In the past week, I've heard or seen two different shows that gave interesting (and possibly bullshit) advice regarding exercise.
The first was on TV (CP24, IIRC) and the "health expert" stated that it's impossible to build muscle and lose fat at the same time. The host was flabberghasted by that and said "so fat people shouldn't bother lifting weights to build muscle but should strictly do cardio?", to which the expert said "yes." The host didn't believe him and asked two or three times but the expert, although he appeared to waiver just a wee bit, stuck to his guns and his original statement. Is the expert right?
The second was on the radio (AM640, IIRC) and the expert said people should NOT eat small meals throughout the day (I'm assuming she meant people trying to lose fat) b/c it takes 2 hours for the body to kick in and start burning off food so by the time the body does that you're eating again and you never start burning off stored energy (fat). I didn't listen long enough to hear how she suggested people should eat. Is the expert right?
The floor is open to discussion...
The first was on TV (CP24, IIRC) and the "health expert" stated that it's impossible to build muscle and lose fat at the same time. The host was flabberghasted by that and said "so fat people shouldn't bother lifting weights to build muscle but should strictly do cardio?", to which the expert said "yes." The host didn't believe him and asked two or three times but the expert, although he appeared to waiver just a wee bit, stuck to his guns and his original statement. Is the expert right?
The second was on the radio (AM640, IIRC) and the expert said people should NOT eat small meals throughout the day (I'm assuming she meant people trying to lose fat) b/c it takes 2 hours for the body to kick in and start burning off food so by the time the body does that you're eating again and you never start burning off stored energy (fat). I didn't listen long enough to hear how she suggested people should eat. Is the expert right?
The floor is open to discussion...

