Bad Advice Thread

[scotties123]

I just thought it would be fun to post some bad advice that we've heard from people that apparently know what they're talking about. This is NOT a thread for things like "HIIT $hi1ts on LISS". No wars here, just funny and wrong advice.

Some of my favorites so far:
"You need to do more abs. Don't run, just do like 300 crunches every day"

"Why do you eat so much protein? You're body can only take like 50g a day, you're just peeing it out"

"You can't get to 14% body fat. That's like, professional body builder body fat"

"Don't eat any carbs. Like zero. Any carb you eat turns into fat right away"

"Why do you do squats? You're gonna get huge legs and look weird"

[wolfnick2006]

curl in the squat rack! so you can lift more!

Talk more during training so you have a good time lifting!

Do more crunches/ ab-work, if you are not working your abs hard enough you will never see them!

LOL dont squat it will make you too big!

Get in my way/ in the mirror when in squating, it helps me lift more!

just lift and you will get big, dont worry about what you eat.

lol noob literiture

[PBateman2]

Hahaha. Nice thread.

"Dont eat fat cause it will make you fat".

"If you do deadlifts, it will make your waist too wide". Jeez.

"Dont want to lift too heavy. It will make you look bulky." OK.

"Eat lots of carbs. Helps build muscle."

Just a general comment too. Too many people are calorie phobic especially when beginning a cut most likely due to limited knowledge and/or not researching enough. I see some suggested calorie intakes that are similar to my five year old niece.

[euclid]

"Don't drink milk on a cut"

"Don't eat after 6pm"

"Stay away from fat"

"Increase your reps to get that toned look"

[Donnie_Darko]

"Don't eat after 6pm"

Cant get more annoying then that one.

[Ancher]

Dont take Creatine! it causes kidney failure!

True story- An in-law came over to my house and noticed that I had a container of Creatine. She then proceeded to chew me out over how I was going to kill myself by taking it. After that she grabbed a sharpie and wrote " This is going to kill you dumb F@#$ " on the bottle.

[flipkev]

Yep, I usually get the "don't eat late at night or before bed" from people.

Ones I hear (usually as an excuse not to lift):

-Lifting heavy is bad for your joints (well maybe certain situations when you're doing max one repetition, but otherwise no)

-Lifting in general will make you bulky.

-You must do resistance training on your mid-section for your abs to show.

[budershank]

Eat every two hours or your body will go into starvation mode.

[Modest_Force]

I was told this once when I was more of a n00b to lifting,
"You shouldn't take creatine because it's like a legal steroid."

Haha.

[Loffs919]

"dont eat carbs, they stick to your abs and you wont get good definition" - straight from a guy at my gym

[BlackBarbieDoll]

Don't lift any heavier...you will end up looking like a man

[scotties123]

Just remembered another one. From a guy at my gym:
"If you want to get big, all you need are chest and tris. Everything else gets bigger with those"
He also told me he'd been lifting for 2 years so he knows what he's talking about. I've been lifting for 5-6 months and I look and lift twice his size (and I'm not a big guy by any definition).

[goodfella0729]

whats funny is I think most of us when first starting out have done a few of these things because we read/heard it somewhere else. that is until we educated ourselves on what was the right thing to do. Ive changed my ideas about cutting a few times since i first started but now I know what works for me and what didn't.

But some of my favorites

"dont eat after 6pm"
"high reps makes you get cut"
"milk isnt good on a cut"
and anything related to starvation mode

[QT]

"If you're working out regularly you can eat normally and get lean"
"Diet cokes can make you fat. Don't drink that stuff"
"Lifting is bad for your joints"
"6 small meals a day is very recommended!"

[JayAllen20]

Just a general comment too. Too many people are calorie phobic especially when beginning a cut most likely due to limited knowledge and/or not researching enough. I see some suggested calorie intakes that are similar to my five year old niece.

HAHA. I love that you pointed this out, because I think this leads to about 90% of the arguments/flame wars/bad mouthing/and pissing contests that you see here in the "Losing Fat" section.

I think what GoodFella0729 said is right for the most part. At one point or another, when we all just started out, someone told us all this and we all believed it, even if just for a minute. LOL

[JayAllen20]

Some of my favorites, which I still hear to this day, have already been pointed out...

'Don't eat after (put time of night in here). It will turn straight to fat! It's funny how that 'time frame' always changes, isn't it? Some say 6pm, some say 7pm, others say 8pm. Some say don't eat carbs, others say don't eat at all. LOL

Lifting Heavy will make you 'Bulky".... I hate that word just as much as I hate the word 'Tone'.

Don't squat, Lunge, Deadlift or do Leg Extensions because you'll end up with bad knees

Or my favorite from obese clients, 'Can we do more ab work today? I really want to start focusing on my six pack'.... Oh geeeeez!

[wolfnick2006]

Or my favorite from obese clients, 'Can we do more ab work today? I really want to start focusing on my six pack'.... Oh geeeeez!

lol my favorite. all the fat people doing crunches and ab-work by the mats in the gym.



oh here is a good. (this doesnt apply to contest prep though)

"dont eat salt, and you will lose weight, salt makes you fat!"

[BunkMoreland]

True story- An in-law came over to my house and noticed that I had a container of Creatine. She then proceeded to chew me out over how I was going to kill myself by taking it. After that she grabbed a sharpie and wrote " This is going to kill you dumb F@#$ " on the bottle.

friends get shanked for less, let alone in-laws. i hope you kicked her in the ovaries

[PBateman2]

or my favorite from obese clients, 'can we do more ab work today? I really want to start focusing on my six pack'.... Oh geeeeez!

x2. Lol

[trev0000]

How about the almighty fruit will make you fat . Ya maybe if you ate the whole orchard!

[Clamz]

you're not losing fat/weight? increase your calories!

try this fat burner - it focuses on burning fat from the stomach - GNC rep

don't lose weight too fast or you'll burn off hard earned muscle-(true but muscle memory brings it back so quickly, so it's pointless to worry about it)

[Rayce]

Awesome thread idea! haha

[Donnie_Darko]

you're not losing fat/weight? increase your calories!

try this fat burner - it focuses on burning fat from the stomach - GNC rep

don't lose weight too fast or you'll burn off hard earned muscle-(true but muscle memory brings it back so quickly, so it's pointless to worry about it)

[.aeterna]

"the more u squat the more ur legs will grow, doesnt matter if u go down 1/4 of the way. HEAVY weight = MORE MASS"

"um..i dont want to start lifting, i dont want to look like arnold, thats gross"

[Clamz]

insert gay photo kept on computer

strong argument. Don't be an ass, take notes.

[Donnie_Darko]

strong argument. Don't be an ass, take notes.

Dont spread bad advice.
Losing muscle just because YOU think its easy to gain back is a stupid thing to tell anyone.Why not cut the right way and not have to gain all your muscle back?

So once again fail.

[Red9]

"don't worry about losing muscle since muscle memory brings it back fast"...

"don't drink milk because it's not meant for adult humans"

"eat anything you want as long as it fits in your macros brah!"

"protein consumption is overrated"

"don't drink diet soda, it can give you lyme disease" {yes, I've really heard this ****!}

[wolfnick2006]

try this fat burner, it can get you tan in the stomach lol

[Bobs16]

"I'm going to try this Fat Burner because I hear it turns my fat into energy."

[plated]

"don't take protein powder while you're trying to lose weight because it's for putting on weight so it will make you fat" - go figure eh? not something I see on the boards but definitely something a lot of people IRL don't seem to understand.