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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!
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( I know its pretty crap but I'll throw some more info and more myths in soon) My first article!!
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