The "T" Word debate

3LittleMonkeys
3LittleMonkeys Posts: 373 Member
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Kind of a rant...

Am I the only one that hates the word "Tone"? Argh I hate the word "Tone". Can't do it! I don't "Tone" I am building muscle!

http://exercise.about.com/cs/weightloss/a/toning.htm

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  • ceebs9
    ceebs9 Posts: 511 Member
    No. You're not the only one.
  • jmecale72
    jmecale72 Posts: 214
    It's a good thing you don't play guitar...we talk about "tone" all the time! LOL
  • 3LittleMonkeys
    3LittleMonkeys Posts: 373 Member
    It's a good thing you don't play guitar...we talk about "tone" all the time! LOL

    LOL I am not talking about music. That type of tone is fine.

    Oh and I hate the word Smoothie. :explode:
  • FearAnLoathing
    FearAnLoathing Posts: 4,852 Member
    The word journey bugs me sometimes or when im watching house hunters and the keep calling a room a space.lol
    it just a word though so I just let it go
  • JennLifts
    JennLifts Posts: 1,913 Member
    I kind of agree! Just because I wont look like a beast, doesn't mean you won't be able to see my mini muscles!
  • BeLightYear
    BeLightYear Posts: 1,450 Member
    Oh and I hate the word Smoothie. :explode:

    me too! and Hoodie:grumble: :grumble:
  • kelsully
    kelsully Posts: 1,008 Member
    It's a good thing you don't play guitar...we talk about "tone" all the time! LOL

    LOL I am not talking about music. That type of tone is fine.

    Oh and I hate the word Smoothie. :explode:



    LOL...I hate...hate ...hate the word creamy...it kind of makes me gag....
    I want to looked lean and tough and sexy...how is that...better than toned?
  • myukniewicz
    myukniewicz Posts: 906 Member
    i hate the word "coupon"
    i dont know why, it just makes me mad lol!

    oh yeah, and about building muscle, i agree x)
  • 3LittleMonkeys
    3LittleMonkeys Posts: 373 Member
    LOL It is so funny that other words bother people too. It is like scratching on a blackboard.
  • hpsnickers1
    hpsnickers1 Posts: 2,783 Member
    something I did find funny on that page: A little ways down to the left of the page there are exercise ads. One of them says "Toning Buttocks Exercise".

    Just thought it was funny because the article is about "toning" not being real.

    This is a great article though.

    I want to be a lean, mean fat burning machine!
  • 3LittleMonkeys
    3LittleMonkeys Posts: 373 Member
    Or as I tell my husband I want a hot bod! :happy:
  • ChessRonin
    ChessRonin Posts: 160 Member
    Why are you all so hung up on words?

    That article had some good points but had an obvious and bias-based objective. Tone is understood as different from what? Strengthening muscle? No. Tone is a description used vis-a-vis Building Muscle, which means increasing the size of the muscle. If you are focusing on muscle tone, you are focusing on the strength and endurance of the muscle fibers that you do have, without the goal of increasing the size of your muscle. The author seems to take issue with the idea that women "tone" muscle while men "build" muscle, while in the same article recognizing that there is both sociological and biological support for that position.

    Nonetheless, men, as often as women, have different goals to tone or build different muscles, and you can spot tone or spot build different muscle groups. If you want bigger calves, you may want to tailor your routine to increase the size of your calf muscles, while at the same time you may not want to increase the size of your back, so you would focus on toning your back (making the muscles stronger and increasing their endurance) without increasing the size of the muscles.
  • edorice
    edorice Posts: 4,519 Member
    Yep! I hate the word because women over use the muscle. Like muscle is a man's word.
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