What should you do if you suddenly realize that your muscles are flabby or in a bad shape? It means that you should start toning your muscles.
 Here are the advantages of having toned muscles:
1. Toned muscles increase your metabolism significantly. They have a huge impact on your basal metabolic rate (BMR). Due to this you will be able to burn calories 24 hours a day.
2. You will increase your strength if your muscles are toned. It is useful for improving confidence and you will perform your daily activities easier.
3. Due to toned muscles you can improve your posture and avoid injuries.
4. Toned muscles also improve your appearance.
It is not very difficult to tone your muscles. However you shouldn’t make the most common mistake which most people that are weight training for muscle tone often make. This major error reduces the effectiveness of their training and sometimes even makes it useless.
So, the major mistake is to use a very light weight to challenge your muscles. The appropriate weight for the exercise should allow you to do 12 repetitions with it. But the 12-th repetition should be near failure.
If you notice that you can easily do 15 or even more repetitions, it means that the weight is too light. On the contrary, if it is very hard for you to do even 12 repetitions then the weight you have chosen is too heavy.
Some people in the gym who pump iron go through the motions with a very little effort. You should know that their workout won’t give them any positive results. You need to challenge your muscles each workout pushing them to their limit. Only in such way you will be able to have well toned muscles.
If you choose the proper weight for your weight training routines and use an effective technique you will see great results in 6-8 weeks.
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