These advices on exercise could be best avoided, says www.livestrong.com:

1. You have to exercise to lose weight

Exercising is always a healthy thing to do, but or weight loss, the website says, the key is eating healthier foods and ingesting fewer calories.

It advises finding a weight-loss buddy who will give each other company and motivation as they embark on this demanding journey.

2. No pain, no gain

No, you don’t need to be inflicting pain on yourself, says the website. Moderate exercise for 40 minutes, four to five times a week, is quite enough. Moderate exercise means walking, jogging, dancing, swimming and volleyball. Even Washing and waxing a car for 45–60 minutes, washing windows or floors for 45–60 minutes or gardening for 30–45 minutes qualify as moderate exercise.

3. You can build long, lean muscles

Muscle tissues usually don’t change. For that intense workouts with protein and/or other supplements are required.

4. The best time to work out is morning/night

There is no best time.

You can work out whenever you feel like.