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Fasting to lose weight is a myth. This might seem counterintuitive, but one of the surest ways to gain weight is to go on a fast. There are perfectly valid medical reasons to go on a fast, but losing weight is not one of them. You cannot help but to lose weight while you are on a fast, but this effect is short lived. Within a day or so of fasting, all of the food within your system is gone and your body starts to feed on itself to live. There is a certain amount of carbohydrate in your muscle

Somehow somewhere a myth was developed about how to develop six pack abs. You can NOT burn fat away from only your midsection to reveal your abdominal muscles. It doesn't matter how many crunches you do, you will not be able to see your abdominal muscles. This is the trap many of us have fallen into. With all the ab machines advertised on TV its no wonder people have the misconception that doing crunches equals a nice ripped midsection. Here are the keys you will need to build the best ab

by Lynn Howard I would like to start by dispelling a huge myth about building six pack abs. You cant simply burn fat off your midsection to expose your abs. You can do sit ups, crunches, V-ups all day and develop a strong midsection but you wont be able to see them. With all the misleading advertisements for ab building machines its no surprise that people still think you can simply burn away the fat around your midsection by doing ab exercises. The following are the components you'll need

by Josef BrandenburgThe myth that Weight loss is the game of numbers has been taken on by an expert in the field of weight loss. This expert from the George Washington University tells us that for years we have been made to believe that weight loss means loss of body fat. It is a popular myth that loosing weight will automatically make you look good in a bikini. For instance, a beach ball is much lighter than a base ball, but which one would you want your body to be like, soft and pliable like a

Myth – Strength training won’t burn fat. Facts – Many people believe that strength training (sit-ups/press-ups/weightlifting etc) does not burn calories or fat, but rather that it just builds muscle under the fat. This however is entirely untrue. Firstly, any type of physical exertion, be it an intense cardiovascular workout or simply dusting the living room, will burn calories. Looking at it logically before we get into the technical aspect, when doing any kind of exercise such as running or