The Most “Stupid” Myth Ever in Fitness

Today, I want to talk about one of the most stupid myths ever. I’m sure you have heard this also. What is this amazing myth?

Here you go………When you exercise your fat will turn to muscle and if you stop training, your muscles will turn to fat.

Let me ask you one question: can you change an apple to a board of plywood? I can’t and I’m sure you can’t either. It is exactly the same with muscle and fat.

They are 2 different tissues. If you see someone that was previously very muscular but now is overweight, here’s the reason: He stopped exercising but he didn’t adjust his nutritional habits. In this situation, muscles atrophy (weaken and reduce in size) and metabolism slows, leading to weight gain (fat). When you have more muscle mass, you need to eat more calories to maintain that muscle tissue.

If a person stops working out and keeps eating the same amount of calories that she was eating when she was exercising 3 to 5 days a weeks, what do you think will happened to the extra calories? Those calories will be stored as fat cells.

That’s it! One more Myth Buster blow out!

After reading this email, if someone tries to tell you this myth, I hope you will be able to tell him it is only a myth and not the reality.