Fact or Fiction?

Can you answer these questions correctly?

1.  Cardio burns more calories than strength training.
2.  You can reduce cellulite through exercise.
3.  Crunches are one of the best moves to target your abs.
4.  Exercise immediately improves your ability to learn.
5.  The morning is the best time of the day to exercise.
6.  Lifting weights quickly to increase the burn.

Answers:
1. Fiction – Strength training burns as many calories as cardio during your workout, but it also continues to burn calories due to a rise in your metabolism for hours afterwards.

2. Fact – Cellulite is fat, so exercising and the right nutrition will burn calories and cause your skin to look smoother as the fat cells deplete.

3. Fiction – Most crunches primarily involve the hip flexors and the upper abdominals, but do not do much for the underlying or oblique abs. Focus on more full-body core exercises.

4. Fact – Research has tied physical activity to improved attention and memory, and increases production of the stem cells that develop new brain cells.

5. Fiction – Muscle strength and body temperature both peak somewhere in the afternoon, allowing you to work harder with less effort. You have also eaten a few times already so your body has additional fuel to pull from. Having said that, the best time to train is the time you’re actually able to fit it into your schedule…that’s the most important!

6. Fiction – When you lift quickly you are using momentum instead of your muscles to help you lift, and you increase your risk of injury. Lift slowly, and you will get more burn for your buck!