Help Im Trying To Get Toned!

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  • jmvane15
    jmvane15 Posts: 28
    not bad. You should totally take up swimming. That's a great way to get fit. It also tones your body.
  • TiffaniBarrett
    TiffaniBarrett Posts: 369 Member
    not bad. You should totally take up swimming. That's a great way to get fit. It also tones your body.

    Im not sure I have time to swim... lol :-) x
  • songbyrdsweet
    songbyrdsweet Posts: 5,691 Member
    Yep its impossible to tone a muscle, you can look toned but you can't tone. Its often so misused that i think it should be taken from the exercise community as a whole

    Agreed! The word makes my skin crawl.

    Also, cardio before/after doesn't matter. You won't use all your stored glycogen in one 25 minute cardio session.
  • jonbairam11
    jonbairam11 Posts: 37
    I would suggest you try a BODYPUMP class twice a week. It will work your entire body and core also. You will get shaped and stronger. You can adjust the weights to be as heavy or light as you feel comfortable with. When you train with others it tends to motivate you a little more, you will do those last two reps or sit ups and not give up. You will also burn about 400 calories in the class, this will then continue at a high level with the after burn. THis twinned with a few cardio sessions should make you as lean as you want to be.
  • Mdin1029
    Mdin1029 Posts: 456 Member
    Get a Jillian Michael's DVD. No More Trouble Zones sounds perfect for the days you aren't doing cardio. It is hard at first if you have never done it. Even 30 Day Shred may be a good place to start.
  • kcthatsme
    kcthatsme Posts: 5,136 Member
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  • missdelarocha
    missdelarocha Posts: 32 Member
    Another reason to lift first! You can really concentrate on form and make sure you're putting 100% into your lifts, cardio is also good for your heart but doesn't do as much for toning.

    I agree with working smaller amounts of body groups each day.

    Remember to lift heavy with low reps!
  • committomittxoxo
    committomittxoxo Posts: 339 Member
    BizzidiBump!! Good advice and good question!! Thanks! :)
  • Matt_Wild
    Matt_Wild Posts: 2,673 Member
    Weigthts always first. Strength for weights and cardio for conditioning once blood sugar levels will have dropped due to glycogen depletion thro lifting of weights.

    As for how to get 'toned' it doesn't exist - you either build muscle or lose fat. I'd recommend lifting heavy compound movements which involve the whole areas of body (squat/deadlift/bench) and having less isolation movements which isolate a small part.

    You should do between 3 and 6 sets and 8-12 reps and for the average gym goer, 3-4 exercises per body part.

    You won't get bulky like some women fear since you need enough calories to put on mass.
  • snaggly
    snaggly Posts: 48 Member
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  • Spamee
    Spamee Posts: 148 Member
    bump for later
  • williamkuntz
    williamkuntz Posts: 2
    Seems like no-one has touched on the idea that to get toned not only requires cardio to burn fat but weight training, and not heavy lifting that's for building muscle. LOW weight and HIGH REP at all strength training is the KEY to getting that toned look.
  • Rae6503
    Rae6503 Posts: 6,294 Member
    Seems like no-one has touched on the idea that to get toned not only requires cardio to burn fat but weight training, and not heavy lifting that's for building muscle. LOW weight and HIGH REP at all strength training is the KEY to getting that toned look.

    Nope. The "low weight, high rep" thing is a big myth. Heavy lifting won't build muscle if you are on a calorie deficit but it will do the most to increase strength and preserve muscle mass as you lose.
  • agibson0430
    agibson0430 Posts: 27 Member
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  • mattkellett
    mattkellett Posts: 82
    my routine for myself is

    Monday: chest and biceps, cardio at night
    Tuesday: back and triceps, cardio at night
    Wednesday: legs and shoulders, cardio at night
    Thursday: chest and biceps, cardio at night
    Friday: back and triceps, cardio at night
    Saturday: walking cardio whenever throughout the day
    Sunday: walking cardio , if I feel like it.

    I have very specific goals, my clients will, have different workout in align with goals and what phase they are in.
  • mattkellett
    mattkellett Posts: 82
    your right, when women come to me to train and sy " I want to get toned" I smile and say you are sugar coating the fact you need to lose the fat around the muscle you already have. of course I am nice about it : )
  • SeaSiren1
    SeaSiren1 Posts: 242 Member
    Weigthts always first. Strength for weights and cardio for conditioning once blood sugar levels will have dropped due to glycogen depletion thro lifting of weights.

    As for how to get 'toned' it doesn't exist - you either build muscle or lose fat. I'd recommend lifting heavy compound movements which involve the whole areas of body (squat/deadlift/bench) and having less isolation movements which isolate a small part.

    You should do between 3 and 6 sets and 8-12 reps and for the average gym goer, 3-4 exercises per body part.

    You won't get bulky like some women fear since you need enough calories to put on mass.

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  • feysheart
    feysheart Posts: 9
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