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slimming down
I'm an athlete. But I'm not like super-lean or anything. I'm pretty bulky, especially in my lower body/butt. It's not because I'm fat- I'm just solid there, and it's hard for me to find shorts/pants that fit well. I want to slim down some, so how do I do this? I run often, but I know that builds muscle also, so should I cut back on my food intake more? Or work out more? I don't want to be any more muscular, just smaller and more toned.
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Hey there.
Whether or not you get more muscular really depends on how you work out. The more intense the workout the more musclar you will appear.
So to achieve your goals you need to focus on two things. The first is your diet. You need a calorie deficit and to eat sensible balanced meals. Second focus on longer lasting low intensity workouts. Running is good, just keep it slow and steady.
The body will quite naturally get rid of unused muscle, so if you avoid explosive/ strength/ other high intensity movements you should get smaller in those areas. Genetics do play a role here though. We all belong to different body type classifications which make it easier or harder to look a certain way. However it can be done.
Simillarly the body will try to adapt to the stress that you expose it to. If you train like an endurance athlete, you will start to look more and more like an endurance athlete (bet you have never seen anyone with a big butt win a marathon :D).
Then, all you have to do is experiment a bit with your calories and the amount of exercise that you do in order to get the desired level of weight loss- which ideally should also be slow and steady.
This should work, but it may take some time to lose some of the muscle mass.
Good luck.
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You sound like me! :D
Okay, so I've been doing these crunches at night to help make my little tummy fat more tight. Lay flat on the ground, do 20(or however many, then bend your knees do 20, then raise your feet off the ground with your knees still bent, do 20, your legs straight up in the air, do 20, then work your way down again, it hurts, but I have seen some difference. Then I put something that will raise my lower body up, and I do leg lifts to work my lower abs where my tummy has that little belly fat, its been working. Now if you have hips with little fat on them I do side crunches on a big ball, it works great. To make them more intense get some weight and hold it above your head. I hope I helped!
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