"Toning"
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”
Toning, a term which saturates the commercial fitness industry, and a term which annoys the crap out of me. Toning as it relates to the fitness industry especially magazines and personal trainers in plush health and fitness centres is a myth. There is muscle mass and strength gain, and fat loss, and that’s it. In purely technical terms, “tone” refers to the ability of the central nervous system to provide passive muscular resistance to being stretched, not some vague reference to your appearance.
The term “toned” as used in fitness magazines was invented by the fitness marketing industry in the 80's to sell ridiculous ideas to women. Take a look at most of the infomercials on TV for some of these ridiculous ideas.
When your really listen to people who are looking for “toning” and what it is they are trying to accomplish ? most of them say they want to look lean, strong, and firm.
Lean is a factor of diet, strong and firm comes from lifting heavy weights.
Programs marketed to achieve that “toned” look, won’t make you lean, strong, or firm. They are designed to convinced woman that if they lifted heavy, they would look like freaks, and they should, instead, focus on light weight and high repetitions leading to “toned muscles”.
In fact, by lifting very heavy weights for low reps, you build tight, dense muscle – the exact “toned” look that everybody wants.
on the other hand, Want to know how bodybuilders train to get the bulky muscles most ladies don't want ? Lighter weight for higher reps – what most women think they need to do to get toned!
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”
Toning, a term which saturates the commercial fitness industry, and a term which annoys the crap out of me. Toning as it relates to the fitness industry especially magazines and personal trainers in plush health and fitness centres is a myth. There is muscle mass and strength gain, and fat loss, and that’s it. In purely technical terms, “tone” refers to the ability of the central nervous system to provide passive muscular resistance to being stretched, not some vague reference to your appearance.
The term “toned” as used in fitness magazines was invented by the fitness marketing industry in the 80's to sell ridiculous ideas to women. Take a look at most of the infomercials on TV for some of these ridiculous ideas.
When your really listen to people who are looking for “toning” and what it is they are trying to accomplish ? most of them say they want to look lean, strong, and firm.
Lean is a factor of diet, strong and firm comes from lifting heavy weights.
Programs marketed to achieve that “toned” look, won’t make you lean, strong, or firm. They are designed to convinced woman that if they lifted heavy, they would look like freaks, and they should, instead, focus on light weight and high repetitions leading to “toned muscles”.
In fact, by lifting very heavy weights for low reps, you build tight, dense muscle – the exact “toned” look that everybody wants.
on the other hand, Want to know how bodybuilders train to get the bulky muscles most ladies don't want ? Lighter weight for higher reps – what most women think they need to do to get toned!