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silly toning question
happyhealthyconfident
Posts: 24
hi guys 
i have a kind of silly question about toning.
don't laugh at me! haha. here it is: does flexing help tone at all?
like, for example, you're just standing in the shower or at a bus stop. if you flex your ab muscles, would it help to tone them in any way?
thanks! :$ again, don't laugh at me haha i'm just curious!
i have a kind of silly question about toning.don't laugh at me! haha. here it is: does flexing help tone at all?
like, for example, you're just standing in the shower or at a bus stop. if you flex your ab muscles, would it help to tone them in any way?
thanks! :$ again, don't laugh at me haha i'm just curious!
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No because there is no such thing as "toning."0
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not really sure how much it helps if that;s all you're doing, but I love flexing as I go throughout the day0
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I asked the same question and found this answer through Google. Flexing can help... they are called isometric exercises. I guess Bruce Lee was a big fan of it. The answer on this link will explain it better than I could.
http://askville.amazon.com/flexing-muscles-help-toning/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=3476321
Hope that helps!0 -
Bruce was a badass MoFo0
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No because there is no such thing as "toning."
This.0 -
i recall reading somewhere if you flex your ab muscles and hold it during the day that they have "memory" and will "pop" more , but that coud be complete BS; just throwing it out there...I
I guess planks are essentially flexing your ab muscles so doing it can't be all that bad...0 -
:bigsmiles: cheers0
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I used to flex my abs during boring classes in college for as long as I could hold it, and time it, to keep myself awake. It helped.
ETA Still occasionally do it during meetings. Still helps.0 -
No because there is no such thing as "toning."
yep this.0 -
Do ab vacuums.0
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Do ab vacuums.
Is that made by the same people who made that awesome 'ab grill' thing?0 -
Do ab vacuums.
Is that made by the same people who made that awesome 'ab grill' thing?
Nah. It's a legit core exercise.0 -
I asked the same question and found this answer through Google. Flexing can help... they are called isometric exercises. I guess Bruce Lee was a big fan of it. The answer on this link will explain it better than I could.
http://askville.amazon.com/flexing-muscles-help-toning/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=3476321
Hope that helps!
I like this explanation. One word ladies: kegels.
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