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The most common fallacies in the fitness world

Monday, May 5th, 2008

1.) “Tone can be acquired by lifting a lower weight at high repetitions.”

This statement has been the bane of trainers for years. Simply stated, you cannot “tone” or “bulk” muscles depending on your lifting scheme. Muscles either grow or they don’t. Muscle “tone” or “definition” is acquired by having some level of muscle mass while simultaneously having low body fat. There are only 3 goals related to fitness. One can either… (more…)