The Shake Weight

[SuperMillionaire]

What does toning even mean? Are you trying to tell me that exercise causes Tonus? Because that's not guaranteed.

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Anyway, i think what most people mean when htey say tone is "lose body fat". It is a pretty dumb and misused term anyway.

Girls says "tone" because if they say "gain muscle" they, and their friends, believe that they'll become a she-hulk overnight.

There are plenty of better ways to lose body fat than using the shake weight. Get your ass outside and run around the block, for example.

The thing is, there are two types of muscle physiques: lean and bulky. A lean physique is described as having small and thin, but firmly-sculpted, muscles. A bulky physique is described as having larger and wider muscles. Girls want lean physiques, not bulky physiques, so doing more reps with lower resistance tones your muscles for that lean physique.

"Super Saiyans" don't exist in the real world, and if you want to be a bodybuilder, then you're gonna have to build your body up to lift hundreds (or even thousands) of pounds, and in that case, I don't think the Shake Weight would do you any good, since the principle behind it is to get you lean and toned.

You sir, are a smurfing liar

That's just the hair, and are you sure it isn't just a digitally-modified picture?

[Ouch!]

I'm going with a tub of hair gel over shoppin'.

Also, in regards to the endurance vs. strength debate, while I agree with the general principal that if you train with heavier weights you'll be able to do more reps of lower weights, it will not be to the same degree as if you train specifically for muscle endurance. I'm not talking about significantly lowering the weight used, but rather aiming for between 16-20 repetitions.

Then again, endurance training is for very specific purposes and not really of consequence for general fitness.

Also, SuperMillionaire, don't be silly about the lean and bulky physiques. It's the same type of muscle tissue. Using lower weights doesn't generate a different kind of muscle than using larger weights. Sure, there are guys who are absolutely jacked, but that type of body takes years of using extremely heavy weights in very specific ways with very specific lifting programs to develop. Building that much muscle is very difficult to do. Doing more reps at a lower resistance does not necessarily tone your muscles, and research coming out now is beginning to suggest that it's not really doing much of anything important. Stick with the general fitness guidelines from the ACSM: aim for eight to ten strength-training exercises at eight to twelve repetitions per set at least twice a week. When you can comfortably do twelve repetitions, increase your weight a bit. That'll get you the body you want most effectively.

[Mirage]

There is a difference in fast-twitch/slow-twitch muscle fibers though.

[Unbreakable Will]

What does toning even mean? Are you trying to tell me that exercise causes Tonus? Because that's not guaranteed.

in before
>tone

Anyway, i think what most people mean when htey say tone is "lose body fat". It is a pretty dumb and misused term anyway.

Girls says "tone" because if they say "gain muscle" they, and their friends, believe that they'll become a she-hulk overnight.

There are plenty of better ways to lose body fat than using the shake weight. Get your ass outside and run around the block, for example.

The thing is, there are two types of muscle physiques: lean and bulky. A lean physique is described as having small and thin, but firmly-sculpted, muscles. A bulky physique is described as having larger and wider muscles. Girls want lean physiques, not bulky physiques, so doing more reps with lower resistance tones your muscles for that lean physique.

"Super Saiyans" don't exist in the real world, and if you want to be a bodybuilder, then you're gonna have to build your body up to lift hundreds (or even thousands) of pounds, and in that case, I don't think the Shake Weight would do you any good, since the principle behind it is to get you lean and toned.

You sir, are a smurfing liar

That's just the hair, and are you sure it isn't just a digitally-modified picture?

Sigh this is worse than the time my cousins ruined Santa, I just don't know what to believe!

[NorthernChaosGod]

The thing is, there are two types of muscle physiques: lean and bulky. A lean physique is described as having small and thin, but firmly-sculpted, muscles. A bulky physique is described as having larger and wider muscles. Girls want lean physiques, not bulky physiques, so doing more reps with lower resistance tones your muscles for that lean physique.

You'll only get big by lifting (and eating) to get big. I'd say a good 80% of people don't know what the smurf they're doing or even talking about when it comes to fitness.

[SuperMillionaire]

That's why they have these fitness classes and instructional DVDs.

And yes, nutrition plays a factor in there too.

[NorthernChaosGod]

That doesn't matter, a lot of that stuff is a joke anyway.