FITNESS GOAL 2 : Body Toning

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Toning is usually the next fitness goal for those who have achieved healthy BMI range.

What is "being toned" means ?
Being toned refers to a firm body with muscular definition and shape.
The firming up or toning is due to an increase in muscle tissues as well as a low enough body fat percentage to see the body shape.
When we do resistance and strength training, our muscle grows in size and mass therefore it's firmed up.

In order to achieve a toned body, we need to engage in strength / resistance training more as well as maintaining our low percentage of body fat.

Generally, resistance training works well if it produces fatigue between 10 - 15 repetitions.
As for my exercise, I did 3 sets of strength training with cardio exercise in between.
I will start with 15 repetition for 1st set, 12 repetitions for 2nd set and increase the weight, 10 repetitions for 3rd set and increase more weight than the 2nd set.

The benefits for body toning is the more muscle tissue that we add through strength training, the greater our metabolism rate and we are burning more total calories and fat during our rest.

In this case, we could maintain our weight in long term period without going roller coaster.



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