| 1. Sport is for professionals. This idea applies only | | | | only super-series of fast exercises, which could |
| in the case of performance sports. The native | | | | involve, directly or indirectly, all the muscles. |
| qualities required for professional sportsmen | | | | Anyway, regular training shouldn't take longer than |
| (speed, skills, specific height, etc.) can only be | | | | an hour and a half. Otherwise, the body will get |
| developed, they can't be formed by training. As | | | | into the catabolic faze, when the cortisone |
| long as the aim of a regular person is not | | | | secretions 'cannibalize' the muscles. |
| performance, almost all sports can be practiced | | | | 4. Any type of exercise is good for solving your |
| for keeping the body in a good shape. It's all | | | | problems. What's true in this refers to some |
| about dosing the training you chose, so that the | | | | particular cases like excess of adipose tissue. This |
| benefits are bigger than wear and tear. Even the | | | | tissue can be 'melted' by any kind of aerobic |
| sports considered tough can be practiced in a | | | | exercise (running, cycling, swimming) if this is |
| 'soft' way (tae-bo, mini-triathlon, jogging, etc.). | | | | continued long enough. Even in these cases it was |
| 2. Training is tiring. This idea is true as long as it | | | | clear that some exercises are more effective |
| refers to consuming all your energy (muscular and | | | | than others. There are situations when only a |
| hepatic glycogen), but it doesn't mean that training | | | | combination of exercises with a certain amount of |
| gets you into that state of exhaustion which | | | | each, can provide you with the results you |
| would slow down the process of recovery of the | | | | expect. More than that, repeating the same |
| body. Even in performance sports, the purpose is | | | | exercise all the time can have as a consequence |
| to have rather effective than exhausting training, | | | | not only losing balance in the antagonist muscles |
| so that the body can get the stimulation | | | | and in the joints involved in training, but also |
| necessary to qualitative progress from one | | | | stopping progress or even regressing. |
| training to the next. | | | | 5. You're older? No more exercises! This is true |
| Even more than in other sports, in fitness the | | | | only if we refer to extremely demanding efforts |
| sportsman is spared overexerting. However, the | | | | (really heavy weights, fast running, jumping, etc.). |
| training must not become ineffective. People can | | | | There are lots of exercises adapted to different |
| come to the gym tired after a work day and | | | | ages. Their purpose is to keep and improve health |
| leave relaxed (physically and psychologically) and | | | | and also to improve physical shape. The |
| not more tired. This is extremely useful for | | | | development of movement parameters for older |
| people with sedentary jobs, but also for those | | | | people refers especially to muscular and |
| who make physical effort at work. They could | | | | cardio-vascular resistance as well as mobility of |
| use the training by choosing a type of effort | | | | the joints. Because the final purpose of training is |
| meant to compensate the one involved in their | | | | not preparing for a competition, the exercises can |
| job. | | | | be organized gradually according to their difficulty, |
| 3. Training takes too long. Again, this idea is true if | | | | eliminating the risk of accidents. Because it's based |
| applied to performance, which can only be | | | | on perseverance, fitness can be adapted without |
| obtained by working a lot. But also in this case | | | | problems for older people and even for people |
| short and very intense training or training for | | | | suffering from different affections specific to old |
| relaxation and recovery are often performed. In | | | | age. |
| fitness, you can get to 20-minute training, working | | | | |