Common misconceptions

I think a common misconception that I hear about, especially with women who are starting their fitness journey, is that they're afraid to lift weights for two reasons. Number one is because they have no idea what they're doing. For that, I would say just find a workout program that you like. There's so many different resources and things that you can find that will help you feel more comfortable with weights. The second one is that they're afraid lifting weights will make them feel bulky. That's just not true. It helps you feel stronger, which is just an amazing feeling. And then you'll find that lifting weights helps you tone your muscles and can help you lean out, which is really, really cool. And it's really great to feel like you've really accomplished something hard when you are lifting weights.

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One of the biggest misconceptions that I hear about fitness is just that, you know, you really have to be killing yourself to stay fit, to stay healthy every single day and that's not true at all. Fitness is easy, you know, sometimes it's just as easy as looking at your portion control and being aware of it and trying to get in 10,000 steps a day. That's probably my best recommendation for people that are wanting to start and wanting to just, you know, get into it and just try to live a bit of a healthier lifestyle.

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I think so many people try to copy or rely on what other people, especially like famous or influencers or whatever, they'll be like, oh they're doing it and this is the type of body that I want. And I feel like that's, there can be good advice from those things, but I also think our bodies are made so different and our lifestyles are so different and our diets are so different, so if we're just trying to go off of a random workout that someone's doing and expect that it's going to get their same results is, it's not accurate, so.

Video 4 Transcript

One common misconception in the fitness world is that if you want to lose weight, you do cardio. And if you want to get bigger, get stronger, you lift weights. That is totally not true. Actually, it increases your metabolism as you gain muscle. So it's highly recommended that you incorporate a good bit of strength and resistance training into your workout, even if you're trying to lose weight. It's really just good for you overall, as well as incorporating cardio into your routines.

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I think a common misconception in any sort of public gym or public workout place is that everyone is staring at you. I understand this for newcomers to a gym or a public area of working out where it feels like everybody is looking at you. Most often times people are looking at themselves rather than looking at you. So it's nothing that you're doing. You should feel comfortable in being in a public place and it is okay for you to be there.

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I know a lot of athletes, professional athletes, have talked about how, you know, they've jogged or they've, you know, done like light jogs or run around the block or whatever, which obviously is beneficial because you're getting out and you're moving, so you burn calories and stuff. But some athletes like Tiger Woods have talked about how that hurt his knees a lot by just doing light jogs and stuff, because your knees are stopping your momentum every time you run. And he mentions that it's a lot more beneficial to do sprints for short distances instead of just kind of jogging slowly, because that's easier on your knees and your joints. And it helps you, it also helps you get in shape and get active.

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I think that people believe that fitness means going to the gym or going outside and running for hours. I don't really think that's what it means. I think that you can find a sport that you really enjoy and just try that. If you're really into basketball, just play basketball. Play it, you know, three or four times a week and just enjoy that and you'll notice yourself getting healthier and stronger. Personally, I think a sport that is really easy to get started with and really enjoyable is pickleball. You don't have to be crazy athletic or really good to even start playing. It's a fun workout. You're breathing hard but you're also having a lot of fun.

Video 8 Transcript

I think one of the biggest misconceptions with fitness is that you need, I mean a lot, you need a gym membership, you need weights, you need whatever it may be to get started, but really you don't, you just need to have that desire. I think it's super cool, I mean obviously there's been times in my life when I've been more healthy and less healthy and stuff like that, but it also, it always gets me to a point where I just want to start. So if I have that desire then I know that I can go get a gym membership, I can buy new shoes, new running workout clothes, whatever it is, to kind of get me further on that path.

Video 9 Transcript

I think a lot of people see fitness and they're like, oh I have to be like gym bro or like go to the gym to be super fit, which I think that's a great option. But I also think you can live a very fit life by doing things kind of outside of the box, to get your body moving, to get your heart pumping. I've never been like a huge like gym lover. I like the gym, like I'll go and different things, but I do like to just like move my body and work my legs and get my heart pumping by doing other things like hiking or skiing or I don't know, just like there's a full range of activities that allow you to be fit and to exercise and it doesn't just have to be like weightlifting or running on a treadmill.

