dont worry, you wont be a bodybuilder, dont be scared to lift heavy weights. You could spend 5-10 years lifting heavy weights, and youd never reach 1/4 of the potential of todays bodybuilders naturally so get that thought of "i dont want to be huge" out of your head, cause you wont be.
I like free weights the best as you get a more full range of motion for the exercise, works stablizers and strengthens ligaments and tendons as opposed to machines which are on a sled and only allow a very strict range of motion. Now thats not all bad as it really isolates the targeted muscle groups, so i do use machines from time to time to go really heavy and isolate say a bicep, tricep, quad, delt, etc...
As far as being tone, that look comes with a reduction in body fat. Dont be fooled into thinking you need to do 50 reps with 10lb dumbbells because it burns more calories and tones you out, it doenst. What it does is keep you week, keeps you from building more muscle to give you the look you want.
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