Hi Raelynn! Come on and post with us on the main thread!
I so agree about "toning" -- muscle can only do one of three things: grow, stay the same, or get smaller. And there is no difference between male and female muscle under a microscope. What IS different is that we don't have the hormones (primarily testosterone, I believe) necessary to develop our muscles like men. So we women cannot "bulk up" like men even if we train like men (which we should).
That being said, I think that if you (male or female) are going for strictly power and mass, you go for higher weight, fewer reps and if you are training for muscle development and definition, you go more for higher reps (like 10-15). But you always lift to failure (when you physically can't complete another rep). It's a complete waste of time to do endless reps with light weights.
Meg
Last edited by Meg; 05-21-2003 at 10:47 AM.
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