Working out is a great way to be healthy and stay in shape. That’s why people love to try different fitness tips and hacks to see which works the best. The problem with that is there’s so much information all around that there’s bound to be misinformation as well.
People don’t really fact-check the health tips they share, which unfortunately means that there are a lot of bogus fitness facts to sift through. Fortunately for you, these posts from a Reddit thread about inaccurate health beliefs will help open your eyes.
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All the s**t about vaccines causing autism and being implants.
Giraffiesaurus , CDC Report
That you can’t lose weight effectively just by walking, and you won’t build muscle just by walking. You can lose a f**k ton of weight just walking an hour every day. A nice brisk pace, go and see the ducks or something. It’s fun and accessible and it will make your butt look nice (because despite what some people may also believe, your leg muscles do actually do work when walking! Shocker!) Also great for posture and pain and your mental health. Especially if you’re walking outside. Also you get to go see ducks. TL;DR: ducks.
treeteathememeking , Lukas Hartmann Report
That you need to “flush your system” with all kinds of BS cleanses to “detox” your body. Honey, you’re “detoxing” right now, it’s called your normal kidney function.
cinder-hella , Toni Cuenca Report
Just because someone is thin doesn’t mean they’re in shape or healthy.
2doublesanda20piece , Madison Inouye Report
People don’t understand that disability is, like many things in nature, a spectrum. That person in a wheelchair might be able to stand for 30 seconds at a time to reach something but not stand for the entire shopping trip. The person you saw park in a disability-designated space might be able to stand and walk, but it’s excruciating and best limited. The perfectly healthy-looking person with a service dog might not be perfectly healthy. We mask so others will STFU about it or at least not gawk. The overweight person who only ever walks on the gym treadmill when they gym each night at 11 pm might’ve never physically recovered from a significant bone break and consequent surgeries a decade ago. They might go to the gym during off hours to be left alone as they focus on walking in a straight path and not ridiculed as “needing to lay off the cake” as they do their best not to limp in and out the door. “Baby blues” isn’t always depression but can involve a myriad of variable psychiatric disorders and symptoms, including psychosis. These symptoms can be disabling and worsen over decades or the rest of someone’s life. Don’t be a d**k to struggling new moms or anyone struggling with mental illness.
bananapanqueques , Elevate Report
That you can target certain areas of the body for fat loss. You can’t. When you lose fat, it just comes off your total body wherever your body sees fit.
GardenGnomeOfEden , Towfiqu barbhuiya Report
Rest days are setbacks. they most certainly are not your body needs to rest every now and then.
Puzzleheaded_Chip811 , Ron Lach Report
No pain = no gain. If you’re in pain, you should stop because chances are you’re going to seriously injure yourself.
Haariz , Frans van Heerden Report
That sweating more = more calories burned. My ex worked out in a hot garage with sweats on in the summer trying to burn off more fat, and it was maddening trying to convince her to stop. DO NOT GIVE YOURSELF HEATSTROKE TRYING TO SWEAT MORE. YOU ARE ONLY LOSING WATER WEIGHT!
GalacticVaquero , Ketut Subiyanto Report
That eating fat is bad for you.
cdim781 , Jane Doan Report
That you can look like most Instagram fitness “models”/Youtubers. The reality is most of these people, especially guys, are on some sort of steroid/gear. TRT being the most common. Also their pictures are not raw and typically taken after getting a “pump” with perfect lighting. I HIGHLY recommend not comparing yourself to these people, it can definitely affect your self-confidence when it comes to your fitness goals.
Konsorss , John Fornander Report
That you must be overweight or have a poor diet to have high cholesterol/blood pressure. My mother was the healthiest, most active person I knew, she never topped 110 lbs in her entire life, and her cholesterol was always atrocious. Both her parents had that problem and passed it on to her. Genetics 🤷🏻♀️.
MPD1987 , Pavel Danilyuk Report
People really need to stop going on diets that cut essential nutrients out of your diet. If you can’t eat how you’re eating for the rest of your life, then losing weight in that way won’t be sustainable.
stumpy_chica , Kampus Production Report
That that BMI is a legit scale… it’s not. It’s a basic scale that was created in the 50’s and is not an accurate measurement of fat mass and fat free mass.
TriGurl , Kenny Eliason Report
It’s not all about how much you weigh. If you’re working out and getting results, the number on the scale might go up. Muscle weighs more than fat and muscle burns fat. So you might gain weight even though you’re getting stronger and thinner. One of my friends stopped working out because she gained a few pounds and wouldn’t listen to me telling her that’s a good thing because she’s obsessed with weighing a certain amount. Don’t do that.
