Walking and bulky thighs
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RAD_Fitness wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »If you're progressively increasing the incline on the walk while keeping the same pace you will likely add some mass to your legs. If you are already thicker in the legs and want to avoid adding size, I would keep it at a low/no incline walk.
really? walking adds mass? So you're saying if i walk fast and on an incline i'll gain mass on my legs?
Progressively increasing the incline, yes.
what happens when i get to like a 90 degree incline and can't progress anymore?
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My legs are bulky/muscly af big quads and calves I asked my trainer how I can slim them down and he said that my legs will not get any bigger and I as i continue to lose body fat they will begin to slim.0
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From my personal experience (I hate running but loooovvveee walking), when I walked a ton when I lived in Europe, my calves lost a ton of bulk (I used to have literally square calves) and ever since I started walking on a 0.5-1.5 incline on the treadmill in the past month, my thighs have slimmed down a bit too! However, when I went hiking the Annapurna Circuit, I gained some calf and thigh mass back ):
So imo, as long as the incline is slight, you won't gain any mass (:0 -
I definitely gain muscle on my thighs from incline walking, but it's hardly bulky, it's more like long, streamlined muscle that built up and replaced the fat that I lost from walking and eating right. So if you walk enough, yes you'll gain muscle in your thighs, but it won't make you bulky or add inches.3
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Women tend to lose weight on thighs and hips last... apparently to help with child bearing.
Its a hard life sister!0 -
I definitely gain muscle on my thighs from incline walking, but it's hardly bulky, it's more like long, streamlined muscle that built up and replaced the fat that I lost from walking and eating right. So if you walk enough, yes you'll gain muscle in your thighs, but it won't make you bulky or add inches.
Sounds like you lost fat (woohoo!) and got more definition in your legs because of it... But unlikely any muscle growth. Muscle doesn't "replace" fat, they are completely different things.4 -
Op, I don't want to sound rude, but how do you have 4 hours a day to just walk on a treadmill? Isn't there something else you need to use the time for?5
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What's with all these accidental bulky stories? :huh:
Bulky itself is a very derogatory term in the first place. :noway:4 -
Wait, so OP is eating less calories and losing weight, so that means their mass is dropping. That also means that their resistance (because of weight loss) is also being decreased. The amount of mass you're speaking of here is not even noticeable if ANY at all. Your knowledge is very limited when it comes to actual advice outside of the bro gym. Stick to that with gym bros since they believe in a lot of anecdotal and bro advice.RAD_Fitness wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »If you're progressively increasing the incline on the walk while keeping the same pace you will likely add some mass to your legs. If you are already thicker in the legs and want to avoid adding size, I would keep it at a low/no incline walk.
really? walking adds mass? So you're saying if i walk fast and on an incline i'll gain mass on my legs?
Progressively increasing the incline, yes.
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Wait, so OP is eating less calories and losing weight, so that means their mass is dropping. That also means that their resistance (because of weight loss) is also being decreased. The amount of mass you're speaking of here is not even noticeable if ANY at all. Your knowledge is very limited when it comes to actual advice outside of the bro gym. Stick to that with gym bros since they believe in a lot of anecdotal and bro advice.RAD_Fitness wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »If you're progressively increasing the incline on the walk while keeping the same pace you will likely add some mass to your legs. If you are already thicker in the legs and want to avoid adding size, I would keep it at a low/no incline walk.
really? walking adds mass? So you're saying if i walk fast and on an incline i'll gain mass on my legs?
Progressively increasing the incline, yes.
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The woo is strong with that one! Too bad the physiology isn't... 4 -
livingleanlivingclean wrote: »Op, I don't want to sound rude, but how do you have 4 hours a day to just walk on a treadmill? Isn't there something else you need to use the time for?
Like what?5 -
Therealobi1 wrote: »livingleanlivingclean wrote: »Op, I don't want to sound rude, but how do you have 4 hours a day to just walk on a treadmill? Isn't there something else you need to use the time for?
Like what?
Right? I used to commute 4 hours a day by bike. Best part of my day. I think many people spend 4 hours a day watching TV or staring at their phones. Why not add some treadmill time to that and get some exercise?8 -
When I "waste" my time lifting. swimming. or running, I remember that for hundreds of thousands of years. my ancestors. traced back as far as you want to go. had to do the exact same thing just to claw their way through life.
My ancestors - your ancestors - were warriors, athletes, hunters. I think of the marathon runner. I think of the native Americans who would chase deer on foot for days. just to scratch a living. I think of every battle mankind has ever seen, the lifting of heavy shields and spears. I feel connected to man by this primal thread, and at 4:00 am. there is no place a I would rather be than "wasting my time" outside, breathing the same air warriors breathed millennia ago, while my 4 chambered heart pumps butane through my veins because my ancestors had what it took to survive long enough for me to even exist.
I guess you could say I "waste" my time because it beats wasting my time trying to look like whatever People magazine claims is "sexy".
I don't really expect you to understand why I waste my time because truthfully. I can't see any reason why you waste your time.
Hope that helps.5 -
Wait, so OP is eating less calories and losing weight, so that means their mass is dropping. That also means that their resistance (because of weight loss) is also being decreased. The amount of mass you're speaking of here is not even noticeable if ANY at all. Your knowledge is very limited when it comes to actual advice outside of the bro gym. Stick to that with gym bros since they believe in a lot of anecdotal and bro advice.RAD_Fitness wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »If you're progressively increasing the incline on the walk while keeping the same pace you will likely add some mass to your legs. If you are already thicker in the legs and want to avoid adding size, I would keep it at a low/no incline walk.
really? walking adds mass? So you're saying if i walk fast and on an incline i'll gain mass on my legs?
