Here’s a short list of BS i see advised to people on this site. I’m a huge health nut, and it pains me to see people following all this faulty advice.

1) If women weight train too much they’ll get big and buff.

Women CANNOT get huge and buff without roids. Their testosterone levels are not high enough.

2) to tone up ur muscles just do low weight for lots of reps

Total crap. “tone” is the result of your bodyfat percentage. Less bodyfat around the muscles, the more “defined” and “tight” the muscles seem. The low weight high reps combo does nothing for this. Period.

3) Doing situps will reduce stomach fat (and other exercises decrease fat in their respective areas)

Spot reduction is the biggest myth in exercise today. It is not possible to reduce fat from a specific area, and countless scientific studies confirm this. Doing situps will only strengthen the muscle underneath the fat, it will not get rid of it.

4) Fat can be converted to muscle, and vice versa.

In order to turn fat to muscle, you would need to change the molecular structure of it. Exercise will not do this.

5) To lose weight super fast, just eat next to nothing.

NO. You will destroy your metabolism (making it near impossible to keep the weight off when you start eating normally again) and your body will destroy more muscle than fat to create energy.

How to train: Go find the book called “starting strength” by Mark Rippetoe. Buy and read it. Read www.startingstrength.wikia.com/ and read that too. (it is meant to be read IN ADDITION to the book, not instead). This is an amazing beginner program, and i gained a ridiculous amount of strength and size while on it. If you think you’re not a beginner, i can almost guarantee you are if you’re looking for advice on Y!A. If you still insist, do you squat anywhere near twice your bodyweight? With the top of your leg being parallel to the ground at the lowest point (lower is also ok)? If you said no, you’re a beginner, end of story.

If anyone has any more myths or questions they want to to address, please post them, because almost every question i see has to do with the things i addressed above.
Hey Gym Jock, yeah i’ve heard some good things about that program too, i recommend starting strength because if focuses on strength completely, which is what every beginner needs. IMO newbs to the gym should try to build up some decent strength before they try going for size (although if you eat enough, you can gain size as well)