Can Women Tone Up Through Weight Training?
Many women fear that if they weight train, they will look masculine, but this isn’t the case. Women lack the testosterone to get large like their male counterparts, and weight training is actually essential for a healthy body, regardless of gender. To “tone up”, you need sufficient muscle mass, and a sufficient lack of body fat. The easiest way to rid yourself of body fat is through diet and exercise. If you restrict the amount of calories you intake, your body will be forced to burn energy from your fat stores. It is generally accepted that cardiovascular exercise combined with a calorie restricted diet is the best way to lose weight, but this is not the case if you want to tone up. By burning this many calories, the body will start to burn energy from your muscle reserves as well as your fat reserves, resulting in a body which isn’t toned at all. As an example of this, compare long distance sprinters to more explosive athletes like 100 meter sprinters or gymnasts. Weight training is
