Fitness Fads Do Come and Go Today
Feb 22, 2008 by Chelsea von Tobel
Fitness fads are just that - fads.
They claim to work such and such an area or bring your more fun into your workouts, but 99 percent of fads just don't cut it in terms of real results.
Pleas take this advice to heart...if it's not work, it is not a workout, and if it is too good to sound true it actually is.
Not all fads are easy workouts, some are still challenging to the body yet are actually harmful at the same time. For example, standing on a swiss ball to the average person seems like a great stability exercise since your core muscles are being used. But this is an unnatural movement for your knees, they are not meant to be held in a bow-legged manner. This is putting pressure on ligaments that are not supposed to be put under stress like this. How is this a functional exercise if it puts you in an unnatural position and puts your body under strain that can lead to injuries?
Heavy lifting exercises use more core strength than most of the so called core strengthening exercise fads out there.
A squat or a deadlift will activate your abdominals more than standing on a buso ball any day.
The message here is stick to what has worked for ages - in other words, don't fix what is not broken.
Put down that body-blade, bosu ball or Thighmaster and pick up a barbell or do some bodyweight exercises to get yourself into shape safely and effectively.
For more information, contact Chelsea von Tobel, Free Form Fitness - Personal Training Redefined, www.freeformfitness.ca, (613) 270-0501.
