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    Fitness Tips that are just BS

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    • Posts: 1,624 Member
      -that there are good carbs and bad carbs
      -clean foods
      -eating carbs after 6:53pm
      -eating 14 meals/day every 63 mins.
      -detoxic
      -fish thins the skin

      so many out there, don't even know where to start

      zip stole all my answers

      ETA: Not really, it's just easier to glom onto a post by someone who pretty obviously knows what they're talking about than it is to come up with a well-informed, truthful opinion of my own. *nods* true story
    • Posts: 75
      You have to poop at least twice a day to get rid of all the toxins...
    • Posts: 9,003 Member
      Just about everything on MFP posted by people who have lost all of 5 lbs or less and/or have no profile picture. :laugh: :wink:
    • Posts: 8,329 Member
      - anything remotely suggesting the possibility of certain exercises resulting in spot reduction of fat
      - that if you have a lot of weight to lose, if you lift anything over 10 pounds then you'll get bigger
      - that you dont have to watch what you eat as long as you exercise
      - doing full squats are bad for your knees if you have otherwise healthy knees
      - it's easy t burn 1000+ calories for an hour on the elliptical
      - everyone can and should do HIIT, regardless of fitness level
    • Posts: 208 Member
      Ahhh...you're probably just pregnant.
    • Posts: 1,298 Member
      I saw this comment from someone on my FL:

      You have to eat every 2-3 hrs to burn fat

      :huh:
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    • Posts: 1,654 Member
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      Wait, this isn't true?

      Oh.
      Does having angry sex with your instructor on the cross trainer count?
      Um... for science....
    • Posts: 1,690 Member
      My mom told me that I could weight train my upper body, but that I would get "thunder thighs" if I did lower body weights. I had a someone else say that that was not true, but using the stair master was enough for lower body. FML. I actually believed this until a couple of years ago.

      Eat 100% clean or you won't lose tummy fat
      Do crunches to get rid of tummy fat (spot reduce)
      Use this cream/pill/powder/supplement/whatever to lose weight without watching what you eat
      The lower the fat the better
      Use lighter weights and more reps
      You need cardio to lose weight
      Don't lift heavy or you will get bulky
      Don't eat x or you will get fat
      You can't drink alcohol or your metabolism will go on vacation and you can't lose weight
      Walking doesn't count as exercise
      Eat "superfoods" or die/get cancer/have limbs fall off/go blind
      Eat every 2 hours
      Eat 1200 calories
      Start your day with cold water or your metabolism won't start
      Listen to Dr Oz
    • Posts: 5,413 Member
      Just about everything on MFP posted by people who have lost all of 5 lbs or less and/or have no profile picture. :laugh: :wink:

      Oh, rly?
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    • Posts: 3,436 Member
      Lifting with machines is the same as free weights!
    • Posts: 9,003 Member
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      Oh, rly?

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    • Posts: 1,087
      Having angry sex with your instructor is the same as being on the cross trainer
      hahahahaha!!!!!!!!
    • Posts: 3,687 Member
      Eating donuts wrapped in bacon will make you fat...yeah right. False
    • Posts: 1,131 Member
      Sorry I have nothing .. you guys took all the good ones. In for the entertainment value.
    • Posts: 4 Member
      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.
    • Posts: 612 Member
      According to a friend's personal trainer, "Women can't do real pull-ups"

      So... those pull-ups I've been working damn hard on being able to do.... they're just an illusion, k?

      Kinda glad I didn't sign up for that group fitness class...
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    • Posts: 80 Member
      My dad told me I have been "killing myself and doing serious damage" because I run 5-6 miles a day for 5 days each week....

      But I think he's just jealous cuz he can only run about 2 XD

      Oh and did I mention when I was growing up he "educated" me that anything with ridiculously high calories is healthy and nutritious? He absolutely thought calories and fat were essential for a growing teenager so I was required to eat 2 eggs a day (my highest record was 8, yeah baby) and a large sized McDonald combo with regular soda and extra chicken nuggets every two weeks or so. For example pizzas, Big Macs, fries, etc... Every time I told him I had such and such for lunch at school he'd ask me "how many calories of nutrition was that?"

      And "being fit is 100% genetic. You are being stupid for trying to control your weight cuz you never need to."

      LOL
    • Posts: 875 Member
      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.
    • Posts: 5,413 Member
      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:
    • Posts: 9,834 Member
      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.
    • Posts: 351 Member
      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.
    • Posts: 531 Member
      *gasp* You can't eat a WHOLE banana every day.

      I'm eating that damn banana....every.single.damn.day.
    • Posts: 5,214 Member
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      Does having angry sex with your instructor on the cross trainer count?
      Um... for science....

      TOTALLY COUNTS
    • Posts: 1,154 Member
      *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*
    • Posts: 697
      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.
    • Posts: 270
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      TOTALLY COUNTS

      Although i feel for the guys on the treadmills
    • Posts: 1,222 Member
      Eat clean when you bulk and you won't gain any fat.
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