How to Tone Your Body With Full Body Toning Workouts
We all have a different set of fitness goals but toning up seems to be the most common. A toned physique can take time to fully form, but the results are seen through a more defined appearance even when at rest. There are two elements to consider when toning your body: building strength and reducing body fat percentage. Each hold benefits beyond muscle definition and can be gained through consistent exercise. To help you stay motivated and achieve your body toning goals, let’s unpack how body toning exercises can benefit your overall fitness and how to get there.
The benefits of body toning exercise
Body toning workouts generally include a combination of strength training and cardio workouts. These exercises don’t just help with toning, they can add to your overall health and wellness. Here are some of the benefits you can expect from FS8 workouts to tone the body.
- Strength: Achieving a toned body requires muscle building exercises so naturally, your strength should increase.
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Mobility: Static strength training is important to help tone the body and provides the bonus benefit of helping to improve mobility.
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Stamina: Conditioning exercises support a body toning workout plan and can help enhance stamina and cardiovascular endurance.
If you’re after a workout plan that can help you tone up and contribute to your broader health, find your nearest FS8 studio. Now read on to learn the best way to tone the body for long term results.
How to tone muscle in 4 ways
So, why is FS8 so effective? We take a holistic and functional approach to training that considers your lifestyle alongside your fitness goals. This same ethos informs our four key concepts to achieve and maintain a toned physique.
- High intensity workouts built from low impact exercises.
- Training with a focus on strength and resistance.
- A weekly conditioning session to support your body toning workout plan.
- Creating a workout plan that’s sustainable for your lifestyle.
Let’s have a deeper look at each of these training concepts and which FS8 workouts are best for toning up.
1. High intensity, low impact
High intensity training is essential to achieving a toned physique. Intensity refers to working your body to a state of fatigue – by getting your heartrate up in interval training or completing multiple reps. While high intensity exercise means working your body hard, it doesn’t mean you need to put your body through harsh impact. Low impact exercises don’t put needless strain on your body, so you can work up a sweat and still protect your body from risk of injury. FS8 body toning exercises are built around this concept of high intensity, low impact exercise.
2. Strength and resistance
Body tone is all about creating muscle definition even when at rest, so workouts to tone your body need to target strength building and resistance. Resistance based workouts, like pilates, are a great workout style to build strength. Workouts that incorporate activation bands, dumbbells, and body weighted exercises are ideal for toning up, and can be experienced in our strength-based classes. Yoga usually involves static strength exercises which also support toning and flexibility overall through slower based movements.
3. Full body conditioning
Conditioning workouts aim to increase stamina and cardiovascular endurance, so they are a key element in supporting a body toning workout plan. Conditioning workouts are made up of exercises with lighter weights but consist of a higher rep count. While conditioning alone won’t create a toned physique, it’s an important element to help bolster your strength training. You can do this by incorporating a weekly full body conditioning session into your workout plan, like our FS8 Hybrid classes, which consist of a mix of cardio and strength exercises.
4. Keep it sustainable
Working out isn’t just about physical health and looking good, it can be one of the best ways to relieve stress and care for your mental health . No workout plan will provide these benefits if it doesn’t end up sustainable. It’s important that your body toning workout plan is tailored to both your fitness goals and your lifestyle needs. It can be helpful to find group fitness classes, so you have the support of a likeminded community to keep you motivated.