"TONING" is a misconception in weight loss and fitness. A ra

i think people know what they mean personally when they say the want to tone up..whether it's losing fat or making you muscles stronger, the overall look you end up with is a leaner, toner body..so if they choose to say toned, i don't see what the big deal is. but to each his own..

Ditto this ^^

I would agree if it weren't for the fact that 'A rant' in the title pretty much alludes to the fact that it's a pet peeve.

So you're saying I just did a thousand bicep curls with 2 lb dumbbells for nothing!?!?!?!?!?

I hope they were at least pink. XD

I don't mind the usage as far as people saying "they want to tone up", but I do think a HUGE dis-service is done to people when it's preached that low weight/hi rep will "tone you up" without making you bulky. IMO that route is pretty much a waste of time.

I find the word "toning" annoying simply because it is often used to imply that muscles on a woman are ugly, unattractive or masculine...

i think people know what they mean personally when they say the want to tone up..whether it's losing fat or making you muscles stronger, the overall look you end up with is a leaner, toner body..so if they choose to say toned, i don't see what the big deal is. but to each his own..

Ditto this ^^

I would agree if it weren't for the fact that 'A rant' in the title pretty much alludes to the fact that it's a pet peeve.

Granted, but once posted on a public board, it's open for reaction & responses.

The one word that irritates me in fitness is when people state they are "toning", want to be "toned", looks "tone", etc. There is NO such thing as "toning".

I see people post this a lot, mostly hard core lifters and I must say it baffles me because surely you know what someone means when they say it. Don't you? I mean when someone says they want to be toned I know what they mean. They want more muscle definition. Why is someone using a technically incorrect, but common usage term, so irritating?

Your muscle is either growing and/or getting stronger or getting smaller and weaker. That's it. Body fat that covers your muscles hides DETAIL and DEFINITION. The less body fat you have, the more detail and definition you have. So when someone says they want to be "toned" and not "bulky" or "muscly" they are in others words really implying that they don't want their body fat to be too low. That's it.

Are you saying that muscles can never remain at their current state. They must always be changing by getting smaller or larger? I'm sorry but I just don't think that is true. And it would definitely be in direct contrast to the "women don't get bulky" argument becasuse it suggests that if a woman keeps lifting their muscles will continually grow and grow and grow.

I use the word toned all the time and I've been chastised on here for doing so, but I when I use it I do mean that I don't want my body fat to drop too low, but I want some muscles beneath it. I like my curves but I understand that I need muscle and fat to keep them.

tone tone tone tone tone


toneeeee

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I'm working on "toning", I want to be "toned", hoping to "tone", and really like it when other people look 'toned'
tone, tone, tone, tone, tone, tone.....

This thread reminds me of watching a movie with my husband and the actor/actress says "looks like he used a silencer" and my husband freaks out and screams at the TV "It's a supressor!!!" Ya whatever. No one cares.... he used a supressor, COMMONLY KNOWN as a silencer. POINT? Looking for defined muscles, stronger muscles, grown muscles.... commonly known as TONED MUSCLES. Jesus what a pointless thread. I'm bored or I wouldn't have wasted my time with a response.

+1

And another +1

IMHO only here. Oylmpic lifts are highly technical moves. I've never done alot of these lifts but it's not all about getting stronger. It's alot about learning the right technique to do the lift properly and efficently. I'm not sure if Olympic lifting is the best example. Even powerlifting has it's technical aspects that atribute to higher lifts.

This. All i heard of that rant was blah blah blah...just saying.
who really cares if someone says "toned/toning/tone"? geez!

Obviously I do. Not that it's any concern of yours. It's kinda like when a pilates instructor says you build long lean muscle, when in truth you can't change the length of your muscle at all. But of course no one in pilates wants to hear that. Carry on.

There really should be an eye rolling smiley...
have fun with your pointless rant. im going to be productive elsewhere. .

I'm going with you my friend :-)

IMHO only here. Oylmpic lifts are highly technical moves. I've never done alot of these lifts but it's not all about getting stronger. It's alot about learning the right technique to do the lift properly and efficently. I'm not sure if Olympic lifting is the best example. Even powerlifting has it's technical aspects that atribute to higher lifts.

They are technical, but particularly at the olympic level having the right form has to a large degree been 'worked out' by everyone. There's different philosophies on how best to do things and such, but they also focus to a very high degree on increasing muscle strength without building mass and being put into a higher weight class.