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Muscle Tone is somewhat of a myth - lift heavy, eat right to build muscle and lose fat
The Myth Of Muscle Tone
Most women will say they want to
- Lose weight, and
- Improve muscle tone
Notice that these are not in the Ultimate Fitness Goals (UFG) list! Why not?
Because you don’t want to lose weight. You want to shed fat. You could lose weight by losing muscle. Or by cutting off your left arm. What you really want is less fat.
And there is no such thing as “muscle tone”. There’s muscle size and there’s the amount of fat surrounding it. Those two qualities are the only things you control to give birth to the visual impact of your body that some people call “definition”. (There’s also the genetic traits you have for body shape, bone-length & width, muscle insertion points, body part proportions, etc. but you don’t control those.)
Super-High Reps? No
The muscle tone myth leads to the misguided workouts of super high repetitions. You know, going for (more…)
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