Question

Health questions check my answers! Please :)

1. If you do not experience some pain from your workouts, you are probably wasting your time.
Fact or Myth*

2. You should still watch what you eat when you are exercising, in order to maintain a healthy weight:
Fact* or Myth

3. Strenght training makes women muscular and unfeminine:
Fact or Myth*

4.If you do a lot of crunches you will have "six pack" abs:
Fact or Myth*

5. Muscles turn into fat when you stop exercising:
Fact or Myth*

6. The abdominal muscles should not be exercised everyday:
Fact or Myth*

7. Squats are unsafe for knees and should be avoided:
Fact* or Myth

8. Genetics play a role in determining fat storage location and body shape.
Fact* or Myth

9. You can choose specific exercises to tone certain muscles
Fact* or Myth

10. If you stop exercising for a period of time, muscle decreases.
Fact* or Myth

Answer 1

Answer: Myth, Fact, Myth, Myth, Myth, Fact, Myth, Fact, Fact, Fact

Step-by-step explanation:

1. "If you do not experience some pain from your workouts, you are probably wasting your time." Muscle soreness is common after a workout, especially if one does intensive and extensive training. The soreness one may feel is usually a result of the muscle tearing and attempting to regrow. Getting in your daily protein intake will help with muscle growth and effectively soreness as well. (MYTH)
2. "You should still watch what you eat when you are exercising, in order to maintain a healthy weight" While exercising may help, it is always important to track the calories you are eating (as well as estimate the ones you lose from daily activities) to consistently focus on your progression of your goals of gaining/losing weight. (FACT)
3. "Strength training makes women muscular and unfeminine" Strength training has no concept of gender or expression, in its most simplest term it is building muscle, and maintaining a healthy lifestyle, which is not exclusive to any gender and does not wholeheartedly one or more either. (MYTH)
4. "If you do a lot of crunches you will have "six pack" abs" While abdominal motions such as crunches, situps, etc may aid you in making your abs more fuller, it ultimately comes down to maintaining a caloric deficit hence the phrase "abs are made in the kitchen". (MYTH).
5. "Muscles turn into fat when you stop exercising" Muscle does not simply "turn into fat" they are two different entities and at best the lack of exercise will make fat more prevalent making it seem like your muscle has turned into fat. (MYTH).
6. "The abdominal muscles should not be exercised everyday" The abdominal muscles are still muscles, and like every other body part, needs rest and recovery in order to heal, repair, and grow stronger than they once were. (FACT).
7. "Squats are unsafe for knees and should be avoided" Not only squats are an excellent exercise for targeting the majority of the legs muscle groups like the quads and glutes, but they may also strengthen knee and joint mobility! When performed correctly, of course. (MYTH).
8. "Genetics play a role in determining fat storage location and body shape." At the end of the day, everything in relation to body composition comes down to genetics (to a certain degree), especially when it comes to factors like fat storage and body shape. This is also the reason why individuals who are the same body fat percentage may look more leaner in other areas than their respective peers. (FACT).
9. "You can choose specific exercises to tone certain muscles" While you can not selectively burn fat in a given area, you can choose to tone certain muscles, because of this it is important to create a workout plan that effectively targets all the majority muscles at least once to promote a better symmetry and lack of imbalance of one's physique. (FACT).
10. "If you stop exercising for a period of time, muscle decreases." Your body only grows muscle under stressful conditions - such as working out with heavy weights. Simply put, the lack of stress you put on the body gives no incentive for the body to put on ridiculous amounts of muscle. (FACT).