Hello reader,
It’s normal to rely on tips you read on various social media platforms. However, it is important to check the source of a certain piece of information.
There are many myths about fitness and exercises floating around on the internet. So, today, I want to bust some common myths about strength training.
No Pain, No Gain
The most common myth in the room, and that makes people in the gym work hard to break those weights. Overtraining in the name of perceiving more pain by lifting heavy loads and for a long period will only lead to an injury, declined performance, and an increased recovery time.
Lifting Weights makes you Bulky
Simply lifting weights doesn’t help men gain muscle. It also doesn’t make women look bulky.
While sex hormones play a role, women don’t get bulky by lifting weights. In fact, weight/strength training helps them with a lot of health benefits.
Spot Reduction
The most popular phrase that one searches on the web is ‘How to reduce fat of X body part?’. Let me bust this myth for you. The word ‘toned’ doesn’t exist in scientific fitness literature.
The truth is that strength training over a long period of time will help gain muscle and that feels hard aka ‘toned’.
To lose the extra flab around the waist, one needs to be in a calorie deficit along with a strength training regime.
Hope these myths help you understand the real aspect of strength training.
To help you learn more about this topic, I have two blog posts for you. The first one is a beginner’s guide to lunges. The second post talks about bench press.
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Lunges is a very basic exercise incorporated typically in lower body workouts. As a rookie, you may make not easily understand how to begin with this workout. The wide variations may complicate it further.
This blog will act as a complete guide to this very effective workout.
Beginner’s Guide to Bench Press
Bench press is a most commonly and routinely performed upper body workout. Being a beginner you can take maximum advantage of this exercise. How to perform this exercise, what is the correct form and how can it go wrong?
Read in detail regarding these aspects of the bench press in this blog.
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