8 fitness phrases to forget

First question: do you want to lose weight or be strong and fit? One seems to follow from the other. But it has already been proven with examples how, having even greater weight, you can look like a real fit. In addition, setting yourself the goal of looking great in a photo on a cozy Instagram is, say, so-so motivation. Your eye-popping blog should be a bonus to crown all your efforts to get your body in shape and harmony.

Down with common myths from the life of fitness beginners! After all, those who go to “sports” for a long time do not believe in these legends for a long time. American fitness expert Laura Williams gives advice to those who still believe in fairy tales that have flooded the minds and the network.

1. Only serious workouts bring immediate results

Fitness school doesn’t teach crazy workouts. You don’t have to think that you’re not going to progress unless you put in a lot of effort every time you hit the gym. The body will not change immediately. Visible results will appear after a long time. Not exhausting loads, but regular, suitable exercise for you along with proper nutrition will allow you to start improving.

2. Hard fitness, otherwise what’s the point?

High intensity exercise can lead to injury and burnout. Do you think training at a hard pace for each muscle group is the right thing to do? Otherwise, you shouldn’t go to the gym? Simple cardio exercises increase blood flow to all muscles, feel great, and promote good aerobic exercise.

3. You need to go to the gym as often as possible.

Not true. Every person needs some time to recover. If you do strength exercises for more than two days in a row, the body does not have time to rest and replenish its energy reserves. Moreover, the central nervous system can be severely affected. The result is the opposite of the desired one – muscles weaken, training is at least ineffective and even harmful. If there is a desire to train every day, then it is better to alternate the days of strength exercises with non-strength types of fitness: yoga, Pilates, dance classes.

4. Strength is new harmony

In fact, this is not the case. These are two very different states. Yes, you can be both strong and very slim at the same time. You can be strong and average weight. You can be strong and overweight. Is it better to be slim? Or strong? Such questions should not be asked either. These are two different things. When you are strong, you are more free, as it becomes easier to do everyday activities. Strength training supports joints by strengthening the muscles that surround them. Try to think about the power in this contact.

5. Pain after training today, strength – tomorrow

Do you think if your muscles hurt the next day or two after training, then you worked out effectively? If you train to make your body stronger, then eventually it will. But pain in the muscles indicates damage to them, microtrauma in the fibers. If soreness is felt in your joints, such as in your knees, back pain appears, then you are unlikely to feel strong in the future. Pain is a sign of improper exercise technique, lack of warm-up before classes, as well as long breaks in classes.

6. The diet must be clean

Thinking about the purity of your sports diet as much as possible will not allow you to live a normal life. Refusing a slice of cake at a colleague’s birthday or drinks at a friend’s party because you are planning to go to the gym today? Sometimes you have to give yourself some slack and remember that everything is good in moderation.

7. You need to sweat like a pig to then feel like a fox

Does sweating workouts guarantee the chance to look and feel slim and graceful like a fox? Definitely not. An hour and a half of hatha yoga will leave you feeling this way longer, but you don’t even need to sweat. Lifting heavy shells while forcing yourself to sweat like a pig is completely unnecessary.

8. The most difficult thing is to start going to the gym

I am not sure that the most difficult thing is to make the decision to start playing sports. Your motivation at the beginning of the path to a healthy and beautiful body does not at all mean further success. You can buy a fitness subscription, plan to go to classes in the morning, but you will safely turn off the alarm clock set at 6 in the morning, allowing you to sleep for “another hour”. Or you decide to go to the gym after work, but when you hear your colleagues offer to skip a cocktail in the evening, you won’t be able to overpower the desire to relax at the expense of the planned workout. It is much more difficult to act than to decide on it.