Toning Exercises to look
younger, fitter and more beautiful.
Doing toning exercises regularly will increase your beauty in many
ways and make you look younger.
Toning exercises that raise your heart rate are good for your cardio-vascular system, blood will be pumped around your system and your whole body will benefit.
It's a well known fact that if you keep your body toned and active then you will slow down the aging process and you are
also less likely to become frail and weak as you grow older.
Toned and supple muscles add to your quality of movement, you will become more balanced and therefore more beautiful.
Youthful skin needs a plentiful superior blood supply to produce new good quality skin cells that appear translucent.
Toning Exercises Benefits
You will:
Be more balanced
Have long and toned muscles
Look younger
Improve your blood circulation
Improve your stamina
Be fitter and stronger
Streamline your body
Toning exercises
can be done with or without weights, depending on your present level of fitness.
I find starting a new exercise without weights is best, and then progress to using weights when you can do the exercises easily without them.
I use the York 10kg Vinyl Fitbell Kit in a Case because
you get three sets of different weights in one kit. This means I
can vary the weights according to the toning exercises I'm doing and it also means I can increase the resistance as I get stronger and
fitter. I've found these weights ideal because they're easy to hold and use.
Do not over do it. A strained or pulled muscle will take time to heal and set your
fitness program back. It’s always best to start slow and build up your strength and stamina as time goes on.
Always build on what you have already accomplished, pushing yourself just a little bit further every time you do your toning exercises.
Toning Exercises for Your Whole Body
Star Jumps are an easy exercise to start with; this will help to increase your heart rate and stamina.
Begin by standing with feet together and arms
by your sides. Next, jump and land with your arms and legs outstretched so that your body forms an
X shape. Now jump again and bring your arms and legs back to their starting position i.e. feet together and arms
by your sides.
Aim to do as many as you can comfortably, for instance start with 10 star jumps and then add 10 a day so you progress to doing 20,30,40,50 star jumps every time you do your toning exercises.
Squats are good for upper
leg muscles, thighs, back and tummy muscles.
Begin with feet slightly more than shoulder width apart and hands on hips. Make sure your feet are at an angle, not pointing straight ahead. They should point in the same direction as your knees when you lower your body, so start with them pointing at ten
past ten on a clock face.
Bend at your knees and hips so that your
knees are over your feet and both your feet and knees are pointing in
the same direction.
As you bend your knees and lower yourself into the squat position keep your torso upright and your back straight.
As you go down, raise your arms to shoulder level out in front of you. Stand up and place your hands back onto you hips.
As with the star jumps, start with 10 squats and aim to build up to 50.
Jogging on the spot is good for improving blood circulation by raising your heart rate and for toning up leg and tummy muscles.
I find it easier to do this toning exercise bare foot. Jogging on the spot can either be done with your hands on your hips or by pumping your arms in time with your legs as you would if you were jogging outside.
Put as much energy as you can into your jogging and aim to jog for 1 minute to begin with and work your way up to 10 minutes.
Pay close attention to your recovery time, the amount of time it takes
for your heart rate to return to normal after you have finished jogging on the spot. The more often you jog and the fitter you become your heart rate will return to normal quicker. Take care not to over do this toning exercise, progress slowly as your fitness levels and stamina increase.
Fitness Stepper - Use a fitness stepper to tone up buttocks, thighs, hips, stomach and arms with a workout in the comfort of your own home. This method of exercise has an average calorie-burn rate of 500 per
hour and the harder you work, the better the results.
You can use it as much or as little as you like; that’s the beauty of a stepper. For maximum results though, you should strive to keep to a twenty-minute daily workout. This will ensure that you're burning enough calories to encourage as much muscle toning and weight loss as possible.
How fast you tone up depends on how often you do toning exercises and how unfit you are now.
I do toning exercises everyday, sometimes
twice a day – morning and afternoon.
If you commit yourself and set aside time everyday you should see a marked improvement in your body shape and tone in as little as four weeks. You will actually feel fitter and more energetic after just a few days of doing toning exercises.
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health.
because
you get three sets of different weights in one kit. This means I
can vary the weights according to the toning exercises I'm doing and it also means I can increase the resistance as I get stronger and
fitter. I've found these weights ideal because they're easy to hold and use.
