Toning help needed
Sleepingonthebus
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I've lost a lot of weight in the last few months through healthy eating and very little exercise (single mum, full time job etc). I'm now finding that everything is a bit flabby but I don't know the best way to fix it. It's mostly my upper arms and my thighs.
Can someone please recommend toning exercises that don't take up much time?
Can someone please recommend toning exercises that don't take up much time?
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Toning isn't a thing. You need to reduce bodyfat.
Do you currently do any resistance/strength training? If not, you should do.1 -
Check out bodyweight exercises for beginner strength training. Pushups, planks, crunches, step-up, lunges, squats. They can be done anywhere and you can fit them into a busy day easily.4
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Thanks. I'll look up all of the above.0
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TavistockToad wrote: »Toning isn't a thing. You need to reduce bodyfat.
Do you currently do any resistance/strength training? If not, you should do.
Depends on the situation. My bodyfat is fairly low, but I have a lot of loose skin, so I look flabby [note; getting Abdominoplasty soon to remove extra skin]. Toning for me would reduce the 'flab' look and accentuate the skin hanging off of me... xD; But 'toning' is legit just working out to grow my muscles. To be fair, I'm 85lbs down, unsure of OP.2 -
I've lost 40lbs so far1
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How tall are you?0
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TavistockToad wrote: »Toning isn't a thing. You need to reduce bodyfat.
Do you currently do any resistance/strength training? If not, you should do.
Depends on the situation. My bodyfat is fairly low, but I have a lot of loose skin, so I look flabby [note; getting Abdominoplasty soon to remove extra skin]. Toning for me would reduce the 'flab' look and accentuate the skin hanging off of me... xD; But 'toning' is legit just working out to grow my muscles. To be fair, I'm 85lbs down, unsure of OP.
Still doesn't make toning a thing. Muscles do not "tone".0 -
TavistockToad wrote: »Toning isn't a thing. You need to reduce bodyfat.
Do you currently do any resistance/strength training? If not, you should do.
Depends on the situation. My bodyfat is fairly low, but I have a lot of loose skin, so I look flabby [note; getting Abdominoplasty soon to remove extra skin]. Toning for me would reduce the 'flab' look and accentuate the skin hanging off of me... xD; But 'toning' is legit just working out to grow my muscles. To be fair, I'm 85lbs down, unsure of OP.
Still doesn't make toning a thing. Muscles do not "tone".
When we use "tone", we are meaning work on your muscle mass. Get it higher, grow the muscles. Skinny, but feel skinnyfat due to stoach? "Tone"! In other words, work on your abs. In other words, stop concentrating fully on the number, time to actually work on your overall body health.
If you use a word enough for something, it gains a definition. S'how words work.5 -
Aim specifically for Skin Elasticity Exercises.0
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If you don't the history of the word, it's actually an insult to women. The word was created to fool females into lifting weights because the fitness industry knew that females spend more than males on personal improvement. Back in the day it was just cardio and lifting meant to just about every female............muscle gains. And that wasn't in. So "toning" was created. It's still lifting weights. It just had to be made "feminine" instead of actually being truthful and teaching females that building muscle for a female is actually quite hard to do. Even with a calorie surplus.
If you use a word enough for something, it gains a definition. S'how words work.TavistockToad wrote: »Toning isn't a thing. You need to reduce bodyfat.
Do you currently do any resistance/strength training? If not, you should do.
Depends on the situation. My bodyfat is fairly low, but I have a lot of loose skin, so I look flabby [note; getting Abdominoplasty soon to remove extra skin]. Toning for me would reduce the 'flab' look and accentuate the skin hanging off of me... xD; But 'toning' is legit just working out to grow my muscles. To be fair, I'm 85lbs down, unsure of OP.
Still doesn't make toning a thing. Muscles do not "tone".
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Here are two routines that you can do at home. One is bodyweight, the other hand weights. They will get you started improving your strength. If you can't complete them, start where you can doing what you can and make it your goal to be able to run the full routine.
30 Day shred is something you could do as well. You can find it on YouTube. It will give you a base to work up from.
https://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/12/09/beginner-body-weight-workout-burn-fat-build-muscle/
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=U0bhE67HuDY
Cheers, h.1 -
TavistockToad wrote: »Toning isn't a thing. You need to reduce bodyfat.
