To help
you cut through the conflicting information regarding exercise here are some
common misconceptions which could be keeping your scale stuck!
MYTH#1 Running on a
treadmill puts less stress on your knees than running on a
sidewalk.
Running is a great form of endurance training but it can impact the knees and since it's the force of your body weight on your joints that causes the stress,
it's the same whether you're on a treadmill or on a sidewalk, hence proper warm
up pre-run and stretches of your hamstrings and knee post-run is necessary to
keep injury at bay.
MYTH#2 Working out on an "abs
machine" will get you rid of the belly fat.
Crunches helps to strengthen the muscles around
your midsection and improve your posture,but the fact is unless and until you
don’t work on your balanced diet and right eating at right at time, your efforts of
getting a flat belly will all be in vein.So combination of diet and exercise is
the key.
MYTH#3 More you sweat, more you lose!
Weight loss is about burning calories and not
“sweating”. Sweat has little to do with weight loss. Sweat occurs when body’s
heating up which can occur while you’re exercising or sunbathing! When on a weight loss programme what should
matter most to you is-‘calories out’ should be more than ‘calories in’. Timing
and intensity of workout is more associated to weight loss!
MYTH#4 Exercising Can Erase All of
Your Bad Eating Habits
You can easily
out-eat your exercising. It’s essential to both workout and eat right for successful weight-loss and to maintain good health.We wish! Not only do most of us
overestimate how many calories we burn during our workouts, we underestimate
how many calories we’re eating too. When it comes to sculpting your body and enhancing your performance,
without a diet to support your training you are wasting your time in the gym.
MYTH#5Doing weight training adds up weight
One of the
most conflicting topics at many of the gyms. But unless you’re also consuming a
ton more calories, your muscles will only grow to a healthy, normal level that
promotes an increased metabolism. You have to really work for every ounce of
muscle that you gain, and it’s not as easy as most women think to sprout big
muscles.
Solely
walking, Really? Walking can be a great part of your exercise regime but including
other types of exercise like swimming, jogging, stair-climbing and resistance
or functional training using your body weight can give you some optimum
results.So if you have decided to devote time to exercise I strongly recommend
you to choose a range of various other forms too!
MYTH#7 Extra Hours in the gym helps lose faster
A longer
workout doesn’t mean a better one!
It depends
on your regularity at the gym! Doing the same exercise day in and day out may
not give you any difference hence either change type of exercise or intensity
of workout. Be wise enough to plan exercise to minimize time and maximize the
benefits!
MYTH#8 Working out at the gym is better than
working out at home
A gym or a home gym, both are equally effective. What really matters is
the individual’s motivation and personal belief to kick start the exercise regime,
whether it’s in the lawn outside or a gym 5kms away!
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