Avoid squats and lunges

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  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,641 Member
    synacious wrote: »
    PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »
    I know it's a "broad strokes" type of thing, but I avoid reading, and rarely take seriously anything with the word "skinny" in the title. It reeks of obsessive vanity, voodoo dieting and neuroticisim.

    Agreed. I love trying different protein/snack bars and the other day at Target I saw a Dark Chocolate Coconut Almond bar that caught my eye. I love that combo together, but when I saw the brand name for the bar "Skinnygirl" I decided to pass on it. The name is very offputting.

    Right? I even went ahead and tried a Skinny Cow strawberry shortcake ice cream sandwich and it tasted like complete *kitten*. Never trusting "skinny" food again.
  • khavogoi
    khavogoi Posts: 1 Member
    Do cardio exercises to burn the fat away, as well as squats, lunges and other strength training exercises to help build muscle. Building muscle will help your legs look more defined and also help in burning more fat.
  • myfightforfitness
    myfightforfitness Posts: 136 Member
    Okay thanks all. How often should I do squats? Everyday or five times a week?
  • myfightforfitness
    myfightforfitness Posts: 136 Member
    Anyone?? Lol
  • Mouse_Potato
    Mouse_Potato Posts: 1,512 Member
    I'm doing SL 5x5, so I do them 3 times a week with 48 hours between workouts for recovery.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    What kind of squats are you doing? What are your goals?

    If they are heavy squats, you need to have a day or more of recovery between sessions. If you just mean bodyweight squats and lunges, it doesn't matter.
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    Rather than avoiding a great exercise for building strength like squats and lunges, I would just avoid click bait blogs like the one you referenced that are going to be filled with pseudoscience and paid advertisements...
  • myfightforfitness
    myfightforfitness Posts: 136 Member
    Thanks everyone!
  • myfightforfitness
    myfightforfitness Posts: 136 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    What kind of squats are you doing? What are your goals?

    If they are heavy squats, you need to have a day or more of recovery between sessions. If you just mean bodyweight squats and lunges, it doesn't matter.

    I'm quite new to these leg exercises so I was going to do them with 3kg dumbbell
  • Noelani1503
    Noelani1503 Posts: 378 Member
    I like you people.

    That is all.
  • unawind
    unawind Posts: 46 Member
    myfightforfitness wrote: »
    Hey all I was reading a blog online which advised not to do squats and lunges as well as other leg exercises.

    Let me explain I have very VERY large thighs.
    And wanted to know if I should do leg muscle exercises to slim them down?

    But the blog I reading said that cardio is the way to go as exercises such as squats make you legs bigger?

    Squatting is one of the most natural human movements. How else do you pick things off the ground? That blog writer is ignorant.
  • Scorpio_Runner
    Scorpio_Runner Posts: 39 Member
    Started doing squats and lunges before bed the last 3 weeks and have noticed my legs are slimming and looking more muscular, especially my quads just above the knee.
  • VintageFeline
    VintageFeline Posts: 6,771 Member
    Drop it like a squat! I have strong, still heavily disguised with fat, legs. And I squat squat and lunge and deadlift and leg lift and curtsy lunge all day long (okay, exaggerating but I do it a lot). It's the way to a shapely butt and legs. Plus strong legs look better, to me personally, than skinny cardio beaten legs (I cardio because food).

    I wouldn't advise just randomly doing 20 squats 3 times a week though, get a proper programme or workout. Heavy lifting there's Stronglifts, NROLFW. Bodyweight, Convict Conditioning, You Are Your Own Gym and weighted/supersets and a whole bunch of other stuff including bodyweight there's YouTube, personal favourite being Fitness Blender.
  • refuseresist
    refuseresist Posts: 934 Member
    I lose fat noticably on my boobage first. Cos they are mostly fat and they are obvious when you look at yourself. So maybe thighs start looking bigger by comparison?
  • Packerjohn
    Packerjohn Posts: 4,855 Member
    Lynnmi07 wrote: »
    I'm going to go against the grain here. I have a couple friends who are "bottom heavy" and have very muscular thighs and large calves and if they do a lot of lower body exercise they get larger. I think it is truly in their genetics. So I think genetics plays a large part in how squats/lunges will affect you.

    Do your friends do a lot of heavy progressive leg exercises? If not, they don't have very muscular legs their legs are likely big because they are fat.

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