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Saturday, February 07, 2015

Can We Please Stop Saying Toning

A major pet peeve when it comes to fitness is the term "toning". It is possibly the biggest garbage term in fitness. Anyone who has studied in a health related field past high school should know this. Muscle tone has a very specific meaning. Your body doesn't act like a rubber chicken because of muscle tone. As it says on the wikipedia page for "Toning Exercises" (unfortunately without citation), "Research and basic anatomical knowledge implies that the notion of specific exercises to improve tone is unfounded." Using the term toning is a sign of ignorance. Stop doing it.

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