Bodybuilding & Weight Training Myths
 

In every activity we do, there are always some unsolicited advice that may not have any truth to it. Unfortunately, bodybuilding and strength training are not exempted from this fact. There are actually a lot of free tips and suggestions that you will hear inside fitness gyms that will not do any good to your weight training. Here are just a few of the most common myths that you may have probably heard of or will soon hear on one of your visits to the gym:.

Myth no. 1: Having big muscles will slow down your movements.
The body part that is responsible for every movement we make is the muscle. Muscles are the ones creating motion to allow each of our bodily movements. Thus, having more muscles gives us more flexibility. Stronger muscles allow for better movements.


If you want to run faster or swing a bat harder, you must have stronger muscles. An athlete can play better if there are more strong muscles. Thus, there is really no truth at all to the statement that muscles will just slow you down.

Myth no. 2: Muscles will just turn into fats.
This statement is actually impossible because muscle tissues and fat tissues are different from each other. Saying that fat will turn into muscles is just equally unlikely. Muscle maintenance requires a lot of energy due to it being an active tissue. In fact, 60 calories per day are burned by one pound of muscle.

Thus, if you gained 10 pounds of muscles, you will need an additional 600 calories a day in order to maintain the added muscle mass. That would mean additional food intake to supply the needed calories.

Once you stop weight training, your muscles will start to shrink and the additional calories are not anymore needed. But if your appetite is still the same and you are still consuming the same amount of food as when you are training, then you will start gaining excess fats; hence, the statement above.

Building more muscles can actually help in losing body fats. As mentioned, if you gained more muscle mass, your body needs additional calories to burn for the maintenance of the muscles. If you do not change your eating habits and your calorie intake remains the same, your body will then burn more of the available calories in your body. That easily translates to fat loss.

Myth no. 3: For muscle mass, you need low reps; while for definition, you need high reps.
Muscle definition is brought about by muscle mass and the lack of body fat. To get better definition and build more muscle, you need to increase your workout intensity progressively day by day. If you just want to maintain its size, just do the same workout every time.

And if you want it to get smaller, just don’t exercise the muscle. This myth should actually be corrected with low body fat for definition and low, heavy reps for muscle mass

There is also a big myth that if you eat more then you can get more...
Simply that if you eat more nutritions then you would build your muscles soon.