Hi, this is Kevin Don, get fit guy. Every week I read different claims about fitness and look into them.

Some of them are new, some are more time-honored ideas, but we have to treat all claims the same way,

which is that we look at the evidence and then we put that evidence

into a hierarchy of things that there are more evidence for at the top, things that are literally

no evidence for at the bottom. Then we can decide what's true. Now, whilst this way of working

still results in errors from time to time, if we assess the validity of claims being made, we can reduce

the incidence of error. And, you know, these kind of mistakes happen in fitness all the time.

So that's why I like doing this podcast to help uncover the truths. I received some feedback a while

ago that all I did was spend my time disproving myths that everyone already knew were myths.

My question would be if everyone already knows these things are fitness myths, then why are there millions of people still following the charlatans peddling these myths?

So I'll just keep doing me and if you don't enjoy that

kind of content, never let it be said I'm forcing you to listen. What I will say though is if you

enjoy the show and feel compelled to do so, please leave a review for me on whatever podcast

platform you follow. As you can imagine, sometimes I get

people who get all bent out of shape because I have a different opinion from them and just

accepting, you know, that that is reality. Instead, they leave a negative post, which is interesting.

I do find it curious that people with negative things to say bring those

things up more frequently than people who have positive things to say. Maybe one day I should look

into the psychology of being negative. Anyway, this week I want to take a couple of looks at natural

ways that you could increase your performance and why they may

work for you. The first is something that many of us might have knocking around in the kitchen

cupboard. It is sodium bicarbonate, also known as baking soda. Now when we train hard, our muscles

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