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Question About Upper Body Toning

I read this article:

http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/exercise/body_toning/upper_body.htm

It says its an 8 minute exercise and will take a few weeks to see results. But what if I did the routine (over and over) for say an hour? Would I get results quicker or not?

Also, any exercises that don't involve sit ups for toning the abs would be cool.

Reply 1

Freezer

1

Right..... Toning is done through latic acid breaking the muscle fibres and building them back stronger, hence you're toning.

If you repeat the excercise over and over, and faitgue the muscles aka you keep doing it till it hurts and stop when you can't physically do anymore, you are breaking down muscle fibres and hence will build muscle...

I'm not an expert but I am pretty toned and built and found by faitguing you build muscle more than tone, hence when toning use light objects for resistance

Reply 2

cksjohns

1

do more + eat less = lose weight

it really is that simple.

if these exercises are your way of 'doing more' then go for it

Reply 3

Sabre

6

cksjohns

do more + eat less = lose weight

it really is that simple.

if these exercises are your way of 'doing more' then go for it

Don't eat less! Do more and eat the same because if you eat less your metabolism will lower and you won't have enough energy to do the weights or exercises your doing to tone up.

Reply 4

Anonymous #1

OP

No I don't want to lose weight!

I want to tone up a bit and lose some very tiny bits of flab I have. I'm male, 11st ish and 5'9"

Thanks for the replies...so I should just do the quick 8 minute workout?

Once a day or once every other day? It doesnt seem that strenuous...

Reply 5

I am not Gerald

Anonymous

It says its an 8 minute exercise and will take a few weeks to see results. But what if I did the routine (over and over) for say an hour? Would I get results quicker or not?

Basically, when you exercise your muscles, you're tearing the muscle fibres, and when these repair themselves, more grow back than were there before, so the muscle gets bigger and stronger.

You can build up two types of muscle, ripped or bulk. If you want to build up ripped muscle (what this article is suggesting), you're ideally meant to tear the muscle fibres bit by bit, by doing light exercises over long periods. So for ripped muscle, the longer you do the exercises the better, doing them for 1hr every day should be great.

If you want bulk muscle, you basically completely rip as many muscle fibres as you possibly can, by lifting weights and putting your muscles under as much strain as possible.

Ripped muscle

Bulk muscle

Also keep in mind that the type of muscle you can build up is usually determined by your body type, which is split up in to three types.Click. Ectomorph are idea for ripped muscle, Endomorph is ideal for bulk. Mesomorph can choose either way.

Also, any exercises that don't involve sit ups for toning the abs would be cool.

Lie down on your back, and raise both of your feet of the ground by around 5 inches. Hold that position for as long as you can and time yourself. Each day try and hold it for an extra 10 seconds or as much as you can.

Reply 6

SunburnedCactus

11

Crunches for abs. Not sit ups.

Reply 7

Duck and Cover

15

I am not Gerald

Lie down on your back, and raise both of your feet of the ground by around 5 inches. Hold that position for as long as you can and time yourself. Each day try and hold it for an extra 10 seconds or as much as you can.

This is actually amazing. Plus it's fun at the same time!

Reply 8

gooner88

10

I am not Gerald

Lie down on your back, and raise both of your feet of the ground by around 5 inches. Hold that position for as long as you can and time yourself. Each day try and hold it for an extra 10 seconds or as much as you can.

i find that really hard... can only do 1 minute.
but its much better than situps.

Reply 9

CorpusNinja

15

I am not Gerald

You can build up two types of muscle, ripped or bulk.
Ripped muscle
Bulk muscle

there aren't two types for bulk/ripped. the pics you've seen just show bruce lee with very low bodyfat (hence looking ripped) and a bodybuilder with FAR more muscle fibres and just as low bodyfat (but he looks bigger thats all).

to OP plz read http://exercise.about.com/cs/weightloss/a/toning.htm as i found it clears up the issue pretty conclusively. muscles get bigger or smaller and definition (toning) occurs only by losing bodyfat. pretty simple.

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