Best Exercises to Tone the Whole Body

There are many exercises to choose from. It is possible to tone the whole body by just performing 3 basic exercises. Toning the body with fewer exercises means more time could be spend burning fat. Also, on some days if time is limited a quick body workout would be better than no workout at all!

As muscles are toned they actually build up slightly as more protein is packed into the myofibril part of the cell to make the cell more dense, this is how the muscle becomes firm. Toning the body is best achieved by performing basic muscle building exercises.

The best exercises to tone body

• Squats
  They mainly stress the quadriceps (thighs), lower back and the buttocks, they also place secondary stress on the hamstrings, carves, back and abdomen areas.
• Bench Presses
  This exercise stresses the chest, triceps and shoulders.
• Chin Ups
  This rowing movement can be just as effective as chins and stresses the upper back, biceps and forearms.

Performe them together in the same workout in only 20 minutes. These are anaerobic exercises that burn predominantly carbohydrates for fuel but they stress numerous different muscles groups at the same time. They are so effective that they will tone the body within weeks providing each workout has no other exercises and the resistance used is gradually increased.

After toning the whole body it would be great to lose all excess fat to enable your newly toned muscles to show through. The best way to lose excess fat around the abs and other areas is to do plenty of aerobic work. Aerobics burns a higher percentage of body fat but this form of exercise doesn't burn a lot of total calories so it will take time, if toning the body and burning the fat was easy everyone would be looking great.