how do i tone up after reaching 40 not gym or to full on exercise?
355792
Atrophy is when your muscles become detrained from lack of exercise, a good example of this is when a person breaks a leg and it is in a cast of a long time. When the cast comes off that leg is noticably smaller than the other one due to Atrophy.\n\nIf you do not exercise this is what will become of your body to a lesser degree. Keep on being lazy and you will be one of our nations elderly who can not get up our of bed or brush their teeth due to a extreme case of atrophy.\n\nYou are the sum of your existance so do not waste away. Find some form of exercise even as little as working in your garden or racking leaves.
378629
Cellulite is fatty tissue so you want to do plenty of cardio to burn fat. \n\nTo tone the muscles, you want to do weight machines for the lower body such as the leg press, leg extension, leg curls,hip adductor and hip abductor. \n\nYou also want to do floor exercise and calisthentics such as leg lifts, squats, lunges, step squats, and standing leg lifts. \n\nFinally, you may want to stop eating fried and processed foods and more raw fruits and fresh veggies to help your body cleanse itself and get rid of fats and the toxins it contains.
721715
If you want tone, nothing beats good old fashioned running (esp on incline), stairs, or lounges.\n\nIf you want bulk, try squats, leg curls & extensions.  Higher weight/fewer reps.
692810
oh yeah!! Good question, here's a good answer:\nStart by doing squats, hold about 25-30lbs in each hand squat down, keep your feet shoulder length apart. 15 reps, 4 sets!! DO NOT USE THE SQUATING TECHNIQUE WHERE YOU HOLD THE BAR ON YOUR SHOULDERS, squating 150+ pounds, your knees will turn into putty when your 43 years old!! CALF RAISES!!!!!! do calf raises off steps or any thing that has stairs, just use your own body weight, 25-30 reps, 4 sets trust me it works the best!!!! You will feel the burn and the muscle developement!!! I was dunking when I was 15 years old!!\nRiding bikes help as well!!
1103678
change your exercise routine, if you are not doing weight training start, up the intensity of your cardio
65028
Try working out.  And use weights to tone the curves you want to shape-up.
724864
Pilates - you don't even need to go to the gym to do them, pilates is a great way to tone and firm muscles without adding bulk - you will get lean muscles mass. There may be a class offered in your area or there are tons of videos that you could get: Denise Austin, Crunch, 10 Minute Solution, Mari Windsor, etc.
498541
The answer is very simple, the process can be hard.\nYou need to consume more calories than your body burns.\nBeing that you are a vegetarian, you will want to buy some protein powder. Make smoothies using fruit and,milk and protein.\nEAT EAT EAT.\nNow if you want to tone your muscles as you gain weight, then you need to hit the weights 2-3 times per week. Try to aim around 12 reps per set, doing 2 sets per muscle group.\n For more info visit my site and sign up for the newsletter
387722
Sounds like you need to lift in addition to your cardio, if you're not already.  Lower weights with more reps will help you tone without bulking up.\n\nIt wouldn't hurt to increase your workouts to 3-4 times a week, as well.  No more than 30-40 minutes necessary per day.  \n\nBest of luck!
54050
Buying some free weights is  a good idea and if you are just looking to tone they do not have to be heavy.  3 to 5 pounds each is enough.  This will be great for your upper body.  For lower body squats and lunges are wonderful for your thighs and butt.  Deadlifts are great for your hamstrings.  Stand with knees slightly bent, hold one weight in each hand and bend over from the waist keeping your back very straight.  Bend as far as you can letting weights hang towards the floor.  Slowly come up and repeat 12 to 15 times.  On the last one hold the weights down there and do ten tiny pulses up and down.  Do two to three sets like that and you will feel it in the backs of your thighs the next day.\nThere are many things to do for your legs that don't require equipment but it would take so much room to explain them all.  Try reading fitness magazines, they always have great ideas.
530152
Do some excercises like crunches and all that stuf. It'll make your butt toned too.
377583
well it may be just a heriditary thing.  But you can try doing lots of lunges, lying leg curls, hindu squats http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/mahler19.htm and swimming.  But you'll also have to lower your overall bodyfat.  To tone an area lots of repititions and lower weight.
1029671
Push-ups is an option but it gets really old really quick.  I would recommend getting a weight bench and doing bench presses with two free standing weights.  Not a bench press bar, but two solo weights around 10 to 25 pound each.  (depending how much you can handle.)\n\nWhen you lay down on the bench, push the weights up and inward so your hands start off side by side (seeing the back of your hands) and as you push up, turn your hands in (thumbs holding weight facing you, palms/weights against each other.)\n\nRemember; the lower the weight, the more reps brings toning of the muscle.  Higher weight, less reps brings mass & strength.\n\nHope this helps.
85791
Eat meat.  Youll need the protien to build muscle.  And work out your arms chest and back 2-3 times a week.  Do high wieght / low reps (Don't do too much or you will hurt yourself) .  This will build your muslce faster.  Low weight high reps will just tone you.  It is probably best you start on machines as well because they help you keep correct form and give you more control as far as the amount of resistance.  Try doing pushups with weights on your back(start low), and look into buying a small dumbbell set.
700843
Maybe you will get a little bigger if you gain muscle faster than you lose fat.  If you have just started using weights, then I doubt you just want to "tone" muscle - you can't tone muscle that you don't have, and if you haven't been lifting for a while already, I doubt you have much to tone.  Up your cardio to five times a week, and try making your weight lifting like circuit training - go from one exercise immediately into another, e.g. deadlifts, bicep curls, squat jumps, push ups, repeat five times.
86053
As mentioned above, you can do yoga at home. You can also go outside and walk. Get a cheap set of dumbbells to use at home. You can do some exercise videos at home. There are a lot of ways to exercise without going to the gym. But the key is to do something. That and eat healthy.
60199
#1 if you have a lot of fat start there. Try to lose some of that first. Caridio, better diet, etc.\n\n#2 then just begon to tone up. Less weight more reps 10 - 14. low weight high reps just make you look more bulky.\n\n#3 diet. In order to gain muscle you really need to keep your fat intake to a minimun. Eat food rich in protein, but not to high on carbs. Turkey, Grilled chicken, boiled potatoes, LOTS OF VEGGIES, to start two or three protein shakes are pretty decent. 1 in the morning, 1 after workout, 1 at night. You have to eat 4 - 6 small size meals rather than just three big ones. Don't ever allow yourself to get too hungry. opt for healthy snack like raisens, peanuts, yogurt, fruit, etc. Before you start loading up on any supplements like creatine give your body 6 - 8 weeks to adapt to your new workout. You should begin to see "real" results by then.