Do you currently do any resistance/strength training? If not, you should do.
Depends on the situation. My bodyfat is fairly low, but I have a lot of loose skin, so I look flabby [note; getting Abdominoplasty soon to remove extra skin]. Toning for me would reduce the 'flab' look and accentuate the skin hanging off of me... xD; But 'toning' is legit just working out to grow my muscles. To be fair, I'm 85lbs down, unsure of OP.
Still doesn't make toning a thing. Muscles do not "tone".
When we use "tone", we are meaning work on your muscle mass. Get it higher, grow the muscles. Skinny, but feel skinnyfat due to stoach? "Tone"! In other words, work on your abs. In other words, stop concentrating fully on the number, time to actually work on your overall body health.
If you use a word enough for something, it gains a definition. S'how words work.
Yeah... no.
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TavistockToad wrote: »Toning isn't a thing. You need to reduce bodyfat.
Do you currently do any resistance/strength training? If not, you should do.
Depends on the situation. My bodyfat is fairly low, but I have a lot of loose skin, so I look flabby [note; getting Abdominoplasty soon to remove extra skin]. Toning for me would reduce the 'flab' look and accentuate the skin hanging off of me... xD; But 'toning' is legit just working out to grow my muscles. To be fair, I'm 85lbs down, unsure of OP.
Still doesn't make toning a thing. Muscles do not "tone".
When we use "tone", we are meaning work on your muscle mass. Get it higher, grow the muscles. Skinny, but feel skinnyfat due to stoach? "Tone"! In other words, work on your abs. In other words, stop concentrating fully on the number, time to actually work on your overall body health.
If you use a word enough for something, it gains a definition. S'how words work.
I agree with you. Someone seems caught up on semantics.
I have no interested in building a muscular physique which is really easy for me to do. So I incorporate the low weight high rep way of "lifting", ergo toning.2 -
Women use the word "tone" as a nice feminine way to say they want to look more muscled and less flabby.
So say what you mean. And the way to get that is to lift heavy weights.
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TavistockToad wrote: »Toning isn't a thing. You need to reduce bodyfat.
Do you currently do any resistance/strength training? If not, you should do.
Depends on the situation. My bodyfat is fairly low, but I have a lot of loose skin, so I look flabby [note; getting Abdominoplasty soon to remove extra skin]. Toning for me would reduce the 'flab' look and accentuate the skin hanging off of me... xD; But 'toning' is legit just working out to grow my muscles. To be fair, I'm 85lbs down, unsure of OP.
Still doesn't make toning a thing. Muscles do not "tone".
When we use "tone", we are meaning work on your muscle mass. Get it higher, grow the muscles. Skinny, but feel skinnyfat due to stoach? "Tone"! In other words, work on your abs. In other words, stop concentrating fully on the number, time to actually work on your overall body health.
If you use a word enough for something, it gains a definition. S'how words work.
I agree with you. Someone seems caught up on semantics.
I have no interested in building a muscular physique which is really easy for me to do. So I incorporate the low weight high rep way of "lifting", ergo toning.
That is not toning no matter how much you want it to be.3 -
TavistockToad wrote: »Toning isn't a thing. You need to reduce bodyfat.
Do you currently do any resistance/strength training? If not, you should do.
Depends on the situation. My bodyfat is fairly low, but I have a lot of loose skin, so I look flabby [note; getting Abdominoplasty soon to remove extra skin]. Toning for me would reduce the 'flab' look and accentuate the skin hanging off of me... xD; But 'toning' is legit just working out to grow my muscles. To be fair, I'm 85lbs down, unsure of OP.
Still doesn't make toning a thing. Muscles do not "tone".
When we use "tone", we are meaning work on your muscle mass. Get it higher, grow the muscles. Skinny, but feel skinnyfat due to stoach? "Tone"! In other words, work on your abs. In other words, stop concentrating fully on the number, time to actually work on your overall body health.
If you use a word enough for something, it gains a definition. S'how words work.
I agree with you. Someone seems caught up on semantics.
I have no interested in building a muscular physique which is really easy for me to do. So I incorporate the low weight high rep way of "lifting", ergo toning.
