Weight training

[Megan]

Hi, I wonder if anyone can advise on weight training, I want to tone and lengthen rather than build bulk. Is it better to lift light weights or use my own body as the weight?

[Tanya]

I think either would be suitable, or even resistance bands. maybe you could start by using your own body weight and see how that works for you and then add in weights as you see fit.

[Louise]

Is there a reason why you are thinking of weight training to lengthen and tone, as oppose to other forms of exercise?

[Yogi001]

Hi, I wonder if anyone can advise on weight training, I want to tone and lengthen rather than build bulk. Is it better to lift light weights or use my own body as the weight?

Yoga can achieve this without the need to lift weights, have you tried it?

[Megan]

Yoga can achieve this without the need to lift weights, have you tried it?

I have tried yoga, although not consistently. Surely, the benefits from yoga would take a long time to be fully realised and would take longer to achieve in daily practice, whereas weights can be achieved in short bursts of 10-20 minutes and the results would be seen a lot quicker.

[Rainbow]

Weightlifting will produce bulk quickly, but not tone and length. You may find you will have equally as good results with yoga in the same time frame, but you will get all the benefits of yoga too.