How to get toned muscles with out getting to big?

Question

I'm trying to get more tone to my muscles and I might need to add some more muscle but i mainly want to get toned
any ideas?

Answer 1

Lots of reps, with light weights.

Answer 2

There are just two extremes, one is substantial loss of mass and the other is substantial increase of mass. If you want to get rid of a lot of fat you need to do aerobics, run a lot, or do weight training with a lot of reps. If you want to add muscle do heavy weights for low reps. If you are taking the weight rep, I would suggest you do someting as similar to as follows:
Bench Presses
warm up about 20 reps x 45 lbs
second set 16 reps x 80 lbs
third set 16 reps x 100 lbs
fourth set 16 reps x 120 lbs
Then do the same for other upper body exercises. If you are working your legs do even more reps. Your lower body can take much more and requires even more reps to get toned. I would suggest something like this:
Squats or Leg Presses
warm up 30 reps x 60 lbs
second set 20 reps x 70 lbs
third set 20 reps x 80 lbs
fourth set 20 reps x 90 lbs

Do about 7 to 10 different exercises. Work upper body M W F and lower body T TH Sa. Once you reach the 20 reps ad 5 pounds to your next work out if you can do 20 reps with 90 lbs on your 4th set of Leg Presses then add 5 to 10 lbs on your next work out. If you like running, run that can result in significant weight loss very quickly and will tone you down very fast.

Answer 3

You want to do more weight less reps, if you do more reps less wieght your just wasting your time. There is a lot of things you could do about this, also protien does not build muscle it just repairs the muscle tissue after the workout. When your sore you have microtears on the muscle tissue and protien repairs it. Your 16 and you need to start eating healthier since your working out. You need your Macro Nutrients which are Carbohydrate, Fats and Protiens. You get your energy mostly from Carbs since your just lifting. Vitamins and minerals dont provide energy they just help the distrubution of energy to your vital organs. I say after your workout try to eat healthy the first 15 min after its very important to replenish the nutrients that you lost while working out. Another important issue is you need to rest your muscles. If you work on your biceps and triceps today tomorrow rest those muscles and workout different muscles. Rest is about 2-3 days for the muscles to fully recover. While you rest certain muscles you could workout other muscles. Be safe and think about the future.

Answer 4

To get toned, you are going to lengthen your existing muscles (and burn the fat from the top of the muscles). This will also make your body dense, which will, in turn, increase your metabolism.

4 sets of 25 reps (free weights or machines) using very light weights.

To get bulky, you would do 3 sets of 4 reps using very heavy weights.

Answer 5

Whitney is wrong, don't drink a lot of protein, that encourages muscle mass. Light weight, several sets, many reps.

It's hard to get big, believe me. It won't happen by accident.

Answer 6

More reps with less weight. Aim for 12-15 reps to failure.

Don't worry about getting too big, though, that's actually pretty rare.

Answer 7

The point is Don't lift weight!! Especially heavy weight! You will gain a lot of muscle mass...

Swimming is the best!

Remark:
Anaerobic exercise is the best!! Have ever see a marathon runner looks like Arnold?

Answer 8

Lower weights, higher reps

Answer 9

More repetitions of exercises with small amounts of weight will do it...and do lots of cardiovascular training to keep you lean..running..biking...stepping...whatever.

Answer 10

Use the weights to achieve your goal and then use minimal to maintain your looks...