There’s a lot of “fake news” in this industry and today we’re going to tackle some of it. Here are 7 Fitness Myths You’ve Probably Heard that I hate hearing!

Fitness Myths

Late Night Eating

Eating before bed or after a certain time will make your gain weight. Do you guys hear that? It’s the baloney alarm (censored edition).

Seriously, eating before bed is ONLY bad if you’re eating too many calories, it’s that simple. Think about it, how are you going to gain weight in your sleep if your body has nothing to fuel that weight gain?

You could eat all your calories for the day before bed and still be fine as long as you’re not overeating.

Protein Powder Gains

Protein powder will give me muscle. This is one of those fitness myths that is more geared towards women since that’s always who I hear it from.

Sure, protein powder will give you muscle a long with any other protein source and you still eat those, right?

If you haven’t turned into a professional powerlifter from eating those then you’re not going to from eating protein powder either.

Protein powder is real food just like everything else you eat.

Get Too Bulky

Lifting heavy weights will give you too much muscle and make you look bulky.

First off, lifting ANY weight will give you muscle if you’re eating enough to build muscle. You’re not going to wake up looking like a bodybuilder from lifting heavy weights if you’re not eating like a bodybuilder.

Training is the foundation and diet is the house. You can have a great foundation but if you don’t have the walls, you’re not going to build anything.

The Best Diet

This diet is better than that diet. Your friend is doing the keto diet and loves it. He’s dropping a ton of weight and feeling great.

Now you do it and have no energy. Clearly it’s a great diet for him but for you it’s not.

Don’t be afraid to try as many diets as you can until you find one that best suits your needs at that time in your life. There’s no one size fits all. Overtime you’ll learn what works for your body through trial AND error.

One more thing? Make sure to factor in quality of life here. One diet could be working great but your quality of life could be terrible. Try and find a diet that has balance, that’s a diet you’ll more than likely be able to stick with for the long haul.

Boring Diet

Your diet has to be boring to lose weight. Another one of my least favorite fitness myths (for obvious reasons).

To lose weight all you need to do is to eat less calories than your body needs for that day. Wherever you get those calories is up to you. If you wanted to, you could eat pizza every single day and lose weight.

I’m not saying that would be the healthiest way to lose weight, all I’m saying is you can eat whatever you want and reach your goals as long as there’s moderation.

Spot Reduce Fat

Ahhh, belly fat! You know that place you want to lose fat first? Yeah, well that’s impossible unless you have a few thousand for liposuction or great fat loss genetics.

For me and chances are you too, the last place you’re going to drop that last bit of fat is in your belly. You can’t spot reduce fat ANYWHERE, even if you do a million sit ups a day.

Soreness

Being sore means you had a good workout. No, well…maybe.

Being sore immediately after a workout is more an indication that you probably tried something new and stressed muscles you’ve never stressed before.

Being sore a day or two after your workout is called delayed onset muscle soreness otherwise known as DOMS. In simple terms? This soreness is from micro tears in your muscles

As you adapt to training your body will adapt too. Things like soreness will diminish as time goes on. As you get more and more involved, being sore is not a great indicator of growth or strength gains.

Let me know some of the fitness myths you’ve heard down below in the comments!

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