54 Debunking Exercise Myths

The InForm Fitness Podcast

Adam Zickerman and Mike Rogers of InForm Fitness dispel some exercise myths that are often touted as truth by some popular TV trainers who are vying for ratings or authors who are looking to sell books. While some fitness myths are harmless, others might cause injury or simply just waste your time.

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54 Debunking Exercise Myths Transcript

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SPEAKERS

Tim Edwards, Mike, Adam

Tim Edwards 00:00

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Mike 00:18

The broader purpose for why I think people do want to exercise is for their health. And underneath the umbrella of health is, you know, your body composition, your muscle mass, your endurance to do whatever you want to do, whether it's just walking upstairs a subway, or if it's a sport or something like that. It's I know, we discussed this a little bit in previous podcasts, but I think it's sometimes gets into the, you know, goes into the myths a little bit when you're trying to think about a is there a perfect exercise? Is there one exercise to do everything? And then what could that be? And then of course, the answer is is different for everybody.

Tim Edwards 01:00

That was certified personal trainer Mike Rogers, who also happens to be the general manager of the inform fitness Manhattan location and of course, co hosts for the past 53 episodes of the inform fitness podcast. Welcome in. I'm Tim Edwards with the inbound podcasting network. And this is episode number 54. Today, Mike Rogers and the founder of inform fitness, Adam Zickerman, dispel a few exercise myths that are often touted as truth by some popular TV trainers who are vying for ratings or authors who are looking to sell books. While some fitness myths are harmless, others might actually cause injury or simply just waste your time. Some of the myths discussed in this episode, are will women bulk up if they participate in the inform fitness slow motion high intensity strength training protocol? Is there one perfect exercise for everyone? Or how about the myth that if you want to see results, you have to vary your exercise regime that will be discussed and debated in this episode, as well as, does soreness indicate a good workout. So let's get to it and let Mike Rogers and Adam Zickerman otherwise known as the guru, debunk some of the not so helpful exercise myths.

Adam 02:14

Okay, everybody, welcome to the show. Mike and I are going solo today.

Mike 02:18

We are?

Adam 02:18

Yeah, no, no interview. No, no guests, just you and me.

Mike 02:21

If we're if it's two of us, are we solo or we duo?

Adam 02:24

Oh, alright, so we're gonna be talking about the 10 most popular myths in exercise. So Myth number one, that there is a magic bullet to losing weight. As far as exercise program. There's the particular perfect exercise to lose weight. Basically, what I meant by that question was cardio do you need to do cardio to lose weight? Most people think, yes. In order to really lose weight, you got to add cardio to workout? And when you say no, right?

Mike 02:47

I don't think all the answers are black and white. Frankly, I think in general, most of the people that we've experienced, and we've worked with and from all the science that we read, No, it does not require cardio in the conventional sense in order to lose weight. I mean, that's so that's what you were meant by, there's one perfect exercise to lose weight, because that is also another one of them, which is you need to do cardio to lose weight.

Adam 03:11

Yeah. All right. So a little redundant. And I think you're right. I mean, there's no perfect workout for any group of people. I mean, it's what's best for you.

Mike 03:20

The thing is, people associate lots of different activities as exercise. And sometimes we've been very strict with the concept of what's recreation, what's exercise. And other times I think we've been a little bit lenient on what those things are, because we know that certain action, certain things that people do for exercise, are really recreation, but they have a, quote unquote, exercise effect associated with them. And I think that's why a lot of the points that we're going to discuss are what people think in the conventional traditional sense. But I think, why I think it's worth having this podcast and discussing them is because I think it's it's trying to create understanding. So hopefully, we can be talking the same language when we are discussing,

Adam 03:58

it's more nuanced than people think like when we do talk about exercise, we have a real definition of exercise as strength training. But sometimes I don't like confusing issue with clients by saying, well, that's not really exercise, that's more recreation. And the thing is, in their mind, that doesn't make sense and adds more confusion when you start. So then you have started saying, Well, my version of exercise means strength training and doing it safely. And everything else to me, is like recreational pursuits. But the thing is, we want you to be active. And if you want to call that exercise now as a matter of just like, semantics, so I don't want I don't like confusing issues. So okay, let's call steady state exercise, let's call it riding on a moderate level of bicycle or going on a treadmill at a moderate level, and reading a magazine to the point where you can read a magazine or you pass the talk test, right while you're doing you can have a conversation, which is the talk test. You know, I call that recreation, because it doesn't fit the actual definition, our very strict definition of exercise. Nonetheless, we recommend that you do high intensity exercise once or twice a week and then moderate activity the rest of the week and if you want to call that activity, sport or recreation or exercise, so be it. I'm not gonna nitpick on words.

Mike 05:06

right? Sometimes people misunderstand us when we are

Adam 05:08

when we say that's not exercise. When we say that's not exercise, what do you mean? That's not exercise? It's good cardio and stuff like that. Yeah. And you start getting into a fight instead of really making influencing people don't bother getting activity. So what I do, like, for example, I was I was at a party. And I was introduced to this guy who was doing the workout with me for many, many years. And it's a good friend of his and I was introduc...