100 Questions Answered
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- No, no food causes muscle gain.
- No, no diet, other than starvation, results in muscle loss, either.
- Yes, muscles are smaller than they look; they are insulated by fat and excess water.
- Yes, athletes need to consume more food than their sedentary counterparts.
- No, athletes, as a group, are not healthier; they are fitter. They often consume toxic foods and substances in huge quantities, and their health suffers as a result.
- Yes, the low-fat raw vegan approach is healthful for ALL athletes.
- No, you do not have to be an athlete to successfully benefit from the low-fat raw vegan approach.
- No, if your metabolism is high, you don’t need to eat more fat, just more food.
- No, you won’t lose muscle by running, but it will reduce your strength training time.
- Yes, training is specific. A varied approach is almost always better than a routine.
- Yes, balance will go away if you do not train this skill.
- Yes, I believe that most people are undermuscled.
- Yes, most people have less muscle than they think they have.
- No, I do not believe that to be fit one needs to train more than 1 hour per day.
- No, no one approach is sufficient to be totally fit: neither lifting, nor yoga, nor running. Variety is important.
- No, high-level fitness is not just for kids.
- Yes, every aspect of fitness is important.
- Yes, sleep needs rise in accordance with increases in training time or intensity.
- Yes, recovery is enhanced when you eat fruit ASAP after a training session.
- No, it is not possible to get back into shape in just a few weeks.
- Yes, ALL rapid weight shifts represent primarily water weight.
- No, it is unlikely that a person could gain more than 1 pound of muscle per month.
- Yes, speed training is important, even as we age.
- Yes, it is a good idea to hydrate before going for a long, hot workout.
- Yes, as a rule, you will play intensely but work out methodically, at best.
- No, injuries do not earn you time off. Think of them as cross-training opportunities.
- Yes, injuries provide opportunities to address often-ignored aspects of training.
- No, you don’t need to train every day, only on the days you eat.
- Yes, going for a walk counts.
- No, you cannot hire someone else to do it for you.
- No, membership is not enough; you must show up and train.
- Yes, vanity does play a part. Ain’t it great!
- No, the average person cannot lose much weight through fitness activities.
- Yes, it is true; you must run about 35 miles to lose a pound of fat.
- Yes, to be well nourished, you must participate regularly in physical activity.
- Yes, fit folks do have more fun.
- Yes, it is possible to fool yourself about the intensity of your training.
- Yes, intensity is as important in training as is duration.
- Yes, training for very short periods of time, but frequently, counts toward your overall fitness training.
- Yes, participation in fitness activities is very much like a license to eat.
- Yes, the more calories you eat, the more important food quality becomes.
- No, fitness activities will not make up for any other aspect of healthful living.
- No, none of the machines work miracles.
- No, none of the claims about miracle fitness programs are real.
- No, you can never get more benefit, in terms of time, than the amount of time you put in.
- Yes, you put in the effort; the rebounder simply provides a soft landing and spring-loaded take-off.
- Yes, your health IS only as good as its weakest link.
- No, you don’t need to stretch before activity. Gently mobilizing before and stretching AFTER is your best bet.
- Yes, participating in sports activities helps you improve intelligence and maintain mental sharpness.
- No, not a fitness nut: a fitness enthusiast, a fitness connoisseur.
- Yes, all the records will be broken.
- Yes, a 40-year-old will run a 4 minute mile someday soon.
- Yes, expect many serious athletes to go raw in the foreseeable future.
- No, no one gets that big without taking drugs.
- No, fitness is not the key to health, but it is one of the keys.
- Yes, the money pro athletes make IS ridiculous.
- No, bigger is not better; fitter is better.
- No, fitness does not equate with health; it is simply one aspect of health.
- Yes, you must be fit in order to be healthy.
- Yes, if you eat more, you raise your risk of consuming more pesticides.
- Yes, fit folks tend to live longer and healthier lives.
- No, there is no substitute for fruit in the healthy diet.
- Yes, fruits and vegetables have plenty of protein.
- No, no supplements enhance performance.
- Yes, increase your training and you will likely have to increase your water intake.
- Yes, it is better to correct the diet than to supplement it.
- No, none of the machines will actually do the work for you.
- Yes, you can do it.
- No, it is not as easy as it looks on television.
- Yes, it is about the money.
- No, your team doesn’t play as well as you would like. The competition is fierce.
- No, impressive abs come from strength, not endurance training.
- Yes, it is fun being fit, and can be fun getting fitter.
- Yes, fitness is sexy.
- Yes, food tastes better when you have earned it.
- Yes, fit people tend to sleep better, too.
- Yes, too much physical activity is bad for you.
- No, the mirror isn’t lying. And yes, it would be nice to still look good naked.
- Yes, you can be fit for your entire lifetime.
- No, there are no shortcuts.
- No, you can’t get an hour’s benefit from 10 minutes with the miracle machine.
- Yes, what you think does affect your performance.
- Yes, digestion does generally improve with fitness.
- Yes, insufficient sleep actually inhibits muscle development and growth.
- No, there is STILL no food that promotes muscle growth.
- No, genetics only affect where you carry your fat, not how much you carry.
- No, healthful living is never contraindicated. (It’s always a good idea.)
- Yes, overtraining and underrecovering yield essentially the same (undesirable) results.
- No, no aspect of physical training can make up for another.
- Yes, kids tend to be the fittest of all people, yet they neither lift nor jog; they play.
- No, one is never too old to benefit from strength training.
- Yes, ambidextrous people tend to see both sides of an issue as well.
- Yes, joint injuries occur when flexibility overshadows strength.
- No, being a spectator in a spectator sport does not count as you doing sports.
- Yes, if you want to reign like a champion you must train like a champion.
- No, athletes are not immune to the laws of nature, and they are often more vulnerable.
- Yes, Kenyans, the world’s top runners, primarily follow a low-fat vegan approach.
- Yes, there is an athlete inside of you just waiting to be unleashed.
- Yes, if you train properly, you too will become fit.
- Yes, clothed and naked, you look and feel better when you are fit.