McCall McPherson explains why exercise alone doesn't drive fat loss and why spot-reduction claims like brief arm exercises for "toning" are myths. Most viral fitness tips waste your time because they ignore what actually matters for losing fat.
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I think they're expecting exercise to drive fat loss, drive weight loss, or they're just doing the wrong things. Like, I feel so bad for the fitness consumer because we are sold so much BS on the Internet. I mean, I can't tell you my Explore page is filled with incorrect information. I bet that kills you. Yes. And it's always the stuff that doesn't work that goes viral. Like, do these four exercises to tone up your arms. It's like, well, when we think about toning up our arms, that requires fat loss. You can't spot treat f. So exercise alone is not going to tone your arms. It might build muscle there, but then you're doing these arm circles for four minutes. That's not building muscle. So it's just like it drives me a little bit crazy. So I think there's a lot of misinformation. And so people are exercising and spending their valuable time doing these workouts they think are going to work or they're promised are going to work, but they're not.