Some Random Myths
May 19th 2007 13:36
Today we live up to our name by attacking some fitness myths. There are quite number that could be attacked and these are selected for no other reason other than the fact that they have occurred to me.
I think that the idea that stress per se is making you out of shape and fat is pretty iffy. I would think any good scientist would ask the advocates of of such a theory how they can differentiate between fat accumulation caused by cortisol and that accumulated because of a sedentary lifestyle. I might try the anti-cortisol approach only if the pills come with a promise that I will not have to do any exercise and make no dietary changes to optimally apply their program.
Which brings me to a caveat. As far as I am concerned any pill or device that admits that it will have to be used as part of some general fitness program to get the best results is dubious.Why? Well, you try the product and the program and I will just try the exercise program and we will compare outcomes. I am willing to bet that my results will rival if not exceed yours and the amount of money you put into the product will pay my gym fees for a couple of months. Again science says that if two factors precede an event one or both may be responsible for it(or neither for that matter).
I have real suspicions about a product which claims that it will somehow fiddle with the body's utilization of macronutrients. Take a pill that blocks the metabolizing of carbohydrates? I doubt that that desired effect is going to happen. I suggest the the manufacturers of this stuff know it too. I will say that this claim intimates that real truth about diet, though: If you keep consuming processed carbs,you will be fat and,if you stop, you will get thinner. How do you accomplish this. With your powerful human will, not a pill.
I am very skeptical that you can open the pages of a good muscle magazine,read an article on how a great physique star trains a body part, and incorporate it wholesale into your workout and get some huge effect out of it. I don't know who the writers of such articles visualize as their reader, but unless you are a contest level bodybuilder you are not someone that can profit from a jump into a massive workout. I am not saying that these articles are not valuable. They motivate and teach you what movements are available.
What do these myths have in common? They all want to sell you the easy way. Take a pill or try with a workout Ronnie Coleman created and you will get what you want. Here is the real situation. You have to apply yourself to your fitness. That involves constant learning and adaptation to your realities. It also is about the self-mastery that any real achievement presupposes. Your servant, as always.
Lewis
Which brings me to a caveat. As far as I am concerned any pill or device that admits that it will have to be used as part of some general fitness program to get the best results is dubious.Why? Well, you try the product and the program and I will just try the exercise program and we will compare outcomes. I am willing to bet that my results will rival if not exceed yours and the amount of money you put into the product will pay my gym fees for a couple of months. Again science says that if two factors precede an event one or both may be responsible for it(or neither for that matter).
I have real suspicions about a product which claims that it will somehow fiddle with the body's utilization of macronutrients. Take a pill that blocks the metabolizing of carbohydrates? I doubt that that desired effect is going to happen. I suggest the the manufacturers of this stuff know it too. I will say that this claim intimates that real truth about diet, though: If you keep consuming processed carbs,you will be fat and,if you stop, you will get thinner. How do you accomplish this. With your powerful human will, not a pill.
I am very skeptical that you can open the pages of a good muscle magazine,read an article on how a great physique star trains a body part, and incorporate it wholesale into your workout and get some huge effect out of it. I don't know who the writers of such articles visualize as their reader, but unless you are a contest level bodybuilder you are not someone that can profit from a jump into a massive workout. I am not saying that these articles are not valuable. They motivate and teach you what movements are available.
What do these myths have in common? They all want to sell you the easy way. Take a pill or try with a workout Ronnie Coleman created and you will get what you want. Here is the real situation. You have to apply yourself to your fitness. That involves constant learning and adaptation to your realities. It also is about the self-mastery that any real achievement presupposes. Your servant, as always.
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