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