Take the 2-minute tour ×  I hear a lot of people talking about
going to the gym to "tone" up their muscles. What they usually
do to improve their tone is to do relatively high reps with
relatively low weights - say 30-50 reps with 30-50% max. These
exercises are done without changing anything else about their
diet or exercise routine. Does this sort of workout successfully
tone specific muscles or a person's entire body?  Clarification:
I'm using the word "tone" to mean "improving the shapeliness of
existing muscle" rather than the scientific definition "muscle
tension at rest".  share|improve this question You mean they
want to get bigger or leaner muscles? –  Ivo Flipse Mar 14 '11
at 19:12 Certainly not bigger, and they never say leaner. Just
"toned". –  Sparafusile Mar 15 '11 at 10:54 add comment  5
Answers  up vote 13 down vote accepted  Toning exercises are
done to teach the body to more efficiently conserve it's
resources (such as oxygen) and to build endurance. Doing that
many reps with that light of w