Fitness Rules You Must Break Today! ; Have a Look at Common Gym Beliefs, and How Breaking the Rules Can Actually Help You Achieve Your Fitness Goals More Quickly.

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There's a vast amount of fitness information doing the rounds, and not all of it is as accurate as it claims to be. Take a look at the lifestyle supplements of popular morning newspapers, and you'll see what we mean. Almost all of them run the obligatory health and fitness page at least once a week, and you often come across advice that contradicts itself, or offers opinions that are in direct conflict with views that appeared the week before. So, we're going to look at common gym beliefs, and how breaking the rules can actually help you achieve your fitness goals more quickly.

Rule # 1: Stick to machines to prevent injuryHow it started: Exercise machine manufacturers, obviously!Break the rule: Exercise machines work by isolating target muscles, thereby promising better results. But this also prevents natural body movement, which may actually increase the risk of injury. On the other hand, when you use free weights, your body makes natural adjustments throughout the exercise's range of motions. This also works out smaller muscle groups and makes the exercise even more effective

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Fitness Rules You Must Break Today! ; Have a Look at Common Gym Beliefs, and How Breaking the Rules Can Actually Help You Achieve Your Fitness Goals More Quickly.

Rule # 2: 'Shock' your muscles for best resultsHow it started: Bodybuilders who noticed ho...

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