3 Fitness Myths That Will Ruin Your Progress
There are three common pieces of advice that I’ve heard passed around weight rooms, smoothie bars, and social media platforms for years now:
“You gotta eat big to get big!”
“Fasted cardio in the morning is the most effective way to burn fat!”
“Eat every two hours so you can keep your metabolism stoked!”
False, false, and false.
Don’t get me wrong; you do need to eat adequately to put on size, cardio can help you burn fat, and it’s not to wrong to eat every two hours. But that doesn’t give you carte blanche to eat everything in sight, nor does it mean doing cardio fasted is better than doing it after dinner, nor does it mean you have to time your meals with a stopwatch every two hours.
Let’s break down these myths one at a time and put them into their proper context — so that these strategies can be used to your advantage rather than your detriment.
#1. “You’ve got to eat big to get big!”
It’s relatively easy for a previously untrained individual to put on some serious size in a short amount of time, but if you’re someone that’s been training and eating properly for several years now, moving the needle is going to take a lot longer. Slow progress will lead many…
