Fitness training myths
Every year, new simulators appear and training directions are improved, but the misconceptions around fitness remain the same. WDay.ru debunks the most common fitness myths.
Myth № 1
The weaker a person’s physical fitness, the longer it will take him to achieve noticeable positive results in a fitness club.
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This is wrong. A person with poor physical fitness, starting to engage in fitness, will make progress much earlier than someone who has been training in the sweat of his brow for years. Already developed, toned muscles require more stress to get stronger, and the last centimeters take longer.
Fatigue is a sign of overexertion. When doing fitness, you do not need to bring yourself to exhaustion.
Myth № 2
If after class you feel very tired, it means that you trained properly and performed all the exercises correctly.
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Fatigue is a sign of overexertion. Working out in a fitness club, you do not need to bring yourself to exhaustion. After a proper workout, you should feel that the body is filled with energy and strength. We can say that overstraining the muscles is as “good” as overeating for the stomach. It’s best to end your workout feeling like you could work out some more.
A workout plan that helped a friend perfectly may be categorically contraindicated for you.
Myth № 3
A workout plan drawn up in a fitness club by an instructor helped my friend lose weight. So it will help me too!
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Every human body is different. What helped your friend perfectly may be categorically contraindicated for you. As in the case of diets, you need to listen only to the advice of experts, and only to those advice that are given PERSONALLY to you. Ideally, before choosing the type of fitness, you need to consult with your doctor, so as not to unknowingly harm yourself. And after that, you need to think about a training plan, which it is advisable to draw up with an instructor in a fitness club.
The vast majority of women in fitness are not threatened by bodybuilders’ figures.
Myth № 4
Exercising with dumbbells and using weight machines can pump up muscles too much and ruin your figure, making it unfeminine.
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The female body, in contrast to the male, is designed in such a way that it is very difficult for us to pump up prominent large muscles. Bodybuilders work out with huge weights every day, follow special diets and often take supplements. An ordinary person has never dreamed of such a training regime and level of stress, so the vast majority of women involved in fitness are not threatened by bodybuilders.
It is advisable that the trainer has developed a fitness program for you and worked with you during the first days.
Myth № 5
A personal trainer in a fitness club is more of a luxury than a necessity. You can read about all the necessary exercises, tips and subtleties in books, the Internet and magazines. Moreover, buying a book is cheaper than paying for the services of a trainer – the savings are obvious.
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Such an attempt to save money can turn into unnecessary expenses: wouldn’t it be a shame not to see the results after a six-month visit to the club? It is not at all necessary to use the services of a personal trainer for every lesson. It will be enough if the instructor develops an individual fitness program for you and works with you during the first days. Further, having a training plan in hand, you can work on your own. You can turn to the trainer when you feel that you need to change the load, or when you want to get a new set of exercises.