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Did You Know?
Exercise caution on fitness claims
Published Thursday, 04-Feb-2010 in issue 1154
(SPM Wire) When it comes to exercise equipment, don’t believe everything.
“There is still no ‘miracle machine,’” says David Swain, Ph.D., FACSM, who recently apeared in the American College of Sports Medicine journal.
Be wary of these claims:
Excessive calorie burn: Despite certain claims, the body has a limit on calories burned in an exercise session.
Fitness fast: Brief high-intensity exercise can improve maximum power, but cannot improve all areas of fitness.
“Fat-burning” zones: According to some machines, you don’t have to work hard to burn fat. Weight loss comes from the combination of intensity and duration.
Waist reduction: Machines that only train abdominal muscles won’t remove fat from the stomach; only total-body exercise and weight loss will.
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