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The Most Common Mistakes And Myths Of Nutrition, Told By Liverpool Personal Trainer

Are you looking to build a body befitting of a Greek God? Do you want to reach the pinnacle of physical fitness? Do you wish to shed those stubborn pounds as soon as possible? If you are looking to do any of these things, or all of them, then working out is the best bet for you. However, just working out wouldn’t do the trick. You’ve got to take care of your diet and nutrition too. As a Personal Trainer in Liverpool, I have seen clients pumping iron and pushing their bodies to the limit, without any significant results. This is primarily because they don’t follow a proper dietary or exercise regime. As a Total Body Liverpool Personal Trainer, I have made many people aware of the common fitness mistakes. Some fitness-related myths are as follows:

1. Start lifting heavy weights with poor technique as soon as you join a gym:

This is one of the most common mistakes that people make to get bulging biceps and lose fat. However, this can cause muscle tear and injury. As a Liverpool personal trainer, I’d advise you to gradually increase the weights during weight-lifting. If you want to increase your body size, you’ve got to increase your weights but do so by not sacrificing your technique.  By doing so, you are making sure that the muscles are continuously flexed, stretched and worked to their limit. In my experience as a Liverpool Personal Trainer, I can vouch for the fact that this technique will surely yield best results. If you’re an amateur body builder, the aim would be to complete a certain amount of repetitions, usually 8-10, on one weight, and then increase the weight by around 2.5 kg and aim to complete the next set of repetitions. This way, the strain on your muscle continuously increases, resulting in visible, ripped muscles. This is called progressive resistance training.

1. To gain muscle you need to eat more of anything:

Some people think that they can gain muscles by eating more food. Many people cite the examples of bodybuilders when emphasising this point. As a personal trainer servicing clients in Liverpool, I can say that it’s true that body builders do eat a lot but that’s because their metabolic rate is much higher. This may not hold true for every person. If your body metabolism isn’t good and you keep consuming more food, it’ll only make you fatter and unhealthy because they don’t eat the right types of quality food for building muscle.

1. Fat is your enemy:

Contrary to popular belief, fat is not your enemy in losing weight or becoming fit. In my years as a Personal Trainer in Liverpool, I have realised that there are good fats and bad fats. Mono-unsaturated and poly-unsaturated fats are the important types of good fats that your body depends on. These fats are extracted from flaxseed or linseed oil and nuts. How many times have you heard people avoiding saturated fats? saturated fats are actually healthy, if consumed from healthy options like avocado. Just make sure you stay away from trans and hydrogenated fats as this is pure poison to the body.

1. Workouts are sufficient for fitness:

This is one of the most common myths I have come across as a Personal Trainer in Liverpool. You may have the perfect training regime and but it won’t help you lose weight if you don’t have any control over your diet. Without a proper diet to support and compliment your efforts in the gym, you will never get a well-toned body. So concentrate on your diet and consult and discuss with your Personal Trainer for what diet suits you best.

John Wright is a personal trainer living in Liverpool. At one time John used fitness as a tool to build his self confidence. It gave him a more positive outlook in life. Today John has made health and fitness so much a part of his life, that he started his own fitness training business called Total Body PT which services personal training in Liverpool.

You can learn more about John at http://www.totalbody-pt.co.uk/john-wright-personal-trainer-liverpool.