5 Fitness Lies Even Your Trainer Tells You

There are many mistakes that we all do. They’re actually myths, and when it comes to fitness and workout many people have different opinions. These fitness lies, are something that even your trainer tells you, and they’ve become so strong, that the internet is flooded with these false facts. These myths have started to prevent all of you out there, from achieving better results. So here we go!

1. Cardio Burns Muscle

Many lifters avoid the treadmill, thinking that a single cardio session has the ability to eat up much of their muscle gains. And the truth is yes, your body could absolutely start to use muscle as fuel when you’re doing cardio, but only during extremely long bouts of it. These means that you can burn muscles, if you are at the very end of a marathon, and only after you’ve used up all of your stored energy sources. Indeed, rather than consume itself, your body prefers to use the food that you eat to fuel your long run or ride. It’s a survival mechanism.

2. Don’t Stretch

Yes, we shouldn’t stretch at the beginning of our workout, when our muscles are not warmed up. But we should stretch for sure. We can do that in the morning, or before going to sleep, or even after the workout. Even if you want to build muscles, you have to be flexible. Look at Shaun T and his companion Tania. They both stretch, and they both have amazing bodies.

3. Certain Exercises Build Long and Lean Muscles

A favorite claim of celebrity trainers is that their workouts build you a long and lean physique. If you want to lengthen a muscle, you have to break a bone and increase the distance from where the muscle originates to where it inserts. In other words, you can’t ‘lengthen’ a muscle with an exercise. Long and lean muscles are actually just what people think of when they see people who have excellent muscle definition, yet relatively small muscle size.

4. Don’t Eat A Lot

Many girls think that eating less, or even skipping meals, will help them uncover their abs. And the saddest thing is that many trainers share this opinion. Or they unwittingly develop a calorie deficit, while attempting to eat more healthfully. Either way, the result is the same, because not eating enough slows your metabolism and makes it easier for you to overtrain because you don’t have enough nutrients to fuel recovery.

How are you supposed to give 100% in the gym if you have not eaten enough. You have to eat a lot, so you have enough energy to make it through the training.

5. Setbacks Are Crucial

Trainers love to say that if you have a setback, you lose a lot. Well, let me tell you this, yes setbacks are not good, but they are normal. No one is perfect. You can expect to hit some bumps on the road, no matter how hard you’re trying. The important thing is not to let those bumps get you totally off track, but to learn from them and move forward. Just don’t give up, have your break, take your time and move on.

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7 Weight Loss & Fitness Mistakes You Have To Avoid

If you are trying to lose weight, or if you are exercising daily and you don’t see any results, or if the results are minimal, don’t stop trying. There are many fitness and weight loss mistakes that we have to avoid, and only then, you will get the results. It is obvious that you are doing something wrong while exercising, or you are not eating right. Because of that, I’m going to give you a short list if some common weight loss and fitness mistakes, that you have to avoid in order to succeed. Let’s get started.

Short Term – High Expectations

Sometimes we expect the impossible. We want to get in shape in 2 months, and cut a few inches from our waist. Well, as we all know, fitness is not something that you do over night. It takes hard work, it should be a routine and a lifestyle, not an obligation. When you figure that out, you’ll start to see the results. High expectations can ruin our enthusiasm, and can crush our motivation. Because of that you have to know that it takes months, even years, of hard work and commitment to get the body that you want

Starting With Cardio

It is very important to start your training with weight lifting exercises. Some people make a huge mistake by doing cardio before the weight lifting training. This is wrong because you don’t want to waste your energy on doing cardio. Some people will tell you that if you want to lose weight, you should do cardio first and if your goal is gaining muscle mass, you should hit the weight room first. But cardio should come last in both cases, because the weights are very important for weight loss too. In fact, lifting weights beats cardio overall. So, you shouldn’t waste your energy and start with cardio. Warm up for 5-10 minutes, stretch, hit the weights and in the end clean your muscles with cardio.

Doing ABS Workout To Lose Belly Fat

Don’t waste your time doing abs workout in order to lose the belly fat. This is a mistake, because having strong ABS means nothing, if you have inches and inches of fat over them. The most important thing, when it comes to toning your ABS, is doing a lot of cardio, even twice a day. 30-40 minutes after every workout, and 20-30 minutes every morning before having your breakfast. Also, you have to eat clean, and that means low fat food intake. Actually, the ABS exercises are the last step of your journey to toning your ABS. Here you can see the whole process of losing belly fat The Ultimate Guide How To Get Sexy ABS.

Doing The Same Exercises Every Training

Doing the same exercises every training is a mistake too. You should change the exercises every training, so that they can be different from the exercises from the previous training. This will help you get more results. Otherwise, you are just slowing down the process.

