Muscle Tone

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Definition

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.

Go deeperMuscle Hypertrophy

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Muscle Tone

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Muscle Atrophy

The wasting away or shrinkage of muscle tissue from lack of use or immobilization.

Muscle Hypertrophy

Hypertrophy is muscle growth from existing fibres getting bigger. In practice it comes from doing enough hard sets (about 10 or more per muscle per week) taken close to failure, over months. The exact load, frequency and fancy techniques matter much less than people think.