Deceit! Lifting Heavy Makes You Too Muscular & Muscles Turn To Fat When You Stop Lifting

I thought I'd share more of these because I had such great feedback with it.  Today, I'll talk about some more gym-facts that we all thought was true, but is in fact an utter lie.

"LIFTING HEAVY WEIGHTS MAKE ME TOO MUSCULAR!"  Women and men alike have been heard to make this assumption and steered clear of incorporating resistance training with "heavy" weights into their workouts.  Honestly, it is a life-long goal for every bodybuilder to build muscle.  If only it took just one workout of heavy lifting to balloon up a human being to epic proportions that rival cover models of Flex Magazine, there would be a crap ton of huge people out there wouldn't it?  I am making a general assumption, so please do not take this the wrong way, but I have heard most women believe this.  Lifting with weights and especially with weights considered 'heavy' is incredibly beneficial to building a very curvaceous and feminine body.  A little thing called estrogen will not allow you to look like a man.  It is only hormonal manipulation, the boosting of testosterone in a female's body that can make a woman look more like a man in terms of physique shape and aesthetic.  Lifting heavy weights burn more calories.  Lifting lighter weights do not actually "sculpt" the body - dieting and calorie burning does (this idea was covered in a previous post on March 9th titled, "Lies! - Meal Frequency, Abs Everyday, and Casein Protein Before Bed" in the abs everyday section.) If you train with heavy weights, you will burn more calories, and over time when you feel like you are at the peak of your acceptable bulkiness level, you can simply just stop lifting heavier and scale back.  No increased stressors from heavy weight training and dropping your calories back to maintenance or below will halt your size increase.

"MUSCLE WILL TURN TO FLAB WHEN YOU STOP WORKING OUT!"  Muscles do not turn into fat.  What will happen when you stop working out is your muscles will shrink.  Your muscles will no longer have to maintain its size, strength, and endurance if it is no longer being stressed.  Smaller muscles will burn less calories.  When you stop working out, your activity level drops so your daily caloric burn will drop.  Most likely, you will eat the same amount of calories or maybe just a tad bit less than when you did when you worked out frequently.  Less calorie burn from shrinking muscles and lower activity level plus roughly the same caloric intake will result to an increase of fat.  So there you go - muscles shrink, fat increases, and all your muscle lines disappear.  If let's say you burn 400 calories per workout.  If you stop working out, then eat 400 calories less.  This would decrease the chance of fat gain.  However, your muscles will slowly decrease in size, shape, and strength over time if not challenged on a regular basis.