Myths about women and working out!

I am going to list some myths about working out. Most of them pertain to women.

Myth 1

The amount of calories burned is displayed on the treadmill. WRONG. Some tredmills will ask you for your weight, height, sex, and age and others will not. All of these factor into how many calories you will burn. Also, your body fat index factors into how much you will burn.

Myth 2

If a woman lifts weights, she will bulk up. WRONG ON SO MANY LEVELS! The reason it is so hard for women to bulk up is that we produce a lot of estrogen. It is much easier for men to bulk because they produce more testosterone. For a women to really bulk up, she would have to take a lot of supplements and spend 4-5 hours a day strength training.

This is what most women think they will look like if they lift weights.

 

This is what you have the possibility of looking like if you lift weights, however you have to follow a very strict diet to look like this. (This is my personal trainer I hired. She emphasizes eating clean and working out with taking any supplements).

Myth 3

Going to the gym and working out hard allows you to eat whatever you want. WRONG. No amount of exercise can compensate for what you put into your body. When you work out, your results rely almost 80% on what you feed your body. 

Myth 4

Strecthing before exercising is helpful. WRONG. It has been shown that static strecthing (bending over and touching your toes or brining your ankle to your hip) does not help performance. In fact, if done longer than a minute it can hinder performance. Stretching that athletes do is okay because practice dynamic stretching (the move when stretching).  

Myth 5

You can workout your abs and you will get a six pack. WRONG. In order to get rid of the overlying fat, you must do CARDIO, CARDIO, CARDIO, and CARDIO. That applies for any body part as a matter of fact.