^ Not toning. Low weight high reps is basically just a form of very ineffective cardio.
Read this for what "toning" really is, and how to do it: http://www.aworkoutroutine.com/muscle-tone/4 -
Sleepingonthebus wrote: »I've lost a lot of weight in the last few months through healthy eating and very little exercise (single mum, full time job etc). I'm now finding that everything is a bit flabby but I don't know the best way to fix it. It's mostly my upper arms and my thighs.
Can someone please recommend toning exercises that don't take up much time?
My recommendation is lifting weights and time. I found that when losing weight, the fat in my thighs got really loose and jiggly. I weight trained (and still do) so the muscle is showing more and more, but only time made the remaining layer of fat less flabby as the tissues tightened back up. You may currently be in that phase.
Notwithstanding, weight training is great, makes everything (life!) easier and has a ton of benefits, not the least which will help you get the look you are aiming for. There are a lot of bodyweight routines online (some have been recommended earlier in the thread) which you can do in a short amount of time at home. I'm also a big fan of heavy weights, though I understand not everyone wants/has the time/money for that kind of training.
(Yes, I am totally avoiding the word toning.)2 -
Thank you all. Very helpful advice here. I will take all of it on board (and not call it toning again).1
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Sleepingonthebus wrote: »Thank you all. Very helpful advice here. I will take all of it on board (and not call it toning again).
Do some lifting in the areas you want to firm up, and that with fat loss through weight reduction are all you can really do. Some of it comes down to genetics and where your particular body wants to hold on to fat more, as well as where you can and can't change muscle tone and mass easily. Being you mention not having a lot of time, heavier lifts and lower reps/sets fit that bill, but if you are starting from zero the video posted by @middlehaitch with the lighter weights might be your "heavy" until you build up some.
I'm in the camp to call it what you want, because no matter what you call it someone will differ with it. The use of the words tone, toned and toning are used and have been for quite some time in medical references and dictionaries in reference to muscle tension. Sometimes I think MFP just goes with the flow regardless of the rest of the world, and as such people get hung up in the semantics.
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Strange that my bodybuilding stepbro used to use the word 'tone' so often when he was first starting, or whenever he wants to work on more definition, then.
If you don't the history of the word, it's actually an insult to women. The word was created to fool females into lifting weights because the fitness industry knew that females spend more than males on personal improvement. Back in the day it was just cardio and lifting meant to just about every female............muscle gains. And that wasn't in. So "toning" was created. It's still lifting weights. It just had to be made "feminine" instead of actually being truthful and teaching females that building muscle for a female is actually quite hard to do. Even with a calorie surplus.
If you use a word enough for something, it gains a definition. S'how words work.TavistockToad wrote: »Toning isn't a thing. You need to reduce bodyfat.
Do you currently do any resistance/strength training? If not, you should do.
Depends on the situation. My bodyfat is fairly low, but I have a lot of loose skin, so I look flabby [note; getting Abdominoplasty soon to remove extra skin]. Toning for me would reduce the 'flab' look and accentuate the skin hanging off of me... xD; But 'toning' is legit just working out to grow my muscles. To be fair, I'm 85lbs down, unsure of OP.
Still doesn't make toning a thing. Muscles do not "tone".
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And even if a word was started with a negative meaning, so what..? *kitten* sticks, it has happened throughout history.
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Strange that my bodybuilding stepbro used to use the word 'tone' so often when he was first starting, or whenever he wants to work on more definition, then.
If you don't the history of the word, it's actually an insult to women. The word was created to fool females into lifting weights because the fitness industry knew that females spend more than males on personal improvement. Back in the day it was just cardio and lifting meant to just about every female............muscle gains. And that wasn't in. So "toning" was created. It's still lifting weights. It just had to be made "feminine" instead of actually being truthful and teaching females that building muscle for a female is actually quite hard to do. Even with a calorie surplus.
If you use a word enough for something, it gains a definition. S'how words work.TavistockToad wrote: »Toning isn't a thing. You need to reduce bodyfat.
Do you currently do any resistance/strength training? If not, you should do.
