Define toning

Nopedotjpeg

I still don't get it. Please someone define this verb for me.

MrsSpinks

I interpret it as your body being firmer and the only way to do this is to lose fat, so your muscle is nearer to your skin (i.e. not covered in a layer of jiggly fat) - others may disagree, but that's how I see it!

caroline_g

I see it as increasing muscle and reducing BF% so that you look firmer, tighter, less jiggly as the other person put it!

meshashesha2012

isnt it like spot training?

the people i know who use that term will say things like "i need to tone up my triceps" or "i need to tone my inner thighs" and will pick up a weight lighter than a can of soup, will do a trillion and 1 tricep kickback or sit on the hip adduction machine and will do a million reps of that. the idea is hat somehow all that arm movement or leg movement is turning the fat into muscle.

snookumss

Some people think you can tone a specific area by working that muscle... but you really just "tone" by cutting down body fat and increasing muscle.

Helloitsdan

Getting body fat low enough to see more muscle definition.
Going for the "shrink wrapped look".
Prime cuts.

IronSmasher

It's best to ignore it, but if someone keeps using it, 'packing on mass' is a substitute that works for me.

chachadiva150

Doing muscle involved exercise is toning. It can be crunches for the abs or it can be lifting heavy weights. It's about building the muscles.

The muscles can be strengthened even though there is a layer of fat covering them.

If you want to see the tight, toned muscles in all of their glory, then you would have to reduce the body fat also.

warmachinejt

in my opinion it's a word for women's commercials. "toning" really is losing body fat.

Nopedotjpeg

in my opinion it's a word for women's commercials.

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