Leg slimming exercises?

ninerbuff

jtegirl1 wrote: »

ninerbuff wrote: »

jtegirl1 wrote: »

ninerbuff wrote: »

Tried30UserNames wrote: »

Tracy Anderson has a lot of workouts she says are designed to give you more of a lean dancer's look rather than a lean weight lifter's look. It's too soon for me to tell if it's working for my legs, but it has worked rather dramatically for my arms in just a couple months.

Tracy Anderson is a wack. She doesn't even have certification from any recognized organization of exercise. She and "Gwyneth" are lean for on main reason....................they eat like birds and have MINIMAL lean muscle.
And if you know anything about dancer's, most of them are lean because they too eat very little with many bordering on eating disorders to meet a look that's desired by the industry.

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Sorry to quote you ninerbuff, not negating what you've said, but I had to add my 2 cents regarding dancers bodies. I don't know anything about this Tracy person, but I will say that dancers don't only look long and lean because of their diet but also because of their body type. They typically have longer limbs. Someone with shorter limbs will have a much harder time looking as lean as a dancer. You can't change your body in that way.

OP, I think your legs look great. As so many have said before me, embrace them. It took me until my mid 40's to embrace my inner thighs. I hated them my entire life and thought they were fat. For some reason, all it took was someone complimenting them and I've been ok with them ever since. Weird how our perceptions of ourselves change with age.

Incorrect. My wife is an instructor at a Dance studio. I'm not tall at all and many of the dancers are a good 2 inches shorter than me. So their limbs aren't that long. In fact many ballet companies have female dancers at an average height of 5'5" or 167cm. It's NOT the limb length, it's the proportion to the body. Longer neck, shorter torso and small hips. Having less muscle give the "illusion" of having a leaner longer body.

http://dancemagazine.com.au/2011/07/the-ideal-ballet-body/
The height requirements of dancers are really designated by the ballet companies hiring. Most ballet company’s average height for a female is approximately 167cm. However, in Europe some companies require females to be no taller than the traditional 165cm, while others have a minimum height of 173cm. One company I know has their lead female principal dancer at a height of 184 cm!




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I never said anything about height and I said I wasn't negating what you said. I said they look long and lean because of their body type, which you also said in your response.

Your quote was " They typically have longer limbs. Someone with shorter limbs will have a much harder time looking as lean as a dancer. You can't change your body in that way.".
A shorter person will have shorter limbs than someone who's taller even if the body type is the same. If a person looks longer and leaner, it's due to lower body fat and the percentage of skeletal muscle they have on their frame regardless of limb length.

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KiwiLifter

You honestly look amazing. I know some women who would crawl over broken glass for your legs. Tracy Anderson is terrible.

dutchandkiwi

Your body will decide where it will slim - my body prefer to store fat on the legs too. All I can do is tone them as much as I can. Similar to what you are doing plus cycling. My position is that I can't fight my genes, but I can at least try to make them as shapely as possible.

Amys712

dutchandkiwi wrote: »

Your body will decide where it will slim - my body prefer to store fat on the legs too. All I can do is tone them as much as I can. Similar to what you are doing plus cycling. My position is that I can't fight my genes, but I can at least try to make them as shapely as possible.

Cycling is a good suggestion too! Yeah, I agree. My shape will never change and I'm OK with that. I guess I just want them to look as good as possible. Hopefully getting to my goal weight will help. I'm OK with the curves. Just wish my legs weren't as close of friends as they are. Ha ha.

It sounds like there are quite a few other women on here to have a similar shape though. Even that is comforting. It's just not the typical white girl body type and I have to be careful not to compare.

Amys712

KiwiLifter wrote: »

You honestly look amazing. I know some women who would crawl over broken glass for your legs. Tracy Anderson is terrible.

Thanks. I appreciate the compliment.

MelanieCN77

6 years of skating roller derby have got me some chunky thighs and decent calves. If I ever wonder what slimmer thighs would look like I think of all the strength and ability I'd be lacking instead. Plus everyone's body is going to look like what it looks like within a certain limit, who's to say certain shapes are even achievable?

dutchandkiwi

Amys712 wrote: »

. Even that is comforting. It's just not the typical white girl body type and I have to be careful not to compare.

Well my grandmother hails from the Dutch/German Border in the north. She told me my great grand mother had exactly the same shape and always called it the Prussian body type. (part of my ancestry is from there) (Prussia) And I have to admit I have always been more comfortable with German sizing than slender, tall Dutch sizing

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