Depends on the situation. My bodyfat is fairly low, but I have a lot of loose skin, so I look flabby [note; getting Abdominoplasty soon to remove extra skin]. Toning for me would reduce the 'flab' look and accentuate the skin hanging off of me... xD; But 'toning' is legit just working out to grow my muscles. To be fair, I'm 85lbs down, unsure of OP.
Still doesn't make toning a thing. Muscles do not "tone".
A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
And even if a word was started with a negative meaning, so what..? *kitten* sticks, it has happened throughout history.
Yeah. No.1 -
Strange that my bodybuilding stepbro used to use the word 'tone' so often when he was first starting, or whenever he wants to work on more definition, then.
If you don't the history of the word, it's actually an insult to women. The word was created to fool females into lifting weights because the fitness industry knew that females spend more than males on personal improvement. Back in the day it was just cardio and lifting meant to just about every female............muscle gains. And that wasn't in. So "toning" was created. It's still lifting weights. It just had to be made "feminine" instead of actually being truthful and teaching females that building muscle for a female is actually quite hard to do. Even with a calorie surplus.
If you use a word enough for something, it gains a definition. S'how words work.TavistockToad wrote: »Toning isn't a thing. You need to reduce bodyfat.
Do you currently do any resistance/strength training? If not, you should do.
Depends on the situation. My bodyfat is fairly low, but I have a lot of loose skin, so I look flabby [note; getting Abdominoplasty soon to remove extra skin]. Toning for me would reduce the 'flab' look and accentuate the skin hanging off of me... xD; But 'toning' is legit just working out to grow my muscles. To be fair, I'm 85lbs down, unsure of OP.
Still doesn't make toning a thing. Muscles do not "tone".
A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
And even if a word was started with a negative meaning, so what..? *kitten* sticks, it has happened throughout history.
Bet he got the *kitten* kicked out of him saying toning in a weight room around a bunch of bros.
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Packerjohn wrote: »
Strange that my bodybuilding stepbro used to use the word 'tone' so often when he was first starting, or whenever he wants to work on more definition, then.
If you don't the history of the word, it's actually an insult to women. The word was created to fool females into lifting weights because the fitness industry knew that females spend more than males on personal improvement. Back in the day it was just cardio and lifting meant to just about every female............muscle gains. And that wasn't in. So "toning" was created. It's still lifting weights. It just had to be made "feminine" instead of actually being truthful and teaching females that building muscle for a female is actually quite hard to do. Even with a calorie surplus.
If you use a word enough for something, it gains a definition. S'how words work.TavistockToad wrote: »Toning isn't a thing. You need to reduce bodyfat.
Do you currently do any resistance/strength training? If not, you should do.
Depends on the situation. My bodyfat is fairly low, but I have a lot of loose skin, so I look flabby [note; getting Abdominoplasty soon to remove extra skin]. Toning for me would reduce the 'flab' look and accentuate the skin hanging off of me... xD; But 'toning' is legit just working out to grow my muscles. To be fair, I'm 85lbs down, unsure of OP.
Still doesn't make toning a thing. Muscles do not "tone".
A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
And even if a word was started with a negative meaning, so what..? *kitten* sticks, it has happened throughout history.
Bet he got the *kitten* kicked out of him saying toning in a weight room around a bunch of bros.
Nope. Likely they understood what he meant, and shrugged it off, instead of being super condescending jerks. Hmm. It's as if everyone knows what people mean when they say tone, and aren't jerks about it to others. Such a strange world.1 -
Strange that my bodybuilding stepbro used to use the word 'tone' so often when he was first starting, or whenever he wants to work on more definition, then.
If you don't the history of the word, it's actually an insult to women. The word was created to fool females into lifting weights because the fitness industry knew that females spend more than males on personal improvement. Back in the day it was just cardio and lifting meant to just about every female............muscle gains. And that wasn't in. So "toning" was created. It's still lifting weights. It just had to be made "feminine" instead of actually being truthful and teaching females that building muscle for a female is actually quite hard to do. Even with a calorie surplus.
If you use a word enough for something, it gains a definition. S'how words work.TavistockToad wrote: »Toning isn't a thing. You need to reduce bodyfat.
Do you currently do any resistance/strength training? If not, you should do.