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One of the most common misconceptions in the fitness world is that vegetable oils are healthier because they come from vegetables.

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Basically, every major bodybuilder or really, really strong guy has admitted to using performance enhancing drugs. So I would not compare yourself to them, nor would I try to set their physique as your goal. Not because they don't have impressive physique, but because it was likely not naturally attainable. There's not many guys in that space that haven't used performance enhancing drugs.

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A common misconception with fitness is a lot of people think CrossFit, for example, is just for like the short big girls and stuff. It's for everyone. It's fun and I also think it's the best exercise you can get.

Video 13 Transcript

I think a common misconception about fitness is that it has to be in the form of going to the gym and working out because I personally think that the best ones are the ones where you're like actively doing something outside or with friends and it's just like daily activity that kind of gets your heart rate up and builds muscle but like not like it's more fun in my opinion when you're doing it that way then but some people really enjoy just going to the gym and getting it all out of the way but that's just not me.

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One misconception that I definitely believed before was that you had to exercise 30 minutes every time that you exercise or it had to be extremely strenuous. It does not. It can be whatever you want it to be. If you like going on a walk with your dog, go on a walk with your dog. If you only have 10 minutes, only take 10 minutes. One of my favorite ways to exercise is dancing and sometimes I'll just put on music and do a jam session and that is still exercising. It doesn't have to be this crazy well thought out plan. It can just be whatever you feel for as long as you need because any exercise is good.

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Common misconception is that it's only worth eating 30 to 40 grams of protein per meal. It's actually completely false. Only 30 to 40 grams per meal goes towards maximal stimulation of mTOR, but the other grams of protein you eat actually are productive. If you only have a few meals a day with 30 to 40 grams, you'll never hit your daily requirements.

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Generally, you can't just dive headfirst into it. You gotta work your way up. Like, for example, if you start running and then you just, like, run really fast all the time, especially if your form isn't great, you can get shin splints and that stops you from running entirely. Or you can get a muscle tear if you try to start lifting too much weight initially. But yeah, essentially, you gotta start out with a bit less than maybe you want to do, unless you don't want to do any, in which case you need to do some. But yeah, from that point on, you can work your way up.

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I think people get this idea, especially the guys, that it's going to be like this dramatic change within, you know, just two months of working out super hard. But really, people who are that big or strong, you can tell they're working out. I mean, they go for anywhere from eight months to a year before that starts really showing itself. And some of those people have even been going for two years. So just be patient with it. You're not going to have some dramatic transformation in two months. But as long as you're patient and just consistent, then the results will come.

Video 18 Transcript

So for me personally, I feel like one common misconception when it comes to working out lifting weights is that you need to every workout needs to be insanely intense and that's the only way you're going to get bigger or in better shape. I think and I know that honestly one of the most important things to do when you're trying to get better back in a better shape get bigger get leaner is your diet and I know most people will agree with me diet's key obviously depending on you know if you're trying to get bigger or get leaner there's different types of foods you want to eat but I feel like one common misconception is that your body is only going to change depending on how your workouts are when in reality I think your diet and the food that you consume what you consume is one of the biggest factors when it comes to you know getting bigger getting leaner you know getting skinnier.

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I think one common misconception that I had was worrying that people are going to be judging you when you go to the gym, but everyone is so concerned with what they are doing that no one is looking at you. So don't worry about people staring at you, looking at you, judging you when you go to the gym.

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One of the things that I've learned through my fitness journey and a lot of people I see still kind of don't understand or don't do is the importance of rest days and making sure that your body has time to recover because I'd probably say honestly 60% of fitness is letting your body recover, rebuild the muscle, rebuild your tendons and everything that you destroyed to then build up so you need to take ample rest time and sometimes you just have to see how your body feels going to the gym every day sometimes isn't the best so it's really just seeing what how your body feels and acting accordingly.

Video 21 Transcript

One common misconception about working out is that you're too old or it's too late to start and none of those things are true and also a common misconception is especially women when you start lifting you'll get bulky but when you start lifting you will start developing muscle and you'll be stronger and everyone should just do it. It makes you feel better and improves your mental health.

