What do you think is the worst diet or fitness myth? What do you see in the newspaper that makes you cringe? What's the most damaging piece of information out there for your average Joe who's trying to improve his health?

There's a lot to choose from, pick the one that needs to die fastest.

that eating late at night is a bad thing.

The idea put forth by manufacturers of "ab' devices and other fitness machines and equipment that if you buy their product you will automatically be ripped and shredded in no time flat.

That ANY change to your diet or activity level that is not permanent is somehow capable of producing results that are.

Hmm hard to choose between protein is bad for you and fat is bad for you and spot reduction. I guess spot reduction so at least people will do something else besides just sit ups so even if their diet is poor at least their exercising more.

Great question!

I would say that health is something you can consume, that if you take these pills, do these exercises, and buy this product, you will be healthy.

You either have a healthy lifestyle, complete with a healthy diet, and physical exercises, or you don't. If you're going to have this, it affects a thousand choices a day. Getting on a treadmill for half an hr and drinking diet soda for three weeks ain't gonna cut it.

that eating late at night is a bad thing.

That one will be hard to kill since Tom Venuto advocates not eating at night, calorie/carb tapering etc.

Great question!

I would say that health is something you can consume, that if you take these pills, do these exercises, and buy this product, you will be healthy.

You either have a healthy lifestyle, complete with a healthy diet, and physical exercises, or you don't. If you're going to have this, it affects a thousand choices a day. Getting on a treadmill for half an hr and drinking diet soda for three weeks ain't gonna cut it.

Diet soda is critical for fat loss.

Okay. Not really, but it's damned good and I sure as heck haven't found the need to give it up in order to burn fat.

That fats are bad...I tell people I lost weight on a high fat diet and when they think I am joking it annoys me.

http://defrancostraining.com/articles/archive/articles_training-myths.htm

That dropping calories very low is a good idea when trying to lose fat.

Spot reduction.

Drives me up the wall everytime.

Reliance on BMI (or body weight) as the main indication of success or failure.

So many women, when they initially lift weights, they either put on a few pounds or don't lose because they are gaining muscle weight. Then they don't want to lift because they are watching the scale. Muscular people weigh more relative to the space they take up!

And no offense to any women who are really into getting "big":

So many gals see women who are really big, (and masculine in their eyes) and think they are going to get that was if they start lifting. The female frame just does not do that unless the environment is extreme (GH, steriods). I have been lifting weights for 28 years- 6 days a week- really heavy- and I still look very femanine. This is true for almost every woman I know who trains.

Dr. Jen

That you should skip a meal because you had a heavier one earlier in the day. This is a problem amongst the people who never get it through their heads to eat more small meals per day. If they can't be convinced that they should eat every 2-3 hours, at least they should know that skipping their dinner because they had a "heavy lunch" is a futile effort towards fat loss..... Why oh WHY do they keep it up?! :bang:

So many women, when they initially lift weights, they either put on a few pounds or don't lose because they are gaining muscle weight. Then they don't want to lift because they are watching the scale. Muscular people weigh more relative to the space they take up!

And no offense to any women who are really into getting "big":

So many gals see women who are really big, (and masculine in their eyes) and think they are going to get that was if they start lifting. The female frame just does not do that unless the environment is extreme (GH, steriods). I have been lifting weights for 28 years- 6 days a week- really heavy- and I still look very femanine. This is true for almost every woman I know who trains.

Dr. Jen

Yeah that's extremely annoying when I try to train women. They always give up after 2-3 weeks due to "bulkiness" or gain of muscle.

To me it's the "All or Nothing" attitude of the latest trend, which it be fitness or nutrition.

One of these days, I would love to see someone actually begin to promote the moderation diet and exercise program. I think so many more people would finally find the one thing they could stick with long enough to actually make progress towards healthy living.

To me it's the "All or Nothing" attitude of the latest trend, which it be fitness or nutrition.

One of these days, I would love to see someone actually begin to promote the moderation diet and exercise program. I think so many more people would finally find the one thing they could stick with long enough to actually make progress towards healthy living.

agreed.

something like that would become VERY popular.

The foods that are garbage, but marketed with a "healthy attitude" to make people think they are doing something good for their bodys.
a couple examples off of the top of my head.....
"nutri-grain" bars (mostly sugar, not even made with whole wheat flour), for some reason the average ignorant consumer thinks these are healthy (probably the "nutri" in the name lol). IMO they are about as healthy as a snickers bar.
Anything with granola... for some reason granola has this health stigma surrounding it, and last time I checked its just sugar coated oats. Sure oats are good, but covering them in sugar kinda negates any benifits you would get from eating them.
Hell companys even try to fool us into thinking white flour is good for us by dying it brown... I'm not sure how thats not considered false advertising.

1)barbell squats will give you biceps
2)you can't get big on machines

a) you must be starving yourself to be so lean
b) anything heavier than the pink dumbbells will make me hyooge
c) I don't need to lift weights. I do pilates and yoga!!
d) I'm not fat, I"m just big-boned.

d) I'm not fat, I"m just big-boned.

Myth? tell that to this guy

http://www.alexallied.com/wp-content/uploads/cartman-notfat.gif

It's all about the Beefcake....

http://www.t-nation.com/img/photos/06-063-diet/image005.jpg

That eating for the most effective weight loss has the same strategies as eating for optimum health and the same as eating for targeted body recomposition.

That there is a magic "ratio" of macronutrients that we should all aim to eat within, and as long as something fits within that ratio, it's good for us, and if something doesn't fit within that ratio, it's bad for us. (Chocolate cake made with protein powder as one of its ingredients? Yeah!!! An orange and a dish of yogurt? No way!!!)

That there is a magic "ratio" of macronutrients that we should all aim to eat within, and as long as something fits within that ratio, it's good for us, and if something doesn't fit within that ratio, it's bad for us. (Chocolate cake made with protein powder as one of its ingredients? Yeah!!! An orange and a dish of yogurt? No way!!!)

I like this one guava!

that the less carbs you eat the more healthy you're eating...you still need them!

I just saw a snippet of this post's title from the main page: "If you could kill one popular..."

I was honestly thinking 'celebrity' or something! :lol:

To make progress you must eat every 2-3 hours

That diet x is better than diet y

That you can lose weight without a calorie deficit

That you can significantly increase metablosim with food

Infomercial program x,y,z is great because I am sore today. It will make me toned. (heard this today)

Protein is unhealthy...carbs are bad...fat is bad

I'd like to kill the myth about soya being so bad for guys. It's nothing short of superstition, and it irks me when I see major web sites and personalities aping the prejudice.

That you can significantly increase metablosim with food



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I thought the same thing Buster! I would love to not see the "magic" pills out there that keep people thinking there is an easy way to lose weight. If that were true most people would be fit.

If there is one myth i want to shoot down with a cannon. (Thing is its not so much a myth but what women think ). That if they weight train they are worried they will become big and bulky. (I wish )

I love weight training and love the muscle that i am getting in my upper body. It takes hard work dedication and unless big and bulky is your aim then its unlikely to happen at all.


Women and weight training is cool its not scarey............