October 29, 2020
The biggest fitness myths you believed
- There are no exercises to lose localized fat. When you train, it is the muscles that receive the stimulus, but the fat remains there, waiting to be used as a source of energy. Fat is lost evenly from your body and you can't choose where it is lost from, it is your body that does it.
- Weights do not harden fat. When you train, it is the muscles that receive the stimulus and, therefore, they are the ones that have the potential for growth and strengthening. Fat is a tissue independent of muscle and no matter how much you train with weights, fat will not harden.
- Carbs don't make you fat. The calories in a food are the same regardless of whether it is day or night. The night does not have a magical "fattening" power with certain types of foods, that makes no sense. If you gain weight it is because you are exceeding your daily caloric requirements, period.
- Many repetitions to define? To define you need to be in a caloric deficit... To do this, you must build a good muscle base, based on an appropriate training and eating plan and later you will be able to "uncover" those built muscles. Doing high repetitions with low weight will not magically make your muscles defined if there is still a layer of fat covering them.
- There are no foods that by themselves increase muscle or make you fat. Gaining muscle depends on a set of habits, a single food will not do the job alone. You must be in a caloric surplus, have a well-structured weight training routine, apply progressive overload, get enough rest, and be patient.
- If you want to lose fat, a mistake is to do only cardio, because eventually you will also lose muscle and look flabby. If you want to lose weight, the ideal is to combine weight training with cardio. Weight training is vital in a fat loss process, since it is what will help you preserve muscle, so that when you lose enough fat, it can look defined.