Waste_Coat_4506 , Alora Griffiths Report
If working in physical therapy has taught me anything, it’s that an alarming amount of people have never worked out in their lives and have no idea that muscular soreness is normal after exercising. Also, soreness and pain are not the same thing.
iceunelle , Karolina Grabowska Report
That carbs are bad for you. That you can turn fat into muscle. It doesn’t work that way, friends.
lydviciousss , Leigh Patrick Report
Dieting being confused with simply living a healthy lifestyle.
Shawty43 , Nathan Cowley Report
Losing weight = Healthy. A friend of mine once had a health scare that involved unintended weight loss and someone had the f*****g balls to say to her face they wished they could lose weight without trying.
Parking-Earth2327 , SHVETS production Report
That you can’t over work out. Exercise dependencies are so common in the fitness industry. No Karen, I’m not going to reward you for going to the gym 3 times a day, that’s a problem.
Mehhhhhhhhhhhhhhzz , Sabel Blanco Report
That people go on a diet as if it is a temporary thing. What you consume IS your diet.
NoChadOnlyZuul , August de Richelieu Report
The general public who don’t know s**t about nutrition, thinks that healthy eating is solely living off salad and vegetables.
SylhetiG , Valeria Boltneva Report
“I can run off this 2000 calorie meal in a one mile jog tomorrow”.
astroproff , Maksim Goncharenok Report
That weightlifting for women will make them look like men. ETA: juiced up men.
lestatisalive , Anastasia Shuraeva Report
The food pyramid. Not it at all really. Also, some people don’t believe in germs still. Germs.
beargrease_sandwich , Peekaboo Kidz Report
Not really a view, per se, but most folks go all in on diets designed for fitness models and weight lifters. If you’re just casually getting into fitness, eating 1.5× your body weight - or more - in protein is a daunting task. So is going to the gym for an hour plus 5 days a week. Most people would have better success taking smaller bites of the fitness apple before tying to eat the whole thing in one bite.
arwans_ire , Mikhail Nilov Report
That diet and exercise will trump genetics on life span. You can improve your chances slightly, but life span is a c**p shoot.
diegojones4 Report
The amount of water needed is consistent from person to person.
Jessica_Iowa , Maurício Mascaro Report
Carrots are good for eye sight. From what I know, the British made it up to mess with the Germans.
Familiar-Kangaroo298 , Hana Mara Report
That all sugar consumption is bad.
starloser88 , mali maeder Report
That you get sick when you’re a bit cold (being outside). I work with school kids and every time a kid brings that up I go “nope, viruses and bacteria make you sick, not because you took off your jacket and got a bit cold outside.”.
-skyhigh Report
That’s exercise is a good way to lose weight. It’s not. It’s a lousy way to lose weight. Diet sets your weight, exercise sets your ability. There are many fat people in good shape (sumo wrestlers, football players) and many skinny people who are in horrible shape.
landonpal89 Report
That you can take a pill and magically be healthy without doing so much as walking every day.
MostlyUseful Report
That you can outrun your fork.
Wonder_woman_1965 , William Choquette Report
That running is blankety bad for your knees. Obviously there are those will knee problems already and plenty of people running improperly. I was a 35 year old with knee issues. Now I’m a 40 year old who runs 30-40 miles a week and my knees feel bullet proof.
ApatheticSkyentist , RUN 4 FFWPU Report
There is a “healthy” amount of alcohol. Alcohol is not healthy for you, period. Don’t get upset when people won’t agree to play along with your fantasy because you arent adult enough to just say “yea its not healthy, but Im living my life and I can accept the health consequences.”.
Malphos101 , Andrea Piacquadio Report
That diets that help you lose weight aren’t at their core still just low calorie diets. Calories in vs calories out. That’s all weight loss/gain is. Yes carbs etc can enhance things but if you aren’t in a calorie deficit you aren’t going to lose weight unless there’s something going on medically that you should see a doctor about. You could lose weight eating nothing but ice cream as long as the total calories is low enough. You SHOULDNT, but you could.
shellybearcat Report
People that believe they are overweight for any reason other than eating too much. There are 100% people that this is true for, but WAY less than the number of people who claim it.
Savoodoo , Andres Ayrton Report
Being fat is okay and healthy. EDIT: Sorry everyone being fat is okay.
1232435678383826 Report
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