{"id":296,"date":"2025-04-16T22:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T22:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/?p=296"},"modified":"2025-07-01T22:15:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T22:15:12","slug":"top-5-fitness-myths-busted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/16\/top-5-fitness-myths-busted\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Fitness Myths Busted"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mar24.3.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-308\" width=\"541\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mar24.3.webp 867w, https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mar24.3-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mar24.3-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mar24.3-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mar24.3-700x700.webp 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s bust a few myths I hear all the time:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lifting makes you bulky. Not unless you&#8217;re really trying\u2014and eating for it. Lifting helps you get lean, strong, and defined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You need to sweat to have a good workout. Nope. Sweat = heat, not necessarily effort or fat loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carbs are bad. False. Carbs fuel your workouts and your brain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More is always better. Overtraining leads to burnout. Recovery is essential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You need to feel sore to progress. Not true. Soreness means you&#8217;re adapting, not necessarily improving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t let myths guide your training. Let science\u2014and experience\u2014lead the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jean Paul Rivas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s bust a few myths I hear all the time: Lifting makes you bulky. Not unless you&#8217;re really trying\u2014and eating for it. Lifting helps you get lean, strong, and defined. You need to sweat to have a good workout. Nope. Sweat = heat, not necessarily effort or fat loss. Carbs are bad. False. Carbs fuel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[22],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":309,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296\/revisions\/309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}