“If you take this pill/ do this exercise, you’ll burn belly fat.” If a product or service tells you you’ll reduce certain areas by taking or using their thing, it’s a lie. You cannot spot reduce fat. It’s physically impossible. Your body will lose fat where it wants to. It depends on your genetic structure. Unfortunately, you have no control over where you lose fat – unless you go the route of paying for a cosmetic procedure.
The good news is that you can build muscle and create shape where you would like to. Targeting specific muscle groups to build and sculpt is possible. And, it’s something you can control.
Please be careful of slick marketing promises! Is what you’re being told legitimate or is it deceptive wording to get you to buy something that doesn’t live up to its promises. If you’re unsure of the answer, ask a trusted, reliable source. It’s your health you have to protect! Why spend money on something that’s not going to have some sort of positive benefit for you?
“Lifting heavy will make you bulky.” This one’s for the ladies. Building muscle and size takes work – a lot of work. It’s something you have to put effort in over the long term. It’s not going to happen overnight. And, for females, putting a bunch of weight on the bar isn’t going to make you blow up in size. We simply don’t have the natural occurring testosterone levels needed to gain noticeable size in a short period of time.
If you feel like you’re getting big quick after you start lifting weights, take a look at your food intake. Quite often when we start a new fitness journey, our metabolism revs up which in turn can increase our appetite – causing us to eat more. It’s very possible your new found “gains” are coming from what you eat rather than from what and how much you’re lifting.
“I didn’t workout hard enough because I wasn’t sore the next day.” A lack of muscle soreness doesn’t necessarily mean your workout wasn’t hardcore. We can effectively fatigue our muscles without creating an excess build up of lactic acid. And in turn, we won’t feel the DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness)…