This document discusses several common fitness myths. It explains that core workouts target the midsection including the stomach, back, lower back, and inner thighs. These exercises like planks and pushups strengthen the areas that control balance and support. While cardio is good for heart health, strength training helps build strong bones and burns calories during and after a workout. Short walks throughout the day can provide similar benefits to a single longer walk, such as weight control and reduced blood pressure.
2. DOES CORE
WORK OUT
MEAN DOING
A LOT OF
ABDOMINAL
CRUNCHES?
3.
4. CORE WORK OUTS ARE FOCUSED ON YOUR MID-SECTION:
-YOUR STOMACH
-YOUR BACK
-YOUR LOWER BACK
-YOUR INNER THIGHS
http://gymferris.com/?p=334
THESE AREAS CONTROL YOUR CENTER OF GRAVITY
AND IT’S WERE MOST OF YOUR BODY’S STRENGTH COMES
FROM.
5. THESE WORKOUTS CAN INCLUDE PLANKS, PUSH UPS, SQUATS, BACK
BRIDGE, OBLIQUE TWIST, AND HIP LIFTS.
http://yourfitnessfusion.com/do-crunches-burn-belly-fat/ http://synergyinstrength.com/core-training-benefits-of-a-strong-core-2/
ANOTHER CORE WORK OUT THAT BENEFITS THE MID-SECTION IS
YOGA AND PILATES.
http://healthyliving.azcentral.com/yoga-dudes-13921.html http://www.revivepilates.fr/revive2008classesfr.html
6. IS CARDIO BETTER FOR WEIGHT LOSS THAN
WEIGHT TRAINING?
http://www.askmen.com/sports/keywords/car
dio.html
7. THERE ARE BENEFITS TO BOTH BUT
STRENGTH TRAINING HAS MORE TO GIVE TO
YOUR BODY THAN CARDIO.
http://www.alertdiver.com/Cardiovascular
-ALTHOUGH CARDIO IMPROVES
CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH,
STRENGTH TRAINING HELPS YOU
GET STRONGER.
-BUILDS STRONG BONES AND
PREVENT MUSCLE LOSS WITH AGE.
-AND MOST OF ALL HELPS YOU BURN
CALORIES DURING YOUR WORKOUT
AND AFTER YOUR WORK OUT.
http://www.fitnessforweightloss.com/how-many-calories-do-i-burn-sitting/
8. WILL DOING A LOT OF SIT UPS BURN BELLY
FAT?
ALTHOUGH DOING SIT UPS DOES BURN FAT ITS NOT ADEQUATE
ENOUGH TO BURN WHAT MOST ARE LOOKING TO LOSE.
-ONE LB OF FAT IS EQUAL TO 3500
CALORIES AND ONE HOUR OF SITUPS
IS EQUAL TO 325 CALORIES BURNT.
-AN APROPRIATE DIET PLAN IS USEFUL
http://www.twohundredsitups.com/what.html
TO BURNING FAT ALONG WITH EXERCISING.
10. IS IT BAD TO
DO SIT UPS
WITH YOUR
HANDS BEHIND
http://www.bigstockphoto.com/search/holding-neck/
YOUR HEAD?
11. -INCORRECT FORM IS BAD AND CAUSES NECK INJURY.
http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-a-Nerve-
Pinch-in-Your-Neck-Quickly
-WHEN SOMEONE WHO IS WEAK IN THE ABDOMINAL AREA, THEIR
NECK AND SHOULDER MUSCLES TRY TO COMPENSATE FOR THE LACK
OF STRENGTH.
http://swtlaughinlivinlovin.blogspot.com/2013/02/swee-t-
magazine-online.html
-THEY TEND TO PULL ON THEIR NECK WHICH CAUSES STRESS ON
THEIR NECK AND SPINE.
12. If I walk 10 minutes in the morning, 10 at
lunch, and 10 after work – is it the same as
walking for 30 minutes at once?
http://walkingfit.ucr.edu/resources.html
13.
14. -YOUR STILL BURNING CALORIES THAT’S SPREAD OUT THROUGH THE
DAY INSTEAD OF JUST FOR 30 MINS.
-IT CONTROLS WEIGHT GAIN, THAT IS IF CALORIE INTAKE IS LESS
THAN WHAT YOUR BURNING OF CALORIES DURING YOUR WORKOUTS.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/nov/28/thirteen-reasons-why-good-to-walk
-IT ALSO HELPS WITH HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE THOUGH OUT THE DAY
THAN ONE 30 MIN WALK.
15. WORKS CITED AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:
http://www.livestrong.com/article/400576-do-
sit-ups-really-help-you-lose-belly-fat/
http://www.medimiss.net/2013/01/how-to-
get-rid-of-belly-fat.html
http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/12/17/car
dio-burns-more-fat-than-weight-lifting/
http://www.chicagonow.com/katalin-fitness-
health-driven/2012/09/what-does-it-mean-to-
do-core-work/
http://www.health.com/health/article/0,,2041
1422,00.html
http://www.examiner.com/article/why-sit-ups-
and-crunches-are-harmful
http://www.livestrong.com/article/449549-
injured-neck-because-of-sit-ups/
http://walking.about.com/od/beginners/f/15m
inutewalks.htm
