Welcome to the Get Fit Guys' 500th episode to Get Moving and Shape Up.

My name is Brock Armstrong, and I'm the Get Fit Guy.

Back in August of 2010, the OG Get Fit Guy named Ben Greenfield wrote an article called

Which Exercise Machine Burns the Most Calories?

And even back then, the takeaway tips were probably not what the audience was expecting.

The answers rarely, actually I'd go as far as to say never, are as clear cut as,

do X, Y, and Z, and you will be fit. Instead, in the pursuit of cutting through the

hype and the fads, the advice in that very first episode was,

So if you always walk, try switching to cycling, or using the elliptical, or if you always run,

try the rowing machine. Keep throwing those cardio curveballs at the body. And of course,

most importantly, have fun when you're exercising. So although the Get Fit Guy host has changed

to yours truly, the messaging hasn't. If you're not challenging your body, pushing your own

boundaries, and most importantly having fun while doing it, you're missing

a large part of getting and remaining fit.

With that in mind, let's celebrate the fact that this episode right here that you're listening

to right now is the 500th episode of the Get Fit Guy podcast and dive into the top 10 most popular Get Fit Guy articles and

their potentially unexpected takeaway messages. All right? Let's start with number one. Does

Body Pump Work, the science behind the workout? Now, this surprisingly popular low weightweight high-rep resistance workout claims to have

science in its corner. But, as we found out in that podcast episode, those claims don't exactly

hold up to independent research. After going through the science, I concluded that if you enjoy it,

and if attending a body pump class is the one thing that gets you to move your body more, more often, then I think it's fine to do a class once every seven to ten days, let's say.

But my concern is that doing a workout as repetitive as this one, I mean, some of the classes include

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