Gym and Nutrition: Myths vs Facts

By Adam Redfern

Have you ever watched MythBusters? Well welcome to the online, shortened version of that. I asked the AYN2K producers if I could come up with a 45 minute long episode to hypothesize, test, and conclude whether these gym and nutrition myths were busted, plausible, or confirmed, and I was immediately and unsurprisingly shot down. So instead of sitting back and watching a video about them, how about a little mental workout? Read through these myths and facts below!

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​Nutrition
•       Myth: Genetically modified fruits and vegetables are bad for you.
•       Fact: Honestly eating any fruit would probably be better than what you’re doing.

•       Myth: High Fat Foods are unhealthy.
•       Fact:  I’ve been eating cake for every meal, and haven’t died yet.

•       Myth: Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
•       Fact: Let's be honest, breakfast is your least favorite meal out of the eight you normally eat.

•       Myth: White Potatoes are unhealthy.
•       Fact: Potatoes are straight up starch, who cares, just eat it.

Gym
•       Myth: You can target your fat burn.
•       Fact: We’d be lucky to burn any fat at all.

•       Myth: You should stretch before you workout.
•       Fact: The only people who stretch are the unprepared people.

•       Myth: Lifting heavy weights makes you bulky.
•       Fact: I have been lifting heavy weights for the past 8 years and have gained no bulk.

•       Myth: You can’t workout sick.
•       Fact: You can’t.

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