Masters Swimmers Acting Like Triathletes

I strive to be non-argumentative in my posts, but I have to call BS on this one. -LBJ "Swimming makes people fat"? I would rephrase this to "Eating too much makes people fat" Here is more about fitness vs. weight from other, admittedly not quite parallel universe: www.worldclassbodybuilding.com/.../35884-fast-or-fiction.html "*Fiction--Fat turns into muscle *Fact-----Fat is burned off in muscle, it does not turn into it *Fiction--Muscle turns into fat *Fact-----Muscle grows and shrinks, it does not turn into anything *Fiction--Weight training develops muscle *Fact-----Weight training tears muscle, diet develops it *Fiction--a person should first lose there weight and then work out *Fact-----a person who diets without working out will lose muscle and fat *Fiction--Carbohydrates make people fat *Fact-----Eating too much makes people fat, carbohydrates feed your brain and fuel the body. *Fiction--Fat makes people fat *Fact-----Eating too much makes people fat, fats supply needed vitamins and fuel the body *Fiction---Proteins destroy your liver *Fact-----When is the last time you heard of somebody dying form protein (now cigarettes?) *Fiction---High reps are better for muscle *Fact-----Whose legs are more muscular a long distance runner or a sprinter? *Fiction--The Stairmaster will enlarge your butt *Fact-----The butt is a muscle, training does not enlarge muscle it tears it, eating enlarges your butt *Fiction--Training your abs makes your stomach smaller *Fact-----Training your abs tears tissues, dieting makes your stomach smaller *Fiction--You should train your abs daily *Fact-----Train your abs once a week just like every other body part, *Fiction--You can spot reduce weight by training a particular body part *Fact-----Training tears tissue diet reduces weight, you can not spot reduce weight *Fiction--Walking like a duck in the gym is good way to train *Fact----Walking like a duck makes others who know what they are doing laugh *Fiction--Rolling around on a ball in the gym is good training *Fact----Another very funny thing to watch *Fiction--half hour workouts are the way to go *Fact----while it is better then nothing, it won't do much (easy way for trainers to make quick money) *Fiction--In shape people write diet books *Fact----Well there may be some, I have not seen one lately *Fiction--I should listen to an out of shape person on how to get in shape *Fact-----You will look like them when you are done *Fiction--Most people want the right information on getting in shape *Fact-----Most people want to hear how fast they can do it. *Fiction--Most of the field of fitness is honest *Fact-----One of the biggest rip offs in the world "

I strive to be non-argumentative in my posts, but I have to call BS on this one. -LBJ "Swimming makes people fat"? I would rephrase this to "Eating too much makes people fat" Here is more about fitness vs. weight from other, admittedly not quite parallel universe: www.worldclassbodybuilding.com/.../35884-fast-or-fiction.html "*Fiction--Fat turns into muscle *Fact-----Fat is burned off in muscle, it does not turn into it *Fiction--Muscle turns into fat *Fact-----Muscle grows and shrinks, it does not turn into anything *Fiction--Weight training develops muscle *Fact-----Weight training tears muscle, diet develops it *Fiction--a person should first lose there weight and then work out *Fact-----a person who diets without working out will lose muscle and fat *Fiction--Carbohydrates make people fat *Fact-----Eating too much makes people fat, carbohydrates feed your brain and fuel the body. *Fiction--Fat makes people fat *Fact-----Eating too much makes people fat, fats supply needed vitamins and fuel the body *Fiction---Proteins destroy your liver *Fact-----When is the last time you heard of somebody dying form protein (now cigarettes?) *Fiction---High reps are better for muscle *Fact-----Whose legs are more muscular a long distance runner or a sprinter? *Fiction--The Stairmaster will enlarge your butt *Fact-----The butt is a muscle, training does not enlarge muscle it tears it, eating enlarges your butt *Fiction--Training your abs makes your stomach smaller *Fact-----Training your abs tears tissues, dieting makes your stomach smaller *Fiction--You should train your abs daily *Fact-----Train your abs once a week just like every other body part, *Fiction--You can spot reduce weight by training a particular body part *Fact-----Training tears tissue diet reduces weight, you can not spot reduce weight *Fiction--Walking like a duck in the gym is good way to train *Fact----Walking like a duck makes others who know what they are doing laugh *Fiction--Rolling around on a ball in the gym is good training *Fact----Another very funny thing to watch *Fiction--half hour workouts are the way to go *Fact----while it is better then nothing, it won't do much (easy way for trainers to make quick money) *Fiction--In shape people write diet books *Fact----Well there may be some, I have not seen one lately *Fiction--I should listen to an out of shape person on how to get in shape *Fact-----You will look like them when you are done *Fiction--Most people want the right information on getting in shape *Fact-----Most people want to hear how fast they can do it. *Fiction--Most of the field of fitness is honest *Fact-----One of the biggest rip offs in the world "