Depends on the situation. My bodyfat is fairly low, but I have a lot of loose skin, so I look flabby [note; getting Abdominoplasty soon to remove extra skin]. Toning for me would reduce the 'flab' look and accentuate the skin hanging off of me... xD; But 'toning' is legit just working out to grow my muscles. To be fair, I'm 85lbs down, unsure of OP.
Still doesn't make toning a thing. Muscles do not "tone".
A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
And even if a word was started with a negative meaning, so what..? *kitten* sticks, it has happened throughout history.
I still hear alot of people use the word tone all the time it certainly has stuck.0 -
Or as it's actually known: muscular endurance training. Terminology may not matter to some, but it can reduce actual confusion to others.TavistockToad wrote: »Toning isn't a thing. You need to reduce bodyfat.
Do you currently do any resistance/strength training? If not, you should do.
Depends on the situation. My bodyfat is fairly low, but I have a lot of loose skin, so I look flabby [note; getting Abdominoplasty soon to remove extra skin]. Toning for me would reduce the 'flab' look and accentuate the skin hanging off of me... xD; But 'toning' is legit just working out to grow my muscles. To be fair, I'm 85lbs down, unsure of OP.
Still doesn't make toning a thing. Muscles do not "tone".
When we use "tone", we are meaning work on your muscle mass. Get it higher, grow the muscles. Skinny, but feel skinnyfat due to stoach? "Tone"! In other words, work on your abs. In other words, stop concentrating fully on the number, time to actually work on your overall body health.
If you use a word enough for something, it gains a definition. S'how words work.
I agree with you. Someone seems caught up on semantics.
I have no interested in building a muscular physique which is really easy for me to do. So I incorporate the low weight high rep way of "lifting", ergo toning.
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Lol, guess I should then disregard written information in physiology, anatomy and kinesiology then........................
Strange that my bodybuilding stepbro used to use the word 'tone' so often when he was first starting, or whenever he wants to work on more definition, then.
If you don't the history of the word, it's actually an insult to women. The word was created to fool females into lifting weights because the fitness industry knew that females spend more than males on personal improvement. Back in the day it was just cardio and lifting meant to just about every female............muscle gains. And that wasn't in. So "toning" was created. It's still lifting weights. It just had to be made "feminine" instead of actually being truthful and teaching females that building muscle for a female is actually quite hard to do. Even with a calorie surplus.
If you use a word enough for something, it gains a definition. S'how words work.TavistockToad wrote: »Toning isn't a thing. You need to reduce bodyfat.
Do you currently do any resistance/strength training? If not, you should do.
Depends on the situation. My bodyfat is fairly low, but I have a lot of loose skin, so I look flabby [note; getting Abdominoplasty soon to remove extra skin]. Toning for me would reduce the 'flab' look and accentuate the skin hanging off of me... xD; But 'toning' is legit just working out to grow my muscles. To be fair, I'm 85lbs down, unsure of OP.
Still doesn't make toning a thing. Muscles do not "tone".
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So even a derogatory words used for people of different ethnicities created back in the day is okay to use based on this analogy? Okay.And even if a word was started with a negative meaning, so what..? *kitten* sticks, it has happened throughout history.
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Living in the gym for over 30 years, I can assure you that body building bros didn't talk "tone" to describe losing fat and and getting defined. Words like "cut", "shred" and "get ripped" were more the obvious bro talk. And that's coming from a bro.Packerjohn wrote: »
Strange that my bodybuilding stepbro used to use the word 'tone' so often when he was first starting, or whenever he wants to work on more definition, then.
If you don't the history of the word, it's actually an insult to women. The word was created to fool females into lifting weights because the fitness industry knew that females spend more than males on personal improvement. Back in the day it was just cardio and lifting meant to just about every female............muscle gains. And that wasn't in. So "toning" was created. It's still lifting weights. It just had to be made "feminine" instead of actually being truthful and teaching females that building muscle for a female is actually quite hard to do. Even with a calorie surplus.
If you use a word enough for something, it gains a definition. S'how words work.TavistockToad wrote: »Toning isn't a thing. You need to reduce bodyfat.
Do you currently do any resistance/strength training? If not, you should do.
