Fitness Expert Q&A: Busting Myths and Answering Your Top Workout Questions

Introduction

what's up everyone uh magnus here welcome back today we're gonna do another one of those q a's that i love to do because i'm getting so many good questions i get a few weird ones every once in a while as well but you know hopefully today we'll be able to bust a few myths and give you guys some good answers to good questions all right let's get into it

Diet and Nutrition Questions

A low carb diet is the best for all body types

true or false

well false there's no evidence that are supporting that you know a low carb diet would be better than a high carb diet so um as long as you eat enough protein your veggies then you should know that fat and carbs are both fuel for the body and you can eat a combination of them or some people prefer to eat more carbs less fat or the other way around so whatever works for you but no that's false

Myth: You cannot eat carbs if you want to lose weight

true or false

false you can eat carbs and lose weight it all comes down to the proportion of macros and your totally calorie intake so you should eat a certain amount of fat and carbs in a day one or the other or a combination and it doesn't matter if you get them through carbs or fat you you will you will lose weight if you're in calorie deficit which means that you eating less than what you're burning in a day

Is it okay to eat pasta instead of rice

yes it is i'm not sure why you're asking that question if it's about weight loss or just to be healthy you can eat pasta and be healthy no problem same thing with losing or gaining weight uh you can eat pasta it's it's more a matter of how much you of it

Workout andTraining Questions

Will running melt my muscles

no it won't i think what you're referring to here is that if you do a lot of running that you might get less muscles which can indirectly be true you see if you don't have enough fuel in your body and your let's say run long distance your body will send out a signal to to your brain that oh we don't have enough fuel to feed all these muscles uh we better shrink them so you you will kill some muscle mass over time if you do too much long distance running without having the fuel in your body um so that is the answer to that question um you can you can sprint you can do 5k you can even do long distance running as long as you fuel up

Favorite supersets

well first of all a superset is when you go from one exercise to another without any rest um so my favorite superset i'm not a huge fan of super setting overall but i do like to super set arms um so i'll go from a bicep exercise straight into tricep exercise so yeah that's my answer

Do hormones influence workouts and nutrition

so without going too deep on hormones i would say yes hormones can affect your your ability to build muscle mass gain or lose fat and and overall how are you feeling

What equipment should I get if I don't have a gym

what equipment should i get if i don't have the possibility to go to a gym well that's an excellent question i would say it depends on your goal it depends on who you are and what you want to achieve i think it's it's good to get um maybe bench some some free weights and something that can help you work your back and shoulders that's the hardest part when you do broader weight workouts dumbbells and a bench that will go a long way

Is it actually bad to do full body workouts every day

well excellent question it depends on how many times per week you're working out if you're doing five days a week i would not do full body workouts i would maybe if you're doing twice a week then then i would consider it so that's the answer to that question really depends on how many times per week you work out i'm a much bigger fan of targeting each and every muscle much harder with more sets and reps and then allow that muscle group to rest the next day while i'm targeting targeting something else it's less of a compromise

Injury & Health Questions

My knee hurts when I'm jumping

what exercise can i do to stabilize the joint we have no idea what's going on in your knee so you shouldn't be stabilizing your joint necessarily you should see a professional go and see someone who knows what they're doing and who can find out what's going on in your knee and this is super common that people think that if something hurts that they need to rehab it right away or do a certain type of exercise to stabilize and build it up but now see a professional

How much coffee is too much

how much coffee is too much coffee in a day well 51 cups of coffee is too much per day no just kidding well you can drink a whole lot of coffee there's a lot of health benefits to coffee and there's some scientific proof um on that as well that it prevents alzheimer's disease parkinson's helps with with former various forms of cancer and it also shields your liver just make sure to drink enough water because it can be a little dehydrating with coffee and yeah if some people don't handle coffee uh well at all they you know if you get too jittery i wouldn't drink that much but personally i drink like eight cups a day and i i'm fine i'm fine

