{"id":3287,"date":"2017-06-13T02:48:19","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T02:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/?p=3287"},"modified":"2017-06-13T02:48:19","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T02:48:19","slug":"who-do-you-trust-with-your-fitness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/who-do-you-trust-with-your-fitness\/","title":{"rendered":"Who do you trust with your fitness?"},"content":{"rendered":"

While it appears to be a simple question, in reality, answering the idea of who you trust with your fitness is rarely an easy one. <\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s almost impossible to have an interest in fitness and not find yourself on the receiving end of a deluge of advice. Even if you just look online for a few new workout ideas to stop you getting bored in the gym, there will likely be a bunch of advice that goes along with it. New ideas to try; new foods to sample; new supplements demanding your attention; new methods of maintaining fitness with minimal output. Put it all together, and suddenly, you can be trusting an awful lot of people with your fitness. <\/span><\/p>\n

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One of the biggest problems with looking for guidance on this subject is that there\u2019s usually money to be made in advising you to try something. Where there\u2019s money to be made, you can be sure there will be dirty tricks. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Those tricks could be <\/span>positive<\/span><\/i> in their presentation. For example, the huge amount of incredibly positive \u201cthis changed my life!\u201d reviews you will see for a workout, supplement, or gym class – which have been written by people who have never even tried it. <\/span>MarketingLand<\/span><\/a> has even gone so far as to suggest that fake reviews are killing consumer confidence entirely. Given the size of the fitness industry, it\u2019s a ripe ground for this kind of issue. <\/span><\/p>\n

Then there are the false negatives. That\u2019s when you see innovative products and ideas being trashed; so you should see that as a sign of avoiding that particular thing, right? Not necessarily; as this <\/span>Crazy bulk review by AreTheyOnSteroids<\/span><\/a> explains, the negative reviews (being posted by rival companies) can be as fake as the positive ones.<\/span><\/p>\n

SO WHAT CAN YOU DO?<\/b><\/p>\n

The simple truth is\u2026 not much. These things are going to happen. No matter how much you try and teach yourself to spot a fake review or see that you\u2019re being sold to by the Instagram star who\u2019s meant to just be giving advice\u2026 sometimes it\u2019s tempting to be taken in. Don\u2019t we all want to think there\u2019s something out there that will help us instantly lose weight, gain <\/span>strength<\/span><\/a>, feel better, look fantastic? It\u2019s such a nice lie to tell ourselves.<\/span><\/p>\n

Realistically, the best you can try to do is see the process of strength and fitness as being part of a circle. There is no one that that is going to fix your fitness desires and make everything feel great. There\u2019s no magic pill, <\/span>yoga pose<\/span><\/a>, diet, or superfood that is going to make everything better. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Instead, try and see fitness as a rounded circle, with many things contributing to it to get the best results. It can be filled with the things you try and discard, as well as the experiments you indulge in that end up being worth the effort. <\/span><\/p>\n

By seeing everything as the means to an end rather than the end in and of itself, you have the best chance of rising above the confusion and meeting your fitness goals head on. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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