Progressively increasing the incline, yes.
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Will progressively increasing the incline while walking will not build muscle?
You can say all this stuff about not knowing anything but progressive overload is what matters for muscle building. If the incline is creating more stress on the muscles, they will hypertrophy.8 -
RAD_Fitness wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »If you're progressively increasing the incline on the walk while keeping the same pace you will likely add some mass to your legs. If you are already thicker in the legs and want to avoid adding size, I would keep it at a low/no incline walk.
really? walking adds mass? So you're saying if i walk fast and on an incline i'll gain mass on my legs?
Progressively increasing the incline, yes.
what happens when i get to like a 90 degree incline and can't progress anymore?
That's a ridiculous example. but what happens at that point is you will have massive legs. It's like me saying what happens when I cannot overload my legs anymore through a squat or leg press because I have run out of room for more plates.11 -
RAD_Fitness wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »If you're progressively increasing the incline on the walk while keeping the same pace you will likely add some mass to your legs. If you are already thicker in the legs and want to avoid adding size, I would keep it at a low/no incline walk.
really? walking adds mass? So you're saying if i walk fast and on an incline i'll gain mass on my legs?
Progressively increasing the incline, yes.
what happens when i get to like a 90 degree incline and can't progress anymore?
That's a ridiculous example. but what happens at that point is you will have massive legs. It's like me saying what happens when I cannot overload my legs anymore through a squat or leg press because I have run out of room for more plates.
As someone who lives on the side of a mountain and walks for exercise I can tell you this isn't true. In fact I've been lifting for 9 months and still don't have massive leg muscles. When you run out of weights to lift your muscles stagnate and no longer grow. Nobody ever got massive from bodyweight squats. In fact if you decrease the weight by eating in a deficit while doing the same exercise the muscles would get smaller.4 -
RAD_Fitness wrote: »
Wait, so OP is eating less calories and losing weight, so that means their mass is dropping. That also means that their resistance (because of weight loss) is also being decreased. The amount of mass you're speaking of here is not even noticeable if ANY at all. Your knowledge is very limited when it comes to actual advice outside of the bro gym. Stick to that with gym bros since they believe in a lot of anecdotal and bro advice.RAD_Fitness wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »If you're progressively increasing the incline on the walk while keeping the same pace you will likely add some mass to your legs. If you are already thicker in the legs and want to avoid adding size, I would keep it at a low/no incline walk.
really? walking adds mass? So you're saying if i walk fast and on an incline i'll gain mass on my legs?
Progressively increasing the incline, yes.
A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
Will progressively increasing the incline while walking will not build muscle?
You can say all this stuff about not knowing anything but progressive overload is what matters for muscle building. If the incline is creating more stress on the muscles, they will hypertrophy.
You are correct that progressive overload will build muscle, but the increased load of adding incline is pretty small. Like in my first example, a person would initially gain a small amount of muscle, but as they ran out of incline would not gain anymore. If they then lost body weight while doing the same walk the muscle would shrink.
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RAD_Fitness wrote: »
Wait, so OP is eating less calories and losing weight, so that means their mass is dropping. That also means that their resistance (because of weight loss) is also being decreased. The amount of mass you're speaking of here is not even noticeable if ANY at all. Your knowledge is very limited when it comes to actual advice outside of the bro gym. Stick to that with gym bros since they believe in a lot of anecdotal and bro advice.RAD_Fitness wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »If you're progressively increasing the incline on the walk while keeping the same pace you will likely add some mass to your legs. If you are already thicker in the legs and want to avoid adding size, I would keep it at a low/no incline walk.
really? walking adds mass? So you're saying if i walk fast and on an incline i'll gain mass on my legs?
Progressively increasing the incline, yes.
A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
Will progressively increasing the incline while walking will not build muscle?
You can say all this stuff about not knowing anything but progressive overload is what matters for muscle building. If the incline is creating more stress on the muscles, they will hypertrophy.
How exactly would this happen to a woman(low testosterone), in a calorie deficit, losing weight and doing a cardio exercise? What physiological phenomena would make this happen? Please cite the studies.7 -
I've lived in hilly places pretty much my entire life, was a gymnast, then dancer, now strength train (mod weight, mod reps). Guess what? Mah thighs aren't supah bulkeh. I'd call them well developed and genetically I hold weight, including muscle there but there is no way I am physiologically gaining any appreciable muscle whilst in a deficit. I mean *kitten*, even deliberately trying to it's bloody hard.6
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RAD_Fitness wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »If you're progressively increasing the incline on the walk while keeping the same pace you will likely add some mass to your legs. If you are already thicker in the legs and want to avoid adding size, I would keep it at a low/no incline walk.
really? walking adds mass? So you're saying if i walk fast and on an incline i'll gain mass on my legs?
Progressively increasing the incline, yes.
what happens when i get to like a 90 degree incline and can't progress anymore?
That's a ridiculous example. but what happens at that point is you will have massive legs. It's like me saying what happens when I cannot overload my legs anymore through a squat or leg press because I have run out of room for more plates.
Have you not wondered yet why your opinions and assertions are usually in complete opposition to most people here, including those with a combined decades of industry experience and education? Who also repeatedly proved extensive links to research to support their position?11
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