Fitness Scams

The Internet is a curse and a blessing. On one hand it eliminates the boundary created by distance, providing a tool for talented individuals across the globe to communicate and express their thoughts or creativity through mediums such as Youtube. One the other hand, everybody else can display their ...ermm...less creative and sometimes morally and ethically skewed works and perceptions. Although such scams may be easily detected by the experienced, various individuals who haven't popped their internet cherry might be more easily misled and deluded by immoral douchebags that permeate the web.

This phenomenon is especially true for the fitness and training information strewn across the internet. Albeit there are plenty of legit websites and forums moderated by certified trainers giving excellent tips and advice, there are also plenty of forums populated by allegedly experienced "experts" oozing with crap and fallacies that would make good trainers across the globe shit in their pants.

Occasionally there might be some gems hidden in those places, but I wouldn't entrust my well being with statements posted by a bunch of random people. Come on, there are soooo many good websites and books out there where you can acquire a lot of amazing information peer-reviewed or concluded from actual fitness specialists and researchers. Why on earth would you take the word of an alleged fitness expert who would recommend some specific "bodybuilding" program extracted from some run-of-the-mill muscle magazine with majority of the pages filled with supplement and libido enhancement ads? Come on!!

Even for my blog, I endeavour to present information I learnt from fitness books and articles here whilst trying to present my own perspective. It may coincide with your beliefs, it might even be absolutely contradictory with your ideas, nonetheless it isn't absolute. As a fitness aficianado, if you are truly passionate about fitness, I trust you would do your own homework and make an informed judgment without speculation nor assumptions.