So,
my thighs are pretty athletic looking, and therefore are really muscley...but the thing is that it's bulky muscles that make my thighs look really fat. Is there any way to lengthen the muscles in my thighs so they look skinnier? It runs through my family that we don't have the skinniest thighs, but is there a way for me to reverse that, like, can I make my thighs relatively lean?
My number one problem is that the front of my thighs is like a bump of muscle, so they look really big from the side, any way to get rid of/ lengthen the muscle there??
Any additional info is greatly appreciated :)
Thanks
[ Answer this question ] Want to answer more questions in the Health & Fitness category? Maybe give some free advice about: Fitness? ThEDaRkEsTSiDe answered Sunday June 15 2008, 1:06 am: Sadly, the way your thighs appear are entirely genetic if you have noticed other members of your family having similar-looking ones, and if that's the case, that's just how you are made. However, since you do say that they are relatively muscular with a layer of body fat on them, you can continue to do cardiovascular exercise to trim down that layer covering up your muscle. As long as you run, jog, even hit a punching bag, anything that will get your heart beating, your pulse going, and your body breathing more rapidly, your in the process of burning body fat. Another thing that should definitley make you feel good is that as long as your only doing cardiovascular exercise such as running, and eating a low calorie, low carbohydrate diet, it's IMPOSSIBLE to gain more muscle mass underneath the layer of body fat. In order to do that, you would need to do weight training and eat a diet consisting of high carbohyrates and calories, otherwise known as bulking. So with that being said, if you stick to cardio on a normal basis, the layer of body fat should reduce itself and your and your thighs in turn, will appear slimmer. Once you do this for awhile too, your legs will be looking very toned, quite obviously because you have the muscle there, but you won't have the body fat covering it up. I'm almost positive that if you do what I said, you will get the results you're looking for! Wish you the best of luck! Dave [ ThEDaRkEsTSiDe's advice column | Ask ThEDaRkEsTSiDe A Question ]
xxbarbielove answered Saturday June 14 2008, 9:50 pm: Try wall sits. its where you lean against a wall and form a 90 degree anges with your calfs and upper thighs. you will feel the burn and it will make a change in your thighs relativly quick [ xxbarbielove's advice column | Ask xxbarbielove A Question ]
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