SHATTER MYTHS ABOUT STRENGTH TRAINING

DEBUNK WORKOUT STEREOTYPES

FORGET ABOUT 70% DIET & 30% TRAINING ; IT'S 100% DIET, TRAINING AND PASSION AS WELL....NOTHING GREAT HAS EVER BEEN ACHIEVED BY PARTIAL EFFORT. ONCE YOU FEEL FIT, EXERCISE BECOMES AN ADDICTION. 

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IS NOT SYNONYMOUS TO EXERCISE. IF YOU ARE MOVING WHILE YOU ARE WORKING, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU NEED NOT WORKOUT. WORKING OUT MEANS TAKING OUT SPECIAL TIME DEDICATED TO YOUR OWN SELF AND YOUR BODY.

  

THERE ARE A LOTS OF MYTHS ABOUT WORKOUTS- ESPECIALLY CARDIO AND STRENGTH TRAINING. MOST OF US DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT EXACTLY THESE TERMS ARE. IN SIMPLE WORDS, CARDIO IS AN AEROBIC EXERCISE [UTILISES CARBS, PROTEIN AND FATS ]AND STRENGTH TRAINING IS ANAEROBIC [USES ONLY CARBS] - WHICH MEANS EXERCISE IS SCIENCE AND STRENGTH IS SKILL.

•  SPOT REDUCTION IS NEVER A GOAL - IT MEANS EVEN IF YOU DOING SQUATS AND YOUR BACK IS STRAIGHT, YOU ARE WORKING OUT THAT MUSCLE TOO. IT IMPLIES THAT YOUR POSTURE AND TECHNIQUE SHOULD BE RIGHT WHILE YOU ARE WORKING OUT IN THE GYM. 

• HEARD PEOPLE SAYING- DON'T RUN ON TREADMILL.IT WILL HURT YOUR KNEES AND YOUR BACK!!! AHH !! SERIOUSLY ?? NO; IT DEPENDS ON YOUR TECHNIQUE OF RUNNING ON A TREADMILL. YOU NEED TO TRAIN YOUR FEET AND BODY TO LAND ON THE JOGGER WITH CONTROLLED PRESSURE AND EFFORT. RUNNING IS AN ART THAT NEEDS TO BE ACQUIRED. AND THEN THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO TELL YOU THAT WALKING IS THE BEST EXERCISE !! AHH ! DOUBLE STANDARDS THESE DAYS ;);) SIMILARLY THEY SAY THAT SQUATTING IS BAD FOR KNEES. IS IT REALLY? IF THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN TRUE THEN THE CASES FOR KNEE REPLACEMENT SURGERIES SHOULD HAVE COME FROM PEOPLE USING INDIAN TOILETS INSTEAD FROM THE ONES USING ENGLISH ONES!!! THINK ABOUT IT ......

• MORE TIME IN GYM IS NOT EQUAL TO A BETTER BODY-> THE MOTIVE IS TO TRAIN SMART; NOT HARD. DON'T PUNISH YOUR BODY IN THE GYM AS MOST OF US DO. IT WILL BE THE QUALITY OF TIME THAT IS GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE THAN THE QUANTITY. 

• MORE SWEATING DOESN'T MEAN MORE FAT MELTING - SWEAT(WATER) AND FAT ARE IMMISCIBLE (DON'T MIX). SO HOW CAN YOU EQUATE SWEATING WITH BURNING OF FAT !!! SWEATING IS SIMPLY A THERMOREGULATORY MECHANISM; MOSTLY SEEN DURING AEROBIC WORKOUTS WHICH DEMAND MORE OXYGEN TO KEEP YOUR ENERGY HIGH.

• STRENGTH TRAINING WON'T MAKE YOU BULKY -> THE MISCONCEPTION IS FAMOUS AMONG GIRLS WHO WORKOUT: THEY WON'T LIFT WEIGHTS AS THEY IRRATIONALLY BELIEVE THAT ONLY WEIGHT LIFTERS NEED TO LIFT WEIGHTS !! COME ON GIRLS , IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLY LIFTING WEIGHTS WILL MAKE YOU MUSCULAR AND MASCULINE. IT'S THE COMBINATION OF YOUR DIET, WORKOUT AND HORMONES THAT DETERMINES THE SIZE OF YOUR DOLE-SHOLE [BICEPS-TRICEPS] ;);)

STRENGTH TRAINING WILL RATHER MAKE YOU RADIANT & YOUTHFUL. IT TAKES CARE OF YOUR FLABBY STOMACH, SAGGING SKIN, JIGGLY-WIGGLY HUMPS AND BUMPS, WRINKLING CREASES AND ALSO THE BACKACHES AND KNEE PAINS [WHICH ARE MOSTLY DUE TO AGEING / AS A PART OF PMS IN WOMEN ]. IT INCREASES YOUR MUSCLE POWER, BONE DENSITY AND IT ALSO HELPS IN DIABETES (OVERCOMING THE INSULIN RESISTANCE)  

• GIRLS SHOULDN'T TRAIN IN THEIR PERIODS. OH REALLY ?? THIS MIGHT BE SAID SO AS TO GIVE REST TO THE BODY BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT IS AN EXCUSE FOR SKIPPING OUT YOUR WORKOUT. YOU CAN ALWAYS DO A LIGHT CARDIO AND TRAINING AS IT WILL RELIEVE THE PAINS AND CRAMPS AND WILL ALSO BOOST YOUR MOOD DUE TO ENDORPHINS RELEASE. SO GYM ACTUALLY HELPS IN DE-STRESSING ONCE IT BECOMES YOUR HABIT.

• MACHINE FREE WEIGHT TRAINING IS BETTER FOR FAT BURNING ?? AGAIN MISTAKEN! MACHINE FREE WEIGHT TRAINING IS SIMPLY THE WARM UP FOR THE MUSCLE YOU ARE ABOUT TO WORK OUT. MACHINE WILL ACTUALLY CHALLENGE YOUR POWER TO BRING OUT THE BEAST IN YOU. TRAIN LIKE A BEAST TO LOOK LIKE A BEAUTY !

• STRENGTH TRAINING IS FOR THE YOUNG. ISN'T IT ? NO, IT IS NOT. IT IS FOR ALL OF US. IT IS GOOD TO BE HEALTHY AND TONED THAN BEING LEAN AND FLABBY! LIFT WEIGHTS ACCORDING TO YOUR BODY ; NOT ACCORDING TO YOUR AGE .  

TAKE HOME MESSAGE:

STRENGTH TRAINING IS AN ART OF A DESIGNED WORKOUT WITH PROPER PREWORKOUT [A FRUIT / SANDWICH ] AND POSTWORKOUT [WATER, BANANA / A BOILED POTATO /PROTEIN(WHEY)SHAKE ] MEAL PLANS. NEVER STARVE YOUR BODY.

REMEMBER- ALWAYS START YOUR WORKOUT WITH WARM UP EXERCISE FIRST AND END WITH STRETCHING EXERCISES. 

THE RULE OF THUMB IS 5 R's-> REHYDRATE, REPLENISH, REPAIR, RECOVER AND REST AFTER YOUR GYM SESSION. YOU SHOULD ENDURE AND DEVOTE TIME TO FITNESS ON REGULAR BASIS. YOUR TECHNIQUE PLUS ATTITUDE IS ALL THAT'S GOING TO MATTER.  

JUST SEE YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR- IT'S YOUR COMPETITION....... NEVER MISS OUT YOUR STRENGTH TRAINING SESSIONS ALONG WITH CARDIO ;)

HAPPY WORKING-OUTS !!!!!