About 3 weeks ago, I met my workout partner at the gym on a Saturday morning and we ran through a new workout sequence that Michael called a "super set." This involved 50 repetitions of a variety of machine equipment exercises set at a medium weight. We did leg presses, seated arm presses, seated tricep push downs, hamstring extensions and seated shoulder presses.
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There are many possible weight lifting exercises that you can do to improve your strength and increase your muscle tone. As a rule, I prefer free weights over machine exercises because machines limit you to one plan of motion. By contrast, free weights force you to use stabilizing muscles which tends to improve tone.
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I recently ran across a very helpful post at the Ririan Project blog. The post, entitled "Top 10 Ways to Build Muscle Mass Fast" summarizes in a very easily understandable fashion the importance of both the type of exercises one must do to build muscle mass and the duration of those exercises. Guest poster Mark McManus also discusses the role of cardio and the importance of eating lean protein.
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