Equipment and Technique Questions

Is it necessary to wear a belt when lifting

do we make less progress with it but in my experience the guys and girls who are getting injured are the ones wearing a belt you're not getting injured while wearing the belt but when you walk in the stairs or you're lifting something up and i'm i'm going to tell you why so i'm not wearing a belt and i'm dead lifting that means my whole body is switched on working together as soon as you put that belt on i'm gonna you know disconnect that body part my legs are working my upper body might be working but my core is not firing and it's not activated guess what happens when i take everything off and i go to lift that box up exactly so if you don't need to wear a belt don't do it some people do it to be able to lift heavier and yeah that might be working for them i suggest if you don't have to wear a belt please don't

What's the most efficient: more reps and lower weight or less reps higher weight

personally i'm a fan of doing both actually i like the the combine low weight higher reps and high weights lower reps depending on the muscle i'm targeting which cycle i'm training in and yeah it also depends on if you have pre-existing injuries if you're a beginner or you're more advanced and a whole lot of other things so to go back to my answer both works

Lifestyle & General Fitness Questions

Which type of beer or alcohol drink would be okay with everyday life

i love this question you need to listen to me now when you decide to have a beer or glass of wine drink whatever you like it's better to drink whatever you like and not drink all the time instead of going with a vodka soda lime and drink a ton of them or every day so maybe i would say if you need to drink something that's not as good as you want it to be because it's healthier you're probably drinking too much it's

Is walking combined with healthy diet enough to be healthy

well that's an excellent question i would say if you eat healthy that means you are pretty healthy walking is also healthy for you but i do think you need more than walking that's not really going to work your upper body it's not going to work your heart that much so i would say walking can be overrated sometimes it can also be underrated many times so it is healthy to walk and to eat healthy but you probably need something more as well get a good lift in once or twice a week

Do you burn more fat with high intensity interval training before or after a workout

well i would say you you burn about the same i think the important thing is what the the high intensity interval training will do to you what i like to do before my training because it warms me up and it prepares me for my strength session and some people think that it makes them tired and then can't lift that much so you need to figure out what works for you but i'm a big fan of shorter intervals not overdoing them so it never affects me it just warms me up and it prepares me for for my strength session that comes after so um to burn more fat doesn't matter you can do them before after but personally i like to do them before

Who have better metabolism women or men and why

it's highly individual there are many females that have better metabolism than other men and vice versa so it's highly individual

How important is cardio

what's the most important for weight loss besides nutrition well you said it nutrition is the most important when it comes to to losing weight losing weight means that you're in a calorie deficit you're eating less than what you're burning in a day cardio is not super important at all it's it's all about that calorie deficit cardio will help you to burn more so you know the difference will will be greater and you might lose even more fat in a day but yeah cardio is not important but it might help

How can I have a six pack

well you go to the store you go to the bear section and you go to the michelob ultra section and uh you get a six-pack that's that's how you do it no kidding you need to make sure that you um get on top of your nutrition it's all about nutrition when it comes to losing body fat we all have a six pack underneath our layer of fat and yeah you could do some some core work to to make the the straight abdominis the six-pack muscle bigger but it really comes down to nutrition

Does weight training make thighs bulky not slender and toned

love that question it's a big myth weight training will not make you bulky and as a female it is really hard to build a lot of muscle mass so you do get bulky in the beginning when you start training you might feel like you're getting a little bit bigger because your your muscles will bind a little more fluid but that will you know that will pass so give it a few weeks and you'll see a lot of the the most toned people that i train are lifting a lot of weights and they do a lot of strength training so no weight training will not make you bulky

Myth: When you are 30 plus you're too old to get fit

no i've had 70 year olds who i helped get in awesome shape no it's never too late it's it's you have to adapt obviously depending on age how you approach training and nutrition but no you can get in better shape and you can get in good shape at any age

Myth: You need to train at least 30 minutes for it to be effective

no step into the gym with me for 10 minutes and i'll show you

Is it better to train on an empty stomach

true or false no it's not better to train on an empty stomach actually it might even be bad for you if you don't have enough fuel in your system it really depends on what you want to achieve with your workout if you want to build muscle mass and get stronger i will make sure to have food in my stomach you don't have to eat right before a workout but you know within a two hour span before i would absolutely get some protein in

Conclusion

that's it a lot of good questions as you can tell hopefully these questions and my answers help some of you.

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