MYTH: You can burn fat from specific regions of the body by exercising those areas.

FACT: Contrary to what anyone may want you to believe, the phenomenon of "spot reduction" has absolutely no factual basis. When you exercise, you utilize energy produced by metabolizing fat from all the regions of your body - not just the specific muscles involved in the exercise. Performing sit-ups, for example , will not trim the fat off your abdominal region any more rapidly than off your buttocks or thighs. The exercise may firm up the area but will not make it disappear.