: 6,990 Member
      I was also told by my co worker that running would make my uterus fall out. And he was serious.

      If that were true, wouldn't there be a bunch of uteruses all over the road after a marathon????

      LMAO! :laugh:
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      Doesn't seem THAT fat to me...
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      OMFG nearly fell out of the chair.... <3 swimming
    • Posts: 16,947 Member
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      Ha ha, love this thread! I was told by older women in the gym when I was pregnant that I was NOT supposed to workout when I'm pregnant. Then when they see me again they stare me down and give me the evil eye! Had 5 healthy babies and was at the gym the day I went into labor with 3 of them. : )

      Good thing I didn't hear crazy advice like that. I circuit trained until I was about 8 month pregnant. Thank god I did - or I never would have had the stamina for delivery!!
    • Posts: 1,732 Member
      Swimming makes you fat because the water is cold. So you store more fat. You know, like a polar bear or seal :/

      I actually read a book recently which cited some studies that found that elite swimmers had higher body fat percentages on average than elite athletes in other sports where the other athletes had similar resting heart rates and VO2 max.
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      Good thing I didn't hear crazy advice like that. I circuit trained until I was about 8 month pregnant. Thank god I did - or I never would have had the stamina for delivery!!

      No kidding right!!! People think you need to train for a marathon but you should lie around for 9 months and then have push through the hardest workout you will ever experience!
    • Posts: 407 Member
      Huh, my Dr told me squats and deadlifts would make my uterus fall out. I guess uteruses just delicate all around.
    • Posts: 766 Member
      Had one friend tell me once that people were fat in America cuz they eat more red meat than in other countries and that red meat is bad for you cuz its high in fat, Lean Red meat is actually good for ya. while most people think that red meat is packed with artery-clogging saturates, around half the fat in red meat is actually heart-healthy monounsaturates. In particular, red meat contains oleic acid, the same type of fat that’s found in olive oil.

      And red meat is packed with a wide range of vitamins and minerals, especially iron. Around 40% of women aged between 19 and 34 have such low intakes of this nutrient that they’re at risk of suffering from anaemia, a condition that causes extreme tiredness, lack of energy and shortness of breath when exercising.


      Also that if you lift weights you will bulk up instead of lose weight. That's not true, how many female fitness instructors that workout with weights do you see that are huge and fat looking. None of em.
    • Posts: 3,306 Member
      OHP is bad for the shoulders and squats are bad for knees.
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      Someone actually toldme that if you don't shower right after you work out/sweat that your skin will reabsorb the fat that came out along with the sweat you produced. Gotta love that advice....


      Hahaha! :laugh: :drinker:
    • Posts: 301 Member
      paleo diets cause cancer. really?
    • Posts: 383 Member
      Bump for later.
    • Posts: 377 Member
      That running on a treadmill makes your legs bulky. :huh: no I don't know either,

      In all fairness, my thighs are quite nice right now due to the treadmill. Or so my wife tells me. :laugh:
    • Posts: 79 Member
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      Unfortunately this asinine reason or something similiar was used for many years to prevent women from competing in distance running

      I'm a little sad to hear that my uterus won't be falling out. Was hoping for free birth control.
    • Posts: 2,219 Member
      I haven't been on the receiving end of terrible work out advise, but some of these are HILARIOUS... and omg... the seal. DYING! lol
    • Posts: 673 Member
      Running WILL make your uterus fall out, so don't do it until you are done having kids!

      I coulda saved my copay for my hysterectomy.
    • Posts: 2,633 Member
      Fat people should not run....ever, Not even when being chased.
    • Posts: 1,298 Member
      This thread is making me LMAO. I duct tape my uterus in place before running. I'm good.
    • Posts: 1,897 Member
      We don't need protection.
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