Every now and then you hear some fitness advice. This may be directly to you, or to someone else within your immediate vicinity. The funny thing in the health and fitness industry is that “every man and his dog” is a fitness guru. So as a result, I’ve heard some real dooseys over the years.
I remember when I was in London about three years ago and I was in a supplement store. I was just browsing and there was an assistant helping the girlfriend of a guy who wanted to bulk up. The girlfriend asked the assistant which protein powder was best. The assistant showed her two tubs. Tub A was a good quality powder for 30 pounds. Tub B was a good quality powder for 40 pounds. The assistant explained that they were practically the same, but Tub B presented a nutritional table of amino acids. Therefore, she explained, Tub B was of better value because Tub B had 20 amino acids, but Tub A didn’t have any amino acids.
Here’s the funny thing – amino acids in protein molecules are like letters in a sentence. You cannot have a sentence without letters, just like you cannot have a protein without amino acids! Both tubs did in fact contain all 20 amino acids – as nearly all decent quality protein powders have.
Another one was in a gym more recently where a guy came up to another person in the gym and advised him that whilst his squats were good, he was pulling down on the barbell that was rested on his back. This would in turn increase the amount of weight that he was moving, so he was just making the exercise harder for himself.
For those who are familiar with Newton’s third law, you would probably find this amusing. If you didn’t do physics at high school, try standing on a scale with a 20kg weight on your back. Now pull down on that weight…funnily enough it remains 20kg and your scale weight (bodyweight + 20kg) doesn’t actually increase 
The morale – watch who you seek advice from.
Also I’m very interested in the stories you’ve heard over the years!
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