Toning Tables

Toning Tables: A load of hooey (250 words)
by Tracy_1127 - written on 22.07.08 (Very useful, 2 readings)
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Apologies to those people who think they are getting toned by using toning tables but it's one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard in my life!! I used to work in a health spa that had a room full of these tables and I can honestly say I never saw a trim client who used these who did not do lots of proper toning exercises as well. The women (I'm saying women because at the spa I worked at they were the only ones to use these tables) who only used these and claimed to be dieting never looked more toned. I once broached this with the owner and she insisted I start using them every day to experience first hand how "toning" they were. So a ...

Bums, Legs ?n? Tums (651 words)
by srtom - written on 13.07.04 (Very useful)
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Found in your local gym or by purchasing one, toning tables are handy for the more lazy gym user and primarily used by women to firm those areas they generally like the least about themselves. Adjustable and comfortable, toning tables are a useful way of increasing strength and flexibility in certain parts of the body. As a slightly macho gym user with a propensity to go at the main gym muscle mass exercises of squats, bench press and dead lifts, I had previously shunned these table to the point of forgetting they were even in the gym. However my dislike for cardio vascular exercises meant that I regretfully at the time, tried my hand at ...