Misconceptions about exercise and fitness

Misconceptions about exercise and fitnessBy Steven Brooks, Michael Brown, Fred

Battee, and Ryan Sickles

50 surveys competed by Rowan Students◦Half done by Exercise science majors

◦Half done by those not in Exercise science majors

Articles, text books, etc.

Methods

Eat breakfast Brush teeth Shower Get dressed What’s missing?

Morning Check list

It is important for everyone not just athletes.

Stretching!

Reduces Injuries

Increases flexibility

Makes those golden years golden

Decreases pain

Benifits

Over 25,000 people in America sprain their ankle everyday.

1 out of every 17 athletes suffer an injury while performing their sport or training.

More then 50% of these injuries are preventable.

Reduces Injuries

Pelvic Obliquity

Athletes are not the only ones to suffer

Two types of flexibility

◦Flexibility for prevention Before and after, 30 second holds

◦Flexibility for flexibility Mainly just after, 60 seconds or more

Increases your flexibility

Allows you to stay mobile longer Keeps good posture Keeps good balance Helps in recovery Improves circulation

Golden Years

Stretching released the built up lactic acid

Reduces pain

I only really need to stretch before I start exercising.

I only need to stretch what I am going to work out.◦ The knee bone connected to the thigh bone,

The thigh bone connected to the back bone,◦ The rectus femorus is connected to the gracillis…

Stretching's misconceptions

Nutrition's Misconceptions

Low carbohydrate diets

High Protein Diets

Low calorie diets

The Big Three

Thought to be fast and easy way to lose weight

Gives a false sense of effectiveness

Hurts workout and recovery

Low Carbohydrate diet

Believed that it will increase muscles. Weight loss method Believed to curve appetite

◦ In truth protein is the last thing the body feeds on.

High protein – Low results

Believed to be an effective weight loss method◦ Body generally needs at least 1,200 calories just

for organs to function properly. Causes the body to go into a starvation

mode.

Low calorie – High Disappointment

Questions?