| Mk. Well, for toning I do low weights(40lbs) and high repetitions.(5 sets of 30). For strength all I can tell you to do is high weight,low rep. If your trying to max. then you might want to get a spotter...What I did is to increase strength so my muscle mass would be greater and it would be easier to mold and tone. Its like metal-working a little...If you have more iron to work with, then it becomes easier to work with. With a lot more muscle mass, there isnt as much fat in the way of your toning. But if you try to start out with toning, then you have to get rid of alot of fat before toning becomes noticable. So I started with strength training and when I lost body fat and started gaining muscle mass, I started with 25 lbs and did high reps...when 25 became too easy, i moved to 30. then 35 when that got too easy, and so on and so forth up to 40lbs.
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C/1Lt Ret. Henderson
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