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Muscle Tone

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Muscle tone is muscle firmness.

Detail

Muscle tone is defined in the source simply as muscle firmness.

Key facts

  • Muscle tone = muscle firmness.

Connections

  • muscle-atrophy — loss of size/firmness with disuse.
  • muscle-hypertrophy — growth from training.
SourceReference manual
p.168p.464p.752
Pages: 168, 464, 752.
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Muscle Atrophy
The wasting away or shrinkage of muscle tissue from lack of use or immobilization.
Muscle Hypertrophy
Growth in muscle size from the enlargement of existing fibers — more and larger actin and myosin filaments plus added sarcomeres — driven by long-term resistance training.