How to Do Weights - Bulking Vs Toning
Let's look at this logically. Lighter weights can be lifted many more times without tiring the arms. There is a longer period of sustained strain on the muscles being exercised, and the burn that you experience from doing weights generally "sinks in" much more slowly. This is known as toning your muscles; you're steadily burning the fat around your arm muscles, simultaneously strengthening your muscles by incrementally increasing muscle density. If you want to get big muscles, this isn't the best way to do it, simply because you're increasing the muscle thickness too slowly. There is a more efficient way to get big muscles and this is by bulking.
Want to get big muscles quicker? You've got to use light and heavy weights to bulk to maximum effect. If you've only got heavy weights, that's fine too. The basic theory of bulking is to basically lift heavier weights that you can manage over a long period of time. It's feeling that burn in your arms much earlier in the set. You experience something called muscle overload. This is not a bad thing. You know you've got muscle overload when you have really hard muscles after a workout and you physically cannot lift anymore weights, even if your life depended on it. It's almost as if your arms are paralyzed.
So there you have it. A short guide on not only how to tone your muscles but also how to bulk your muscles as well. There really is nothing to it. The only thing in your part that you have to do is put in some effort and whether you want to tone or bulk, you should see results in no time.
