Most of us dream of having a slim and tone body, but for many of us, it just seems out of reach. Fitness gurus will go from saying that we have to spend hours in the gym to being on the cover of a magazine promising fast results if we just try one weird trick. In fact, the entire fitness industry can be awfully confusing and overwhelming for those trying to get started on the journey to a healthier lifestyle.
Luckily, though, you don’t need any gimmicks to get a tone body. In reality, you just need to figure out a workout routine that works for you and your schedule and, if you follow it consistently, you will not need to spend hours in the gym every week in order to get more toned. In fact, many exercise routines can be done at home without any equipment at all!
The real trick is getting your diet under control. After all, your appearance is 80% what you eat. That means you can’t “out exercise” a bad diet. You have to first be eating, and not over-eating, healthy foods while trying to cut out unhealthy and processed foods as much as possible. This is the hard part, obviously, but it’s necessary if you want to tone up.
The other half, once you have your diet figured out, is determining what you want to tone up. Although you can’t “spot reduce”, you can “spot tone”, and that means you can get the legs, arms, or stomach you’ve always wanted so long as you focus on moves that target those areas.
On the other hand, if you want to tone up your entire body, you can do that too by working on different parts of your body on different days and/or by doing a full-body routine with a varied mix of moves in order to target all the areas you want to improve.
No matter where you want to tone up on yourself, you should begin by figuring out what sort of routine you want to commit to in order to do it. For instance, you might want to go to the gym and have an old fashioned weight lifting session. Or, perhaps you’d prefer to stay home and do an ab workout without any equipment. These days, fitness is definitely within reach–you just have to put in the time and effort.
