The myths of bodybuilding
“Bodybuilding is only to get big muscles” or “If I don´t train, I will get fat” are just a few of the myths that still exist in the world of bodybuilding.
The world of bodybuilding does not escape from false truths. Check out what are some of the myths about bodybuilding that are being deconstructed.
If I stop training, I will get fat
This is one of the greatest fears of who trains regularly: that the muscles become fat. It may even happen that you get fat when you stop training and your muscles reduce in size, but the weight gain related to periods of inactivity has more to do with the amount of extra calories that are usually part of the diet. The increased weight registered is due to the lack of physical activity and the excess calories, and not because the muscles have been converted into fat.
Women who train get very muscular
Many women think that training with weights will lead to a very muscular shape. This is another of the myths that are not justified. Muscle growth happens more easily in men, once their testosterone levels are much higher than in women, and the doses of this hormone that allow the muscle hypertrophy are larger in men.
Training with weights is not for everyone
Nothing more fake. Weight lifting can be done by pregnant women, seniors or people with disabilities, since adapted to each situation. Weight training is a complete sport and is useful for anyone, as well as very beneficial for our body. Everyone can, and should, do it.
Repeating the same training increases the muscles
Despite repeated practice also be advised in bodybuilding, it is essential to introduce new routines and change the exercises in order to muscles to work more effectively, and new muscle fibers are required and formed. The rest of the muscles is also essential to put it together and for growth.
Bodybuilding exercises cause injury more easily
By the fact that working with high weights may be more prone to injury, but just in case you don’t know how to perform the exercises correctly. With the movements, positions and appropriate weight loads, you are as prone to injury as any other sport.
Muscles grow while you train
This is a half-truth. It is true that during training the muscle fibers are stimulated to grow, but this growth is only effectively generated with a proper diet, resting and sleeping. If you train like crazy in the gym, but don’t give the proper rest to the muscles, a diet that stimulates their formation or restful sleep that reconstructs, increasing your muscle mass will be take a lot more time than expected.
