INDIAN WOMEN AND WEIGHT TRAINING MYTHS (PART 1)

INDIAN WOMEN AND WEIGHT TRAINING MYTHS  (PART 1)

In every issue of women’s fitness magazine or in every social media including Instagram, Indian YouTube channels and Facebook  you’re presented with a new workout that promises crazy results in minutes a day by ‘toning muscles’ with light weights and crazy equipment. You’re promised super-foods that specifically target belly fat, and ab workouts, butt workouts, and thigh workouts that are designed to “tighten those problematic areas.” But the question being the same since ages.....

"kya main in sab tariko se patli ho jaungi?" (will I be lean after trying all these methods? )

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You may become slim and lean for a particular amount of time , or until you keep on following a particular diet , but mostly the word  "diet"  itself gives a vibe that it is not sustainable for a very long period of time, and when you go back to eating normal and leaving it, you will gain everything back , maybe a few kgs more( nightmare!).

So is there a solution ? Yes it is. It is called strength training, or resistance training or even simplified as training with weights. But when it comes to this type of training there are many myths rumors  which obviously comes in our way. As said by our female counterparts in family " beta zyada wajan mat uthao ladkio k liye acha nai hota" ( honey don't pick too much weight ,  its not good for girls).So today being an Indian woman I shall take the privilege to enlighten every Indian female on the MYTHS of weight training by WOMEN.


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MYTH 1. YOU WILL GET BULKY FROM PICKING UP HEAVY THINGS. 

 You have seen  those women bodybuilders who look really bulky and don't want to look like one? Don't worry you won't .They eat, train, and take supplements specifically so they can look like that! 

Here’s the truth: when you pick up heavy things, your muscles get STRONGER (but not necessarily bigger). If you inject  yourself testosterone and eat excess calories than you are burning every day, sure…you could get bigger. However, if you pick up heavy things, and eat a caloric deficit (and eat the right kinds of food – actual healthy foods), your muscles will get stronger and denser; you will burn the fat on top of your muscle, and you will get that “toned” look that you dreamed about.

MYTH 2. YOU WILL NEED TO BECOME PROTEIN FREAK.

Don't pay attention to the hype that once you start lifting, your body 

suddenly needs a excessive nutrients. Yes, weightlifting breaks 

down tissue in order to build muscle — and yes, protein is what builds this muscle — but according to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND), protein need of non athletes are not as high as commonly perceived.High-protein whole foods like Greek yogurt, meat, seafood, soybeans, tofu , chhole, eggs are some power foods which can easily help you reach daily protein goals through diet alone, without the addition of supplements.

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MYTH 3. AEROBIC EXERCISE IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO BURN FAT.

When you strength train, your muscles are broken down, and then rebuilt over the next 24-48 hours. While your body is rebuilding those muscles, it’s recruiting more calories and energy to make the process happen (generally referred to as the ‘afterburn’ effect).  What this means is that your metabolism operates at a faster level even while you’re sitting on the couch after a workout.

Aerobic training can be an efficient way to burn calories, but it often doesn't provide enough stimulus to increase levels of lean muscle, which are metabolically more efficient because they burn calories even when the body is at rest. BMR or your Basal metabolic rate increases which means your metabolism stays elevated for a period of time after exercise and you continue to burn calories hours after the end of your workout.

please refer part two for more myths..... 

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