Talk:Toning exercises

This article, while short, is quite propagandistic and otherwise useless. To wit: "the size of the muscle can change, but not the shape" is ludicrous, as a less bulky muscle stretching the same distance will have a different shape and also look longer; low-weight high repetition exercises will tend to reduce bulk achieving this longer/slimmer effect. Similarly, the assertion "A muscle cannot be 'lengthened' or 'shortened' because neither the insertion of the muscle at the joint, nor the length of the tendons attaching the muscle to the bone, can be changed." is directly false; flexing and extending joints will change the length of attached muscles. This is quite relevant because one of the most beneficial reasons to increase Muscle_tone is to counteract dominant muscle tone of the opposing muscle group. For instance most people are quadriceps-dominant due to the common activity patterns and this causes a forward tilt to the pelvis resulting in lordosis and back pain; increasing hamstring tone Muscle_tone can counteract this and improve comfort.

The second part of the second section ("..however criticized as poor-quality and inefficient.") assumes without justification secondary goals for toning exercises besides increasing tone. Yes low-weight high repetition exercises are alsmot useless for weight loss (except as opposed to even less exercise), but they are an efficient way to improve Muscle_tone which is a medically defined quality.64.71.2.189 (talk) 18:36, 18 January 2013 (UTC)