Muscles turn into fat, breaking the six fitness lies

Sports and fitness certainly require the guidance of correct theories, but some hearsay from non-professionals has misled the eyes and ears of many fitness enthusiasts. How many of the following six fitness lies have you heard?

Lie 1: Overweight people have a slow metabolism, so they lose weight more slowly

The truth: Let the numbers convince you: less than 10% of overweight people have metabolic disorders. What's even more exciting is that under the same intensity and exercise time, "superweight people" will actually burn more calories. Gaining weight? Don’t blame your metabolism. Check if you’ve been greedy or lazy recently!

The truth: It is true that you will shiver with cold in the first few minutes and your body will consume more calories, but as the exercise progresses, your body will gradually adapt to the temperature and become warmer after a few minutes. At this time, you will not be able to enjoy the "benefits" brought by the low temperature.

The truth: Unless you reduce the intensity of your exercise or shorten the exercise time, you will consume the same number of calories today as you did yesterday, last month, and last year. After you have done five or six rounds of the new movements, your movements have become smoother and there are fewer unnecessary movements, but the calories consumed by these movements only account for about 2%.

The truth: Don’t rely on it that much. Someone once tested the latest models of heat pumps and found that 70% of them were inaccurate. The new calorie counters haven't been tested for a long time, and scientists need to keep improving their quality. On the contrary, older calorie counters, such as bicycles and steppers, are now more mature, especially when you take into account factors such as age and weight.

The truth: If you want to burn 100 calories today, what does it matter whether your heart beats 60 times per second (the so-called fat burning zone) or 85 times per second during exercise? As long as you burn 100 calories today, you win. If your heart rate is 85 beats or faster, or your exercise is low-intensity, then what is burned is not the fat on your body, but the fatty acids and fat circulating in the blood. Focus on how you burn off the calories, not where they come from.

The truth: This is absolutely a mistake! Fat and muscle are two completely different physiological structures and one will not "become" the other. But when you stop strength training, your originally tight and strong muscles will become loose and atrophy, and your whole body will lose its original exercise rhythm. At this time, if you don’t control your diet, you will gain weight very easily, but don’t think that your muscles have "turned" into fat.