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What amount of calories should i be eating to tone muscles?

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Exercise: Only resistance weight training with tone muscles. You will want to maintain a lean protein diet combined with exercise. Cross fit training would be a great choice.

Dr Fowler agreed

Answered 12/2/2014

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