Depends on the situation. My bodyfat is fairly low, but I have a lot of loose skin, so I look flabby [note; getting Abdominoplasty soon to remove extra skin]. Toning for me would reduce the 'flab' look and accentuate the skin hanging off of me... xD; But 'toning' is legit just working out to grow my muscles. To be fair, I'm 85lbs down, unsure of OP.
Still doesn't make toning a thing. Muscles do not "tone".
A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
And even if a word was started with a negative meaning, so what..? *kitten* sticks, it has happened throughout history.
Bet he got the *kitten* kicked out of him saying toning in a weight room around a bunch of bros.
Nope. Likely they understood what he meant, and shrugged it off, instead of being super condescending jerks. Hmm. It's as if everyone knows what people mean when they say tone, and aren't jerks about it to others. Such a strange world.
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Living in the gym for over 30 years, I can assure you that body building bros didn't talk "tone" to describe losing fat and and getting defined. Words like "cut", "shred" and "get ripped" were more the obvious bro talk. And that's coming from a bro.Packerjohn wrote: »
Strange that my bodybuilding stepbro used to use the word 'tone' so often when he was first starting, or whenever he wants to work on more definition, then.
If you don't the history of the word, it's actually an insult to women. The word was created to fool females into lifting weights because the fitness industry knew that females spend more than males on personal improvement. Back in the day it was just cardio and lifting meant to just about every female............muscle gains. And that wasn't in. So "toning" was created. It's still lifting weights. It just had to be made "feminine" instead of actually being truthful and teaching females that building muscle for a female is actually quite hard to do. Even with a calorie surplus.
If you use a word enough for something, it gains a definition. S'how words work.TavistockToad wrote: »Toning isn't a thing. You need to reduce bodyfat.
Do you currently do any resistance/strength training? If not, you should do.
Depends on the situation. My bodyfat is fairly low, but I have a lot of loose skin, so I look flabby [note; getting Abdominoplasty soon to remove extra skin]. Toning for me would reduce the 'flab' look and accentuate the skin hanging off of me... xD; But 'toning' is legit just working out to grow my muscles. To be fair, I'm 85lbs down, unsure of OP.
Still doesn't make toning a thing. Muscles do not "tone".
A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
And even if a word was started with a negative meaning, so what..? *kitten* sticks, it has happened throughout history.
Bet he got the *kitten* kicked out of him saying toning in a weight room around a bunch of bros.
Nope. Likely they understood what he meant, and shrugged it off, instead of being super condescending jerks. Hmm. It's as if everyone knows what people mean when they say tone, and aren't jerks about it to others. Such a strange world.
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Agree. I've been a member of various public gyms for over 40 years and have never heard anyone knowledgabke about finess say "tone up".2 -
Packerjohn wrote: »
Strange that my bodybuilding stepbro used to use the word 'tone' so often when he was first starting, or whenever he wants to work on more definition, then.
If you don't the history of the word, it's actually an insult to women. The word was created to fool females into lifting weights because the fitness industry knew that females spend more than males on personal improvement. Back in the day it was just cardio and lifting meant to just about every female............muscle gains. And that wasn't in. So "toning" was created. It's still lifting weights. It just had to be made "feminine" instead of actually being truthful and teaching females that building muscle for a female is actually quite hard to do. Even with a calorie surplus.
If you use a word enough for something, it gains a definition. S'how words work.TavistockToad wrote: »Toning isn't a thing. You need to reduce bodyfat.
Do you currently do any resistance/strength training? If not, you should do.
Depends on the situation. My bodyfat is fairly low, but I have a lot of loose skin, so I look flabby [note; getting Abdominoplasty soon to remove extra skin]. Toning for me would reduce the 'flab' look and accentuate the skin hanging off of me... xD; But 'toning' is legit just working out to grow my muscles. To be fair, I'm 85lbs down, unsure of OP.
Still doesn't make toning a thing. Muscles do not "tone".
A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
And even if a word was started with a negative meaning, so what..? *kitten* sticks, it has happened throughout history.
Bet he got the *kitten* kicked out of him saying toning in a weight room around a bunch of bros.
Nope. Likely they understood what he meant, and shrugged it off, instead of being super condescending jerks. Hmm. It's as if everyone knows what people mean when they say tone, and aren't jerks about it to others. Such a strange world.
Or you can just use the correct term. *shrug* And possibly not name call.3
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