Should Women Lift Like Men – Muscle Tone Myth
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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
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Forum is still the better option. It’s free and easy, and will get more in depthg responses. We could tell you a better article if you told us your question too, but it would already be posted here, so then that would be pointeless… So either here, or the forums essentially are your choices. Personally I’d reccomend the forums, for the above mentioned reasons, and that’s what they are for. Chances are you will have another question, or have a question about the answer you receive.
Excellent article!
By the way, I have a question that’s not related to this. Where can I ask? I don’t want to join the forum just to post once (“one post wonder”).
Very good article Darrin. I’m forever telling people about the exact same thing. Unfortunately, most people are brainwashed into thinking that “more is batter.” While yes, this is partly true, it’s not always about reps, like people take it. It refers more to muscle load or intensity. After about 25 reps anything you do does abiout the same thing, as you put it “endurance.” Even things like plyometrics done for 50 reps don’t even do what they are supposed to do, they just burn. And while yes this feels good, it’s not exactly what is supposed to happen. I feel the burn, combined with infomercials provide the illusion of “burning-fat.”
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