Fitness Misconceptions that drive you nuts?

SaltNBurnBoys
SaltNBurnBoys Posts: 170 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I'm just curious to see what you guys have heard from people who don't know anything about fitness.

My most recent one? "Running makes your boobs smaller" *eye twitch*
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  • BombshellPhoenix
    BombshellPhoenix Posts: 1,693 Member
    "I'm not losing weight because I'm building muscle. "
  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
    Breakfast jump starts your metabolism.

    a calorie is not a calorie.

    my mother is full of "woo" and nonsense when it comes to fitness.
  • Snail_Whale
    Snail_Whale Posts: 21 Member
    I'm just curious to see what you guys have heard from people who don't know anything about fitness.

    My most recent one? "Running makes your boobs smaller" *eye twitch*

    As a 36 DD....I wish this were so freakin' true. Otherwise I'd be running no matter how sore I get, haha.
  • Ashes_To_Beast
    Ashes_To_Beast Posts: 378 Member
    When you work out your fat turns to muscle... :noway:
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    "I'm not losing weight because I'm building muscle. "

    This!^ Along the same lines....."turn fat into muscle"

    Another favorite...........spot reducing......(in my dreams)
  • Julibug86
    Julibug86 Posts: 21 Member
    This is funny, but I can say that whenever I lose weight, that's the part it comes from first. I've lost 10 lbs in this go-round and dropped from a 38B to a 38A. It's one of those things that is not true for everyone, but does happen to some of us, so the rumor continues...
  • Holly_Roman_Empire
    Holly_Roman_Empire Posts: 4,440 Member
    Eat clean if you want abs.
  • mruntidy
    mruntidy Posts: 1,015 Member
    Don't eat anything after 'insert time here'
  • notnikkisixx
    notnikkisixx Posts: 375 Member
    A lot of the pinterest misinformation drives me insane:

    "Flat belly water!"
    "Lose 5 pounds in 1 week!"
    "Lose weight with (fill in the blank) superfood"

    I also want to shake any person who says they are counting their calories and only eating 1200 a day....but aren't losing weight.
  • QuietBloom
    QuietBloom Posts: 5,413 Member
    The idea that you can 'trick' your body. Or 'shock' it.
  • mruntidy
    mruntidy Posts: 1,015 Member
    I also want to shake any person who says they are counting their calories and only eating 1200 a day....but aren't losing weight.

    Shakeology doesn't work :wink:
  • bugaboo_sue
    bugaboo_sue Posts: 552 Member
    The whole "squat like a baby" thing.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    "anything... for woman".

    unless "anything" = tampon.
  • Holly_Roman_Empire
    Holly_Roman_Empire Posts: 4,440 Member
    The whole "squat like a baby" thing.

    But my baby has awesome squat form!
  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
    Running will wreck your knees........:noway: :noway:
  • wanttolose40lbs
    wanttolose40lbs Posts: 239 Member
    Muscle weighs more than fat
  • SaltNBurnBoys
    SaltNBurnBoys Posts: 170 Member
    I'm just curious to see what you guys have heard from people who don't know anything about fitness.

    My most recent one? "Running makes your boobs smaller" *eye twitch*

    As a 36 DD....I wish this were so freakin' true. Otherwise I'd be running no matter how sore I get, haha.

    I debated going into the whole "mammary tissue" vs. "fat" thing, but it didn't seem worth it. I think it was her excuse not to exercise.
  • PRMinx
    PRMinx Posts: 4,585 Member
    Juice cleanses have magical reboot powers.
  • LAT1963
    LAT1963 Posts: 1,375 Member
    Weight lifting makes women manly.
  • Slasher09
    Slasher09 Posts: 316 Member
    "I work out for an hour everyday and eat 1200 calories a day and I don't lose weight." A friend told me that once at the gym...she was on the elliptical going at a snails pace because she "doesnt like to sweat" and on the way out got cheetos and a juice from the vending machine....
  • QuietBloom
    QuietBloom Posts: 5,413 Member
    Running will wreck your knees........:noway: :noway:

    Yes, I hate that one too!
  • SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage
    SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage Posts: 2,668 Member
    Don't eat anything after 'insert time here'

    I believed this one for a very long time, up until recently. You wouldn't believe how happy I was when I was educated! :laugh:
  • LianeMD1975
    LianeMD1975 Posts: 17
    Here take this magic *enter BS pill name here* and lose 5-100 lbs a week sitting on your fat a** while eating oreos, pizza, and french fries!
  • Holly_Roman_Empire
    Holly_Roman_Empire Posts: 4,440 Member
    ...that to get <20% bodyfat, you need to spend 2 hours a day doing heavy lifting. (I'm still working on convincing my husband that this is not true.)
  • Padzster
    Padzster Posts: 75 Member
    Lifting heavy weights will make you huge!

    On one hand they complement me on how "skinny" yet toned I've become, and they ask me how. I tell them lifting heavy has made a real difference and they say no, no it will make you huge! Duh!
  • LianeMD1975
    LianeMD1975 Posts: 17
    Squat like a baby? :huh: Never heard this one, please share.
  • 7elizamae
    7elizamae Posts: 758 Member
    This is funny, but I can say that whenever I lose weight, that's the part it comes from first. I've lost 10 lbs in this go-round and dropped from a 38B to a 38A. It's one of those things that is not true for everyone, but does happen to some of us, so the rumor continues...
    I'm with you! Wish it would go from my hips first rather than my bosoms!
  • SaltNBurnBoys
    SaltNBurnBoys Posts: 170 Member
    Lifting heavy weights will make you huge!

    On one hand they complement me on how "skinny" yet toned I've become, and they ask me how. I tell them lifting heavy has made a real difference and they say no, no it will make you huge! Duh!

    XD I love that the proof they're wrong is right in front of their face and they still insist on believing the lie.
  • TheVirgoddess
    TheVirgoddess Posts: 4,535 Member
    That if you have trouble meeting your calorie goals, and you are usually under 1200 (unintentionally), that you are a) lying b) attention seeking or c) not logging accurately.

    Also, that you will "shock" your body, put it into starvation mode, you will not lose weight, you will be "hangry", tried, lack energy, be starving and generally a miserable person.
  • RunnerElizabeth
    RunnerElizabeth Posts: 1,091 Member
    Running will make your uterus fall out!!! It's a classic!

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