Comments on: What The Hell Does “get Toned” Mean In Fitness Terms?

By: Free WP Plugins

Free WP Plugins — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:09:32 +0000

Women get “toned” because:
1. They are trying to lose weight because they want to be skinny, even though they lie and say they are happy being curvy.
2. There aren’t many woman who want to bulk up, so they say they are doing some “muscle toning” instead of “weight lifting” so their boyfriends don’t run away screaming, thinking they’re going to morph into Venus Williams.

By: sarge927

sarge927 — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:52:34 +0000

Getting toned involves lifting lighter weights and doing more repetitions (like 3 sets of 12 reps or more), and it has two benefits. First, it helps you burn fat. Second, it gives you more muscular definition. It doesn’t build big muscles, but it makes the muscles you have less flabby. The opposite is “bulking up,” which involves eating more and lifting heavier weights but doing less repetitions (like 7 sets of 3 reps where you’re lifting close to your one-rep-max).

By: KATE !

KATE ! — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:42:30 +0000

Make you look more muscular.

By: Carlo d'Umbria

Carlo d'Umbria — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:52:02 +0000

Muscle tone is a legitimate term that refers to
> increased muscular ability and responsiveness (not muscle mass or huge strength)
> anatomic definition of muscles
> resistance to injury of both muscles and joints
> increased metabolism
Drop your testosteronic bias. Some people — men and women alike — exercise for wholly legitimate reasons you don’t seem to comprehend. Be supportive of your woman.

By: Zentraed

Zentraed — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:00:05 +0000

Muscle tone was a term invented to keep women from being scared of “getting big muscles”. They seem to be afraid that if they pick up a 10 lb dumbbell that they’ll be standing on the Mr. Olympia stage a month later on their 40 g of protein per day diets.
Like you said earlier, you can either lose fat, gain muscle, or do both. Technically, getting “toned” should be doing both. But find a woman who associates getting stronger (muscles only grow by getting stronger) with getting toned, and you’ll see how poorly the truth gets out. Instead they’ll spend an hour on their favorite cardio machine talking about how it’s “toning” their glutes instead of just doing 2 sets of squats or some lunges.
I refuse to use the term “tone”. I’ll say things like slim down, increase definition, or build muscle. Even if these women were on anything resembling a serious lifting routine, they lack the testosterone required to build big muscles.

By: Kristy

Kristy — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:37:38 +0000

Well when u don’t use ur muscles they atrophy, so maybe “getting toned” means getting them going again so you look tight instead of flabby. So in summary yes I think its increasing muscle mass but only a tiny bit.

By: Nichola C

Nichola C — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 06:54:36 +0000

basicallt loosing fat, while also building up the muscle – but not enough to make her have a horrendous 6 pack.
think page three woman in the sun newspaper….

By: sioux falls internet marketing

sioux falls internet marketing — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:50:52 +0000

Tone refers to working a muscle, but not making it grow. Essentially you make it stronger but you’re not straining it and forcing it to add mass to itself. It grants definition of the muscle making it stand out more.
Low reps + High weight = Mass.
High reps + Low weight = Tone.
Having said that, I agree with what they told your gf.

By: h.tyou

h.tyou — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:12:13 +0000

Working out on machines is the best way to tone your body your body does not have to balance the weight it`s balanced for you, so you work it correctly unlike free weights your body has to balance the bar like a pendulum, this causes your muscles to become thicker , where as people do not use correct form, just because someone is a fitness trainer does not mean they know anything about free weight exercise.

By: RJ

RJ — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:39:02 +0000

“Get toned” means to drop body fat so there is some definition (you can see the shape of the muscles because there isn’t as much body fat concealing them). To get toned is the reasonable goal of most people and is typically achieved thru’ a combination of lifting lighter weight for more reps and doing a fair amount of cardio (jogging, biking, treadmill, swimming, etc) as well as adopting a healthy diet.
The next step up is to “get ripped” which involves more lifting, more cardio, and a very strict diet. It requires more discipline and dedication (and takes up more of your time) than getting toned, and it is usually reserved for people who work in the fitness industry (or fitness is integral to their job) and for those few who obsessively pursue the perfect aesthetic for their bodies.