If I'm not allowed to use the word 'tone'...
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you are over thirty, and not avril lavigne. don't use sk8 either.
ouch. i'll abbreviate any dmn way i pls, TYVM. i like shortcuts. :laugh:0 -
you are over thirty, and not avril lavigne. don't use sk8 either.
ouch. i'll abbreviate any dmn way i pls, TYVM. i like shortcuts. :laugh:
I like how it would be ok if you were Avril Lavigne. That is a very specific exception.0 -
I like how it would be ok if you were Avril Lavigne. That is a very specific exception.
isn't she like 30 now anyway??? she's not that much younger than me if i recall...0 -
I like how it would be ok if you were Avril Lavigne. That is a very specific exception.
isn't she like 30 now anyway??? she's not that much younger than me if i recall...
She was born in 84 so she will be 30 next year. I think the reason she gets the free pass is because of her song "Skater Boy"0 -
I like how it would be ok if you were Avril Lavigne. That is a very specific exception.
isn't she like 30 now anyway??? she's not that much younger than me if i recall...
She was born in 84 so she will be 30 next year. I think the reason she gets the free pass is because of her song "Skater Boy"
That's sk8r boi0 -
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building them up
personally I don't see anything wrong with using the word "toned" to describe a particular look. The objection is with using it as a verb, i.e. "to tone a muscle"... you can't tone muscles, you can build them up or let them atrophy. Maybe some people use the word "tone" synonymously with "build", but generally it's used in sentences like this "you don't want to lift heavy weights, they'll make you get bulky, here use these light weights to tone them instead" - this is nonsense. You can build them up or not, but what on earth does "tone" mean in this context? It's meaningless. If you want "toned" looking muscles, you have to build them up. People need to get that there's no actual difference between "building" and "toning". If they get that then I don't really care if they use "tone" and "build" synonymously (which would mean they'd say of 300lb bodybuilders "wow, his muscles are really toned" which most people never say, because they think building and toning muscles are two different things).
This explanation works for me. I think this may give me another method of approach that I can use in a different thread.0 -
correct use of the word isn't a crime, people seem to think it's a term that's only used to describe "lifting light" however if used correctly there's no problem with it
the term to me describes the visible muscle on your body, this happens by either increasing muscle mass and dropping body fat, or if you're already skinny just building muscle
it also implies you're not going for the built look like a body builder but just something noticable
for example:
"what are your goals for your exercise?"
"i'm going to build a bit of muscle and drop some fat so i look good"
"ah a bit of toning then?"
"yeah"
simple... if someone comments on your use of the word, school them on your knowledge of what it actually means so they dont get their knickers (panties) in a twist that someone is lifting light weights and their head pops off0 -
Someone will get upset no matter how you choose to express it, just use whatever word you want.
Except sk8.
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ahh, just use the word. The "toning police" will get all worked up again. It will be fun. :flowerforyou:0
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I admit, I can't stand the word "tone" either. lol! Even though it's a pretty accurate word to describe what's going on. The word "tone" has a negative connotation for woman working to gain muscle. I am on a weightloss journey and a muscle gain journey. When I hear a woman say "I don't want muscle, I just want to 'tone,'" IT MAKES ME WANT TO SCREAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! To gain muscle is to "tone." And many women have this whole "I don't want to look like a man" thing, that the word "tone" is used so inaccurately.
I think you should use any word you want to describe the change in your body. But, it's definitely true, if a female says the word "tone," it's usually followed by the "I don't want to look like a man" statement, which then makes the woman saying it seem totally ignorant to the world of muscle gaining.
I say "muscle gains" or "muscle gaining."
But, DO YOU regardless of what people think!!0 -
Stop. Before you get muscles. Or bulky!
Gasp.0 -
great job Toning!! love that word! and carving as well;)0
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It is acceptable to use the word if you include a bra & panty picture.0
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Here are the steps:
1) Stop caring what a bunch of twitchy people think about a word that accurately describes the muscle to which you refer.
2) Carry on.0 -
you dont have ANY fat?!0
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Tune
As in, I went to the pool hall and really sunk that sk8 ball, tuning up my legs when I did.0 -
... how the fk am i going describe what is happening to my thighs? as i run and sk8 more every day, they are changing shape: getting bigger, and turning into convex constructions of flat planes with angles now (as opposed to the concave and smooth roundness of the past). i'm not losing fat (i don't have any).
Maybe I'm nuts but this is still losing fat. If you had 0% fat, you'd be dead.0
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