Top 6 Myths of Burning Fat and Working Out

3) High-Rep, Low-Weight "Toning" Workouts & Other Politically Correct Training Programs (a.k.a “Water Bottle Workouts”)

The old “high reps gets you cut” myth is probably one of the most common misconception about fat loss in the industry. Spot reducing doesn’t work. It won’t work for your abs, and it won’t work for your arms or chest.

There are two very important reasons to include strength training in a fat loss program, but it’s not because high reps get you cut. Instead, lifting moderately heavy weights for a lower number of repetitions will help you gain muscle at the same time as you lose body fat, and it will also help you burn a lot more calories during training and after.

This goes for both men AND women. A study of women showed that when they used heavier weights and lower reps they burned more calories in the hours after training. And that’s the key. You have to put “Turbulence” on your body so that your muscles will increase their metabolism. By doing that, you burn fat and calories all day long, even while you sleep!

And as if the high-reps belief wasn’t enough, I can't believe it when I read a fitness article misleading women that they can get “toned triceps” by lifting soup cans or water bottles. This will never happen! It doesn’t matter how many photos the magazines show you of your favorite exercise instructor doing triceps kickbacks with water bottles in her hand, you will not get her body by doing that type of program. What a load of baloney. Pure politically-correct crapola. On the other hand, the bodyweight exercises in the Turbulence Training workouts will help you get sleek, sexy, defined arms.

So let's leave it at this: For men and women looking to get lean and lose fat, you should go for efficient exercises - obviously the more muscles used per exercise the better. By doing pushups for example, you can train your triceps, chest, shoulders and abs all at once - literally cutting your workout in half (or more). And that’s what Turbulence Training is all about – more results in less time.