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Anonymous
Toning (muscle tonus) exists, it just has nothing to do with your bodyfat, or appearing lean. It's an electrophysiological phenomenon caused by constant low level ion flow through muscle cell membranes that results in muscles being firm even at rest. It can be thought of as your muscles readiness to perform work, and good "tone" is best achieved through strength training.
For example, compare three individuals with identical bodyfat percentages, one a sedentary individual, another a triathlete, and the third is an Olympic weightlifter. If you were to poke their relaxed quads, the sedentary person's would be soft, the endurance athletes would be firmer but not rock solid like the Oly lifter, because the Oly lifters training for maximum strength has produced high levels of "tone."
Now, most people are under the misconception that toning means using high reps/low weight to somehow spot reduce or something. Or that being toned means having an overall lean look. In the context of /fit/ where most people don't know shit, and have no reason to refer to tonus as it's actually scientific meaning, it's probably best to just pretend that toning doesn't exist and keep using Kermit to mock those that would suggest otherwise.
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