Counting The Calories

No matter how many calories are involved, if one food is healthy, that means it’s good for our body and our health. Nutrient-poor foods will have the opposite effect. So, in other words, nutrient dense foods help keep weight in check naturally, and there is no calculator required. It’s a lot better to eat 10 bananas in a row, than a piece of cake, or a chocolate. This means, that there are different calories and we shouldn’t judge according to the calorie numbers. You should only eat healthy and clean food, no matter how many calories they contain. Eat healthy, so you could look healthy, feel healthy and lose weight.

Setbacks Are Normal

No one is perfect. You can expect to hit some bumps on the road, no matter how hard you’re trying. The important thing is not to let those bumps get you totally off track, but to learn from them and move forward. Just don’t give up, have your break, take your time and move on.

It’s Not A Process It’s A Life

You can’t expect to work out and eat healthy for 3 months, and then to be fit for the rest of your life. You have to get this one: Do not make it a process – make it a lifestyle. 

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The 7 Laws Of Fitness

Whether you are beginner, or someone who is in the fitness life for a long time, there are some rules we all have to follow. These 7 laws, as I named them, are just little helpers that show you the right way.
We all make mistakes when it comes to fitness, and not only if you are a beginner, but it happens to many girls that are in this fitness lifestyle for years.

That happens because of not knowing the right way. So, to save yourself time, and to help you get results faster and make your workouts more effective too, I decided to give you a list of the 7 laws of fitness. Follow them, and you’ll never stop your progression.

Law 1: Strength Comes First

Strength training should always come first. Many people make a huge mistake by doing cardio before the weight lifting training, and that is because they think that that way they’ll maximize the weight loss.Well, no, things don’t go that way.

The thing is, when you start with cardio, you waste your energy on cardiovascular exercise, and you cannot expect to give your 100% on the strength training, when you’ve already lost energy.
When cardio comes last, the chances of maximizing the weight loss are higher too.

Many girls get that stereotype that if they lift weights they are going to bulk up, but this is 100% false, because you are not a male you are a female, you cannot bulk up, you will only get stronger and sexier.
The weights are very important for weight loss too, in fact, lifting weights beats cardio overall. So, warm up for 5-10 minutes, hit the weights and in the end clean your muscles with 20-30 minutes cardio.

Law 2: Always Have A Plan

You got to have a plan. Otherwise, your workout can be a waste of time. You’ll find yourself lost in the gym, and not knowing what machine to workout on.
People make workout plans for a reason. They help you with the workouts, and they arrange your muscle groups.

Law 3: Make Fitness A Priority

Fitness should become your priority. That means, no matter how tough your day was, and no matter how how many miles you’ve walked, because shopping is not a workout. Everything can wait, except fitness.

Exercising every day can sometimes be a pain in the ass, when you can go out with your friends instead. Because of that, making it your priority activity, will make you more committed and commitment gives you more results. So, you have to convince your own mind, that fitness is the most important thing, and it’s only 1 hour a day, so excuses are not allowed!

Law 4: Clean Food Is The Key

You can work your ass off, but if you don’t clean the food you are eating, you’ll never find out how beautiful your body can be, and how amazing your soul can feel.  The food you are eating is probably one of the most important things when it comes to fitness and weight loss!You should forget the word “diet”, just eat healthy and clean food, full of proteins. Don’t eat less, just eat healthy. That is the best habit you can have, to help you not only look good, but to feel good too. You cannot stay fit if you eat unhealthy, fried and fast food. Remember, fit body is made in the kitchen.

Law 5: Give Everything You Have And More

One of the things that is holding us girls back, is that sometimes we are not training hard enough. Actually, most of the girls are afraid of heavier weights, because of the fear that they are gonna bulk up, and they think this way: light weights for light muscles. But things don’t always work that way.Half ass workouts will never give you the results that you can have if you are giving it all. You have to give all you have and more, otherwise you can find yourself in a position where you are not getting positive results. It have to challenge you, so that it can change you! So girls, get the beast out of you when you are in the gym.

Law 6: Make Constant Changes

In order to progress and to stay motivated, you have to make constant changes. This is important because it get’s you more results. If you do the same old exercises, the chances of progress are lower. Also, you get motivated by changing the exercises now and then, and replacing them with some brand new exercises on machines you’ve never exercised before.

You should change the exercises almost every training, so that at least they can be different from the exercises from the previous training. This will help you get more results. Otherwise, you are just slowing down the process.

Law 7: Fitness Is A Way Of Life

You can’t expect to work out and eat healthy for 3 months, and then to be fit for the rest of your life. You have to get this one: Do not make it a process – make it a lifestyle. Quick fixes cannot make you fit, or skinnier, because fitness doesn’t work that way. You have to give, so that you can take something back, and when you stop exercising and eating healthy, the only thing that you are getting back is fat!

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