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Subject: Re: Question about using weights

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Deb

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Date Posted: 07:46:25 01/10/05 Mon
In reply to: Chocolate 's message, "Re: Question about using weights" on 01:03:01 01/10/05 Mon

>The deal with weights is that you will if:
>1) you do more exercises with a low weight (like 5
>lbs) you will not gain a lot (no more than 3 lbs) and
>you will tone your muscle
>2) you do less exercises with a heavy weight (just to
>see how far you can go, like body builders do) you
>will gain more and on top of toning you will create a
>big muscle (also like body builders have)
>
>What you should probably do is more repetative
>exercises with the low weight and you will just gain a
>little muscle weight, your metabolism will work faster
>and you will get that pretty toned body.
>
>Chocolate

I use 2 lb weights for arm exercises...for me, 5 lbs is too much and I would gain too much sculpted muscle - the 2 lb works good for light toning (of course that could just be me).

Deb

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