New fads and fitness trends emerge every day, it can seem impossible to determine which fads are really beneficial to your health and which are nothing more than a waste of time.
Do not believe everything you see about new fitness trends, always consult a health professional before, to avoid damage later.
These 10 fads are not worth your precious time or cash, and may even do your body more harm than good.
1. Waist Trainers
Waist trainers promise to shrink your waist with continuous wear, and celebrities are found touting their supposed results from this fitness fad all over social media. Don’t be fooled, though: waist trainers are not only dangerous, but they can cause permanent damage, while the benefits, if any, are temporary. Waist trainers are essentially crushing your internal organs together, limiting blood flow and oxygen to those internal organs. Atrophy of your core muscles is another significant possibility, thanks to prolonged periods of inactivity while wearing a waist trainer.
2. Sauna Suits
Sauna suits, which increase the amount you sweat while exercising, may seem like an easy way to lose water weight quickly: the suit holds in the heat your body generates as you exercise, which causes your body temperature to rise and more sweat to be released. However, this dangerous workout fad can lead to electrolyte imbalances, dehydration, and overheating, due to the excessive sweating and increased body temperature.
3. Weight Loss Pills
Diet pills are enticing, appearing as a quick and easy solution to weight loss goals. However, many of the most popular ingredients in these pills have been shown to cause a host of damaging side effects, including increased heart rate, high blood pressure, sleeplessness, liver damage, mood swings, and more. On top of these frightening side effects, diet pills can also raise your risk for strokes or heart attacks.
4. Waist Trainers
Waist trainers promise to shrink your waist with continuous wear, and celebrities are found touting their supposed results from this fitness fad all over social media. Don’t be fooled, though: waist trainers are not only dangerous, but they can cause permanent damage, while the benefits, if any, are temporary. Waist trainers are essentially crushing your internal organs together, limiting blood flow and oxygen to those internal organs. Atrophy of your core muscles is another significant possibility, thanks to prolonged periods of inactivity while wearing a waist trainer.
5. Macro Diet (IIFYM)
The danger with this health trend is that it doesn’t look at the whole picture— it only requires meeting your “macros”, or macronutrient requirements, with no concern for the types of foods comprising the diet. Hitting your macros targets with all junk food or loading up on artificial supplements can cause micronutrient, vitamin, and mineral deficiencies, which can lead to a host of issues, depending on the type of deficiency, such as weakened immune function and decreased energy levels.
6. Juice Cleanses & Detox Diets
This popular fitness industry trend supposedly “flushes out toxins” via a liquid-only diet. These diets can have very dangerous effects, though, including a weakened immune system and potential muscle loss. Additionally, thanks to their intensely restrictive nature, they often lead to binge eating following completion of the cleanse.
7. YouTube Workouts
YouTube workouts are potentially very dangerous, as there’s no requirement for the individual posting the workout to have any sort of fitness or training credentials whatsoever, or for the workout to meet any safety standards, unlike workouts that are developed by certified fitness professionals. Additionally, attempting a YouTube workout that isn’t tailored to your specific needs is risky, because it can lead to serious health consequences, depending on any health issues or previous injuries you may have.
- Injuries
- Serious health consequences
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8. Raw Water
Raw, or untreated, water claims to be full of healthy probiotics and other natural substances that will provide a host of beneficial health effects, such as making your joints stronger and reducing your wrinkles. This water can be contaminated with harmful viruses, parasites, and chemicals that would have normally been removed during purification, which can cause diarrhea and abdominal pain.
9. Social Media Fitness Challenges
Social media fitness challenges are one of the latest fitness trends, and on the surface, they seem like an excellent method for motivating us to eat better and work out. However, fitness isn’t one-size-fits-all; for some body types, the results in the images may be an unrealistic or dangerous goal, only achievable after adopting unhealthy and risky behaviors, such as overexercising and extreme calorie restriction. On top of that, these images only reveal physical results, which are not necessarily correlated with any internal indicators of true health or fitness, and there’s no guarantee the images are even authentic.
10. Hardcore Group Fitness Classes
Extremely intense physical activity of nearly any kind can cause a condition known as rhabdomyolysis, but it occurs most frequently in individuals undertaking a new type of activity at a very vigorous level, which is often the case during spinning and other similar classes. The syndrome is characterized by a breakdown of damaged muscle, which causes myoglobin to be released into the blood. Possible complications are very serious, including loss of consciousness, muscle weakness, and even permanent kidney damage.
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