Comments on: 5 Biggest Health Myths That You Haven’t Heard Before http://thewaronbullshit.com/2008/04/01/health_myths/ Take No Prisoners Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:50:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Going fat free isn\'t rocket science. Rocket science is easier. http://thewaronbullshit.com/2008/04/01/health_myths/#comment-2099 Going fat free isn\'t rocket science. Rocket science is easier. Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:24:33 +0000 http://thewaronbullshit.com/2008/04/01/health_myths/#comment-2099 Lots to think about from your post. I look forward to my next visit. Lots to think about from your post. I look forward to my next visit.

]]> By: gu http://thewaronbullshit.com/2008/04/01/health_myths/#comment-1355 gu Mon, 12 May 2008 03:41:29 +0000 http://thewaronbullshit.com/2008/04/01/health_myths/#comment-1355 Properly done weight training will not stunt growth. See _Starting Strength_ by Rippetoe and Kilgore. Most 'trainers' don't know squat about squats and generally teach people to do half squats with all sorts of horrible flaws such as: doing them in a smith machine looking up at the sky not going deep enough wearing the wrong shoes knees sliding forwards at the bottom not keeping the back in the right position not doing the valsalva Obviously I don't know what you saw this kid doing but there is a fair chance(unless you are in a crossfit gym or an oly lifting gym) that it was fucked up. Agree with #5 #4 Running such long distances seems unneeded although there is nothing wrong with it. As far as lifting your own bodyweight it depends how it is done. Someone deadlifting only their own bodyweight is pathetically weak but pressing or snatching your bodyweight is very good. A very complete definition of fitness can be found here: http://www.crossfit.com/cf-download/CFJ-trial.pdf However, I agree that skinny doesn't always mean healthy. I know plenty of people with some fat who still have very good anaerobic conditioning and are very strong and fast. #3 While popular rags make it sound like you can be a bodybuilder while lifting like a dumbass lazy fuck I disagree that "the average male can only gain 5lbs a year" If the male in question is doing a program out of a fitness rag that is probably true, if they are doing a sound barbell based program with progressive resistance and lots of food they can gain much more muscle(and some fat) than 5lbs! Now in the case of a person who is already trained and very used to weightlifting muscular mass will be harder to gain. But you're right that practically all the advice in popular magazines about weight training is crap and gives the reader all sorts of wacky ideas. #2 Agree. The converse, that the only way to gain weight is to eat more than you burn, is of course also true. #1 I'm not a big fan of junk food but even it has nutritional value. You can gain muscle while eating a diet of crap assuming your training is proper. On the other hand I agree that this sort of junk food ideally should be avoided(at least in excess) Properly done weight training will not stunt growth. See _Starting Strength_ by Rippetoe and Kilgore. Most ‘trainers’ don’t know squat about squats and generally teach people to do half squats with all sorts of horrible flaws such as:

doing them in a smith machine
looking up at the sky
not going deep enough
wearing the wrong shoes
knees sliding forwards at the bottom
not keeping the back in the right position
not doing the valsalva

Obviously I don’t know what you saw this kid doing but there is a fair chance(unless you are in a crossfit gym or an oly lifting gym) that it was fucked up.

Agree with #5

#4 Running such long distances seems unneeded although there is nothing wrong with it. As far as lifting your own bodyweight it depends how it is done. Someone deadlifting only their own bodyweight is pathetically weak but pressing or snatching your bodyweight is very good. A very complete definition of fitness can be found here:
http://www.crossfit.com/cf-download/CFJ-trial.pdf

However, I agree that skinny doesn’t always mean healthy. I know plenty of people with some fat who still have very good anaerobic conditioning and are very strong and fast.

#3 While popular rags make it sound like you can be a bodybuilder while lifting like a dumbass lazy fuck I disagree that “the average male can only gain 5lbs a year”

If the male in question is doing a program out of a fitness rag that is probably true, if they are doing a sound barbell based program with progressive resistance and lots of food they can gain much more muscle(and some fat) than 5lbs! Now in the case of a person who is already trained and very used to weightlifting muscular mass will be harder to gain.

But you’re right that practically all the advice in popular magazines about weight training is crap and gives the reader all sorts of wacky ideas.

#2 Agree. The converse, that the only way to gain weight is to eat more than you burn, is of course also true.

#1 I’m not a big fan of junk food but even it has nutritional value. You can gain muscle while eating a diet of crap assuming your training is proper. On the other hand I agree that this sort of junk food ideally should be avoided(at least in excess)

]]> By: Jon http://thewaronbullshit.com/2008/04/01/health_myths/#comment-1147 Jon Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:38:30 +0000 http://thewaronbullshit.com/2008/04/01/health_myths/#comment-1147 Interesting list, albeit I have heard some of them before. :P After reading just the headline I thought for sure you were going to include the "8 cups of water a day" myth. Interesting list, albeit I have heard some of them before. :P

After reading just the headline I thought for sure you were going to include the “8 cups of water a day” myth.

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