FITNESS MYTHS DEBUNKED

MANY of the things we believe about exercise have been proven to be untrue – or were never fact in the first place! Check out these myths – and why they’ve been blown out of the water.

1 YOUR MAXIMUM HEART RATE WHILE EXERCISING SHOULD BE 220 MINUS YOUR AGE

Not if you’re female. That’s the latest finding from experts at Chicago’s Northwestern University. They claim the figure used by exercisers around the world to determine how hard they should exercise is too high for many women.

“That can lead to them cutting workouts short or just feeling very unmotivated as they have to work harder than they can manage,”