Common Misconceptions In Bodybuilding
Stunting growth
Lifting will NOT stunt growth. There is no scientific
evidence to say lifting will stunt growth. Some books
suggest that it may actually stimulate growth but as far as
I know this hasn’t been proven.
But if you use bad form you CAN close your growth plates but
playing sports football and baseball etc. has more chance of
closing your growth plate’s then bodybuilding!
Over training
If you think the more you lift the more you’ll improve your
wrong. Muscles aren’t built in the gym there built when
you’re resting them.
Training more and more often will not help you gain size or
strength. Most muscles need 48 – 72 hours to heal. If you
don’t see results straight away don’t worry unless you have
crazy ass genetics it will take a month or two at least to
see changes.
Some signs of overtraining are:
• Fatigue
• Muscle soreness
• Stiffness
• Irritability
• Sleep disturbances
• Depression
• Decreased aerobic and strength training performances
• Injury
If you think you are overtraining take a few days off to
fully recover.
Pro’s routine for nubs
The routines that Ronnie and jay cutler do aren’t ones that
would work for the average Joe trying to get big. These guys
are on roidz and can train heaps more often then you and get
away with it. If you’re looking for some routines based for
nubs PM me.
High reps with low weight > Low reps with
high weight.
This is crap. The truth is you get definition when you burn
of fat. High reps don’t train your fast twitch muscle fibres
as well as lower reps do. Fast twitch muscles are
responsible for short and high intensity activity.
Hundreds of sit-up’s a day will give you a
Pac
Doing hundreds and hundreds of sit-ups will give you tighter
abdominal muscles. But the muscles are covered with a layer
of fat. So to see your 6pac lose the fat!
Remember to train your abs like any other body part and give
them sufficient time to rest.
Stop working out muscle turns to fat
Muscle and fat are made of completely different cell
structures so one cannot turn into another. Muscle is made
up of individual breathing cells and fat is just storage of
lipids. If you stop working out or stop putting stress on
any of your muscles they will adapt and shrink.
Say you eat more calories to put on more muscle and then you
stop working out but keep the same diet , you will lose some
muscle and gain fat from the uneeded calories. This is one
reason why this myth is so common.
Big muscles slow you down
Every movement we make comes from our muscles. The stronger
the muscle the more power and more force it can apply , so
if you want to run faster or swing a bat faster etc. then
you have to work those muscles! But in some sports it does
slow you down E.g. Boxing , some running etc. It all depends
on the sport you compete in.
Full Squats are bad or the knees
The knee has 4 protective ligaments. These are most
effective at keeping your knee safe when at full extension
(standing with legs straight) and Full Flexion (when your
hamstring and calf are against each other.) When the knee is
at 90 degrees these ligaments are almost completely relaxed
and won’t do much protecting.
So Full squats are actually safer then Half squats.
All fat is bad.
You need fat. Your cell membranes are made up of fats. Fat
is also needed for the absorption of vitamins A E D and K.
The more you sweat the more fat you lose
The harder the cardio the more fat you will burn. Just
because you are sweating a lot doesn’t mean you are working
hard. Some people sweat more because they are bigger or just
because they do :P. If you exercise in an extremely hot
temperature you will lost fat but that will be mostly water
and yeah you’ll get that back!
Thanks
Squiggle.
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