| Fitness myths are a real pain in the butt. | | | | day |
| They waste your time by leading you to use | | | | |
| ineffective and inefficient exercise and | | | | The Truth: |
| nutrition techniques. Here's one of my myth | | | | |
| busters from Men's Fitness magazine. That | | | | This is another of the biggest misconceptions |
| column gives you the truth on how to lose fat | | | | and most often quoted myths in fitness |
| and gain muscle. | | | | articles. |
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| Myth: You can turn fat into muscle | | | | Unfortunately, it is just not possible for |
| | | | each pound of new muscle to burn 50 extra |
| The Truth: | | | | calories per day. Just think about this |
| | | | number in the big picture. If I put on 10 |
| You have a better chance of turning straw | | | | pounds of muscle, it is wishful thinking to |
| into gold than converting fat cells to | | | | believe that my metabolic rate will go up 500 |
| muscle-the two are completely different kinds | | | | calories. That would be a huge jump, and |
| of tissue. For one thing, fat can't be | | | | would make it difficult to keep the new |
| flexed, whereas muscles control all your | | | | muscle on my body if my metabolism jumped up |
| body's movement. Nevertheless, when people | | | | that much. |
| see a guy who's made a successful body | | | | |
| transformation, they tend to assume he | | | | I'm the first person to recommend strength |
| actually swapped one for the other. At first | | | | training to people, but we can't use this |
| thought, it seems to make sense-the muscle he | | | | myth any more as justification. But not to |
| built is exactly where the fat used to be. | | | | worry, there are plenty of other reasons to |
| | | | strength train when your goal is a better |
| In reality, though, the only way anybody ever | | | | body (increased bone mineral density, |
| turned flab into abs is by losing fat and | | | | increased real-life strength, and improved |
| building up the muscle that was lying beneath | | | | bodysculpting are just three reasons to use |
| it. Your best strategy for doing that: a | | | | strength training). |
| high-protein diet; regular, intense strength | | | | |
| training; and cardio-especially fat- and | | | | You have permission to publish this article |
| calorie-incinerating intervals. | | | | in your web sites, ezines or electronic |
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| Here's another popular myth: | | | | its entirety including the resource box, all |
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| Myth: 1 pound of muscle burns 50 calories per | | | | and copyright info. |