I am thinking of getting a resistance tube with handles to do some dry land toning of my legs & arms to help tone and lose fat better (toned muscle burns more fat right?) How do I know whether to get a "light", "medium", or "heavy" resistance? I typically swim 4000-4500m per workout, if that matters. I am thinking medium.
Here are the choices:
Heavy www.swimoutlet.com/.../15424.htm
Medium www.swimoutlet.com/.../15423.htm
Light www.swimoutlet.com/.../15422.htm
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What does "toning" even mean?
You can build muscle by thickening existing fibers or adding new fibers (I think) (hypertrophy), you can lose muscle through not using them (not sure if if you can loser fibers or it's just your existing fibers shrink in diameter)
I think you have to test all 3... you can build strength, power, or endurance.
Strength (how much you can lift in 1 hit) is usually built up through weights
Endurance is how long you can use the muscle... this is typically what you get by being the water. But you can get higher resistance through cords. This is what you'd be doing for a long time, I don't have exact numbers, but probably for at least a minute.
Power is "quick strength"... explosiveness. This to me is the best thing to train with resistance bands. I'm not a strength coach, but from my experience doing sprint bouts with coords for either less than 30 sec/ 15 reps is good for building explosive power.
What does "toning" even mean?
You can build muscle by thickening existing fibers or adding new fibers (I think) (hypertrophy), you can lose muscle through not using them (not sure if if you can loser fibers or it's just your existing fibers shrink in diameter)
I think you have to test all 3... you can build strength, power, or endurance.
Strength (how much you can lift in 1 hit) is usually built up through weights
Endurance is how long you can use the muscle... this is typically what you get by being the water. But you can get higher resistance through cords. This is what you'd be doing for a long time, I don't have exact numbers, but probably for at least a minute.
Power is "quick strength"... explosiveness. This to me is the best thing to train with resistance bands. I'm not a strength coach, but from my experience doing sprint bouts with coords for either less than 30 sec/ 15 reps is good for building explosive power.
