5 Women's Fitness Myths Busted
Myth 1: Walking for 30 minutes will make me lose weight. Fact 1: It's true that walking for 30 minutes every day will have a positive effect on your overall health but, it will not necessarily make you lose weight. Many recent studies have established, beyond doubt, that steady state exercise will not stimulate the metabolism sufficiently enough to have a marked effect on body fat reduction without introducing major dietary changes at the same time. Sprinting and High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) are proven to have significant advantages over walking if weight loss is the goal. Regardless of the type and duration of exercise you do, if you do not control your calorie intake, reduce your consumption of processed foods, fizzy drinks and alcohol, you will NOT shed body fat. Myth 2: When you are pregnant, you have to eat for two. Fact 2: No, being pregnant does NOT require you to eat enough food for two people. Pregnancy and breastfeeding are both nutritionally very taxing and...