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  2. Your Body Never Forgets Muscle. So Here's How Long It ... - AOL

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    Muscle memory helps you get back into shape faster after a break, makes complex movements feel more intuitive, and allows you to transition between similar activities easier (think: from tennis to ...

  3. Toning exercises - Wikipedia

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    Research and basic anatomical knowledge imply that the notion of specific exercises to improve tone is unfounded. Exercises can aid fat loss or stimulate muscle hypertrophy, but cannot otherwise improve tone. [1] The size of the muscle can change, as can the amount of fat covering the muscle, but the 'shape' cannot. The words "tone" and "toning ...

  4. Facial toning - Wikipedia

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    Due to the rising rate of sedentary lifestyles and stressors related to inflammation and aging in many parts of the world, facial toning exercises focus on stimulating the muscles, skin, and lymphatic systems, with the belief that strengthening specific muscle groups can help tighten and plump the outer layer of skin. Most facial toning ...

  5. General fitness training - Wikipedia

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    Diet itself helps to increase calorie burning by boosting metabolism, a process further enhanced while gaining more lean muscle. An aerobic exercise program can burn fat and increase the basal metabolic rate (BMR) in obese adults, studies show that through proper diet over the span of 6 months in obese adults has shown a positive correlation in fitness and mood, as well as a weight loss ...

  6. Muscle tone - Wikipedia

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    Normally, people are unaware of their muscle tone in their daily activities. The body maintains the balance between the tone of flexor and extensor muscle groups. Sometimes, in normal, healthy people, that tone is lost either in flexors or extensor muscle groups in isolation, temporarily and intermittently resulting in muscle cramps. Treating ...

  7. Using too much weight, lifting with your back instead of the legs, and even the wrong hand grip can result in pain and injuries. These include muscle strains, torn rotator cuffs, patellar ...

  8. ‘I Started Working Out At 71. A Year Later, 50 Percent Of My ...

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    I set a goal to transform 50 percent of my body weight into muscle within a year. So, I took Orangetheory circuit training classes three times a week, working on both strength training and cardio.

  9. Stretch marks - Wikipedia

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    Collagen and elastin are proteins in the skin that contribute to the skin's strength, resilience, flexibility, and help skin that has been stretched to recover its original state. Boosting the production of collagen and elastin helps prevent stretch marks from occurring. [18] Stretch marks can also derive from nutritional deficiencies.