Video 22 Transcript

I think common fitness misconceptions is that they're like, there's like one style of like being fit. You, we've kind of been told like, okay, watch BMI and things like that. And you know, BMI is like a good indicator of like a couple things, but, um, there is no one size fits all for fitness. Some people do really well on certain diets and certain exercise programs. Some people do really well with like very limited exercise and flexibility of diet or tons of exercise and like very strict. Like whatever combination works well for you do that. If you have a goal and you have steps that will get you to that goal, but might not work for somebody else, don't bail on it because maybe it goes against the grain. If it's going to work for you, do it.

Video 23 Transcript

It's a common misconception that in order to do any fitness you need to be like super into it, you know, obviously consistency is important and it depends on what your goals are, but if you're having a really hard time motivating yourself, just find something fun to do, you know, you shouldn't have to hate your life to enjoy fitness or, you know, to get fit, but just find something fun, you know, find a sport, go for a walk, even just going for a walk can have huge differences, you know, when you're not getting out and getting active, it makes a big difference, and that's something I noticed especially during COVID, I wasn't walking to class every day and it was rough, so just get outside, just do something, you'll love it.

Video 24 Transcript

I think a common misconception is that you have to have the perfect routine, but really the best routine is the one that you like the most, so you consistently do it. Even if you break it down in this where it's like I can only go to the gym one day a week, so if I can only go one day a week, I might as well not go. But if you still went one day a week, you still went 52 times a year instead of zero. So whatever you can stick to consistently is the best option for you.

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I think a common misconception in the fitness world is that you don't belong in the gym if you're a newbie or anything like that, but you totally do. The gym is a space and a place to where I can totally see how it might seem uninviting, and to be honest it might not be the biggest social scene. You might not be going to the gym to make a bunch of friends, but what you can count on is a fairly supporting community and people around you, and if you are inexperienced, there's no need to fear. You can go try things out. You can even ask questions. Most people are really receptive, so I think a big misconception is that you're not welcome, but you totally are.

Video 26 Transcript

One common misconception when it comes to building muscle is that soreness and muscle tears are what cause the muscle to be stronger. Studies have been coming out over the last decade that prove that it is actually time under tension and the stretching and contracting of the muscle that cause muscle growth, not necessarily micro tears and or lactic acid. That is merely a byproduct of exercising your muscles and moving them through mechanical tension.

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One common misconception that I know that I've had in the past about the gym is feeling like when I go to the gym everyone's watching me and critiquing me and criticizing me in their heads based off of how I look, how I'm doing a certain workout, if my form is super incredible. I feel like that's honestly just a common misconception. I feel like most people that are at the gym are there probably having the same thoughts but are there to really just work focus and working out on themselves and getting stronger, getting in better shape for themselves. So when you're working out, just work out. Don't be thinking about other people, what if they're looking at me, what if they're watching me, because honestly I think it's more likely than not they are not watching you or critiquing you. They're there for the same reason you are, to get into better shape, get stronger, get thinner.

Video 28 Transcript

One common misconception about fitness is that you have to look a certain way to be living an active life, like to show that you're living an active life, which just isn't true. I know plenty of people with all different kinds of bodies that are all active and working towards their own health, but they just all look different and it has to do with genetics, mental health, lots of different factors.

Video 29 Transcript

I think a common misconception is that in order to get into shape, stay in shape, and exercise you need to be working out two to three hours at a time doing these crazy intense workouts. But I find that that burns people out fairly quickly. A better path is just consistency, kind of amping up the level of exercise that you're doing and just finding what works for you, finding what you enjoy as an exercise.

Video 30 Transcript

I think one of the common misconceptions about fitness is that if you are working out every single day that you're going to lose weight. I don't think it's necessarily like that. I think a really important part of weight loss is what you are eating. Make sure you're eating healthy foods that are natural, not as processed, and that you're eating the right portion sizes. I think a lot of people work out a ton in order to lose weight, but they're forgetting about the eating.