I’m an okay weight but I want to tone up my legs.

Minaz95

Hi guys I’m 22 years old 5 ft 6 inches and weight 125 pounds .Im an okay weight but I hate my legs !! I tried doing a calorie deficit (about 1200 a day) and doing insanity and hiit workouts but it’s not slimming them .Any tips can help thank you.I posted a pic of my self by the way.

I have very bulky legs and dieting isn’t working at all.i also want to tone up my pooch.I have also been told that lifting heavy will make my legs bulkier .I just want tone leaned tall legs :-(

Ready2Rock206

I think this is a matter of just not seeing yourself accurately. Your legs are in no way bulky based on the posted photos. You can't get taller with any amount of exercise.

malibu927

You can’t spot reduce. It’s also extremely difficult for a female to bulk up. Your best bet is to do the heavy lifting but eat at or around maintenance. https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10177803/recomposition-maintaining-weight-while-losing-fat

pogiguy05

are you sure you not fishing for compliments? Nothing wrong with your legs. You get any slimmer in the legs and you are not gonna look right.

whitpauly

There's absolutely nothing wrong with your legs! We're our own worst critics sometimes

Aaron_K123

Your legs are far from bulky, quite the opposite actually. You look like you are low muscle and would probably benefit from eating at a small caloric surplus and lifting heavy to put on some weight in added muscle.

Putting on slabs of muscle and looking "bulky" as a result is something that happens after a decade of intense training and large surpluses followed by cutting. You are not going to get bulky by lifting some weights at a small surplus as a woman.

Women with "toned" shaped legs and flat stomachs are muscular.

sardelsa

Your legs look great, not bulky or fat at all.

If you are comparing yourself to someone else, (models, actresses) having long, lean legs will be mostly genetics, unfortunately. Strength training can help give them definition and I would recommend you eat at least at maintenance to build muscle and lose fat. However, this can take time so patience is key.

RoxieDawn

Lifting heavier will not make your legs bulky. If you want to work on aesthetics consider recomp (lift heavy doing a progressive over load strength training program while eating at maintenance calories). Eating 1200 calories is not going to do the trick.

If you reach a point in recomp where you want to step things up and want to build muscle at a faster rate, consider progressive overload program and adding a small calorie surplus to maintenance calories of around 200-250).

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10177803/recomposition-maintaining-weight-while-losing-fat/p1

and a link for various strength training programshttp://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10332083/which-lifting-program-is-the-best-for-you/p1

VintageFeline

Going to leave this too. Befores and afters of women who added lifting to their lives.

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/977538/halp-heavy-lifting-made-me-supah-bulky/p1

batorkin

As a guy, I think you are seeing yourself incorrectly (we all do it). Your legs look perfect, I see no reason to improve them.

BusyRaeNOTBusty

Your legs are NOT bulky.

https://www.aworkoutroutine.com/muscle-tone/