BIGGESTs MYTH's/Lies of BODYBUILDING! Post! Lets hear ALL of them!

[SSAlexSS]

Lets hear all myths that exists about bodybuilding!


Some of mines are:

1) You have to workout 6 days a week to make gains
2) Strength / Muscle size have nothing common
3) You can/should isolate muscle for max growth
4) There is no such thing as overtraining just undereating
5) You need to employ periodization
6) You need to lift to failure for max muscle growth
7) You need to do 20 sets to grow
8)Training for shape, for weight loss, for striatations.
9) You can not get big arms without curls
10) You need to employ 10 different exercises for your muscles
11) Hamburgers make you grow
12) Pro's are natural
13) Ronnie is natural
14) If you want to be like a pro, train like a pro.
15) To be the size of the pro bodybuilding you need to match him in training and drugs.
16) You dont need to lift heavy
17) 6-10 reps for mass 10-20+ is for toning only. 1-5 reps is for strength

ok I am tired typing all in! Lets see what myths do you know and want to share with us!

 

[Screwball]

Got one for you...

The fact that many misinformed lifters believe that the barbell bench press is over-rated. This exercise is tried and true.

 

[endpoint]

you are wrong with the following:

#2. I have seen 150 lbs lifters stronger than 200lb bodybuilders with bigger muscles

#5 see you in a few years kid. even altering volume or exercises is a form of periodization

11# carbs protein and fat......whats wrong with that?

16# there are many ways to stimulate growth

17# you get stronger with heavier weights......so handling anything about 6 or so reps would be heavier.


my number #1 joe weider did anything he claims he did.
2# arnold was perfect (look at his legs)
3#bodybuilding is normal
4# abs and hamstrings need higher reps

man i cant be bothered anymore.......

 

[rgosit]

havent we been through this??

theres enough to go around..

lifting heavy makes u big
lifting light makes u cut

 

[bignate73]

i take issue with #11.

i like hamburgers.....

 

[sysopt]

haha...yummm...burrrrgerrrrs (homer)

 

[pete ferguson]

Probably one of the biggest myths involves uninformed ladies with their fear that if they lift weights, they will get big. What do you have to do or say to convince them that it's what you eat (or don't eat) that makes you grow?

 

[JoNaThAnPeTeRs]

Lets hear all myths that exists about bodybuilding!


Some of mines are:

1) You have to workout 6 days a week to make gains
2) Strength / Muscle size have nothing common
3) You can/should isolate muscle for max growth
4) There is no such thing as overtraining just undereating
5) You need to employ periodization
6) You need to lift to failure for max muscle growth
7) You need to do 20 sets to grow
8)Training for shape, for weight loss, for striatations.
9) You can not get big arms without curls
10) You need to employ 10 different exercises for your muscles
11) Hamburgers make you grow
12) Pro's are natural
13) Ronnie is natural
14) If you want to be like a pro, train like a pro.
15) To be the size of the pro bodybuilding you need to match him in training and drugs.
16) You dont need to lift heavy
17) 6-10 reps for mass 10-20+ is for toning only. 1-5 reps is for strength

ok I am tired typing all in! Lets see what myths do you know and want to share with us!

to refute this....

2) has some truth to it, but it is relative to the person, the stronger you get, the body has to compensate it by adding muscle, but.......take for instance jay cutler, on his video, he can barely do 365 for 4 reps to failure, and he has one of the best chests obviously in the business...so for each person it is relative, superficial strength has nothing to do with muscle size, someone that can bench 405 doesnt necessarily have a better muscular chest than someone that benches 275....
6) has a large amount of truth to it, for max growth yes, rome wasnt built by just getting a good pump, you have to kill the muscle, whats the point of lifting if not going to failure? your body has no goal to surpass, what is the point(see my thread)
10) has some truth, u dont need 10 no, but variation is what keeps the old pros like coleman and ray on their toes, cant do the same thing, variation is key, in a minor way, but it still is crucial
11) when bulking, hamburgers without a doubt make you grow, serve the muscles with protein/fat that they are in dire need of, as well as carbs from the bread, and notice i said bulking, they def. make you grow....without question....

16 refutes 6, why train heavy if not to failure, sounds like someone training to take the easy way out to me......
lastly, 17) has been proven many times, may not be exactly rep specific to everyone, but in the most part, that has been proven with studies to be true....


:J/P

 

[gymrat]

I think one huge misconception of the "non" lfting public is a plain protein powder. Man, some people think it's like juice the way the tell you not to take it. While others believe that if they take "protein" powder, they get huge. People don't know it's just protein.....for gods sake, it's just protein.....

 

[aurelius]

You´re way off regarding the periodization "myth." How long have you been training?

Here´s a myth for you: YOU HAVE TO TRAIN TO FAILURE EVERY TIME FOR GROWTH.

Failure defined as the physical incapacity to do a single further rep of a given weight.

I can feel the backlash already...