The Desi Fitness Forum - Rejuvenate yourself!

MYTH: If you stop working out after x number of years, your muscle will turn into fat

FACT: Your body has absolutely no mechanism of turning muscle into fat. Muscle is synthesized using proteins. Fats are lipids. There's no chemical reaction that can occur in the human body which can turn muscle into fats.

What happens if you stop working out? The muscles shrink - its actually 'burned' to provide energy - its a natural metablolic effect. The only way to build it again is to tear them (by workouts) and have the body build them again.

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MYTH: Women should not do weight training as it wil make them look muscular

FACT: Women can use weight training to effectively 'tone' up their bodies. 'Toning' is actually a very ambiguous term, hence it needs to be defined - Toning is nothing but improving appearance by burning fat and creating muscle around an area.

Women just do not have the supply of testosterone to build muscle as men do. Yes, some muscle can be added but a natural women bodybuilder with bulging muscles is extremely rare

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MYTH: If I lift weights, I will get the bodybuilder look like Arnold et al

FACT: For a common bodybuilder, even with your BEST - I emphasize BEST efforts and years and years fo training naturally (without the use of Steroids) you will not be able to achieve those HUGE muscles.

It takes years of dedication, exercise and diet to achieve a good physique.

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MYTH: Eating food after 7 pm will make you fat


FACT
There's no magical envious fairy who visits your stomach after 7 pm and turns carbs into fats.

The first rule is the rule of thermodynamics. The amount of calories you consume vs the amount of calories you burn. if you consume more than you burn, you will gain weight and vice versa.

If you workout late evenings, you must nourish your body post workout. It will be your most important meal. This should be a carb+protein+little fat meal. This is especially true when you are bulking.

If you do not workout at nights, you may have a low-carb meal. However the key is to NOT SLEEP about 3-4 hrs of taking your meal. When you are cutting, its best to have a protein+fat+fiber meal like chicken salad or whey protein + almonds+eggs, if you are not working out that night.

The easiest way to put on fat is to sleep immediately after meals - you may not know but Sumo wrestlers do this to gain enormous amounts of weight.!

Most people who say they've gained weight after eating post 7 pm or 3 pm or whatever is because they do not give enough time between their last meal and going to bed. Moreover they load their body with carbs. When cutting its advisable you do not eat carbs or eat low carb meals for the last meal.

And a handy tip - before bed you can always have cottage cheese (not paneer as paneer or farmers cheese is different!) - the casein protein will help build muscles when you are asleep.

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