reccs for thigh gap workouts?

trollsareneat
trollsareneat Posts: 1 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
pref laying down but anything helps

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  • csplatt
    csplatt Posts: 1,205 Member
    nice account name.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,354 Member
    TrollsAreNeat?

    Genetics and usually extreme thinness, if it's a real thigh gap.

    Workouts aren't really likely to get a person there, because working a muscle increases the muscle's size rather than shrinking it. Also, spot reduction of fat doesn't work. Lose fat all over, and if there's thigh fat, it will eventually decrease as the person loses weight, though the thigh fat may not leave until other body parts are woefully skinny (that's genetics, mostly, too). Exercise does burn some calories, so could contribute to fat loss: That's about it.

    But many, many web sites will give you workouts to get a thigh gap, monetizing that for themselves by charging for their very special workout/diet program, or simply renting your eyeballs to the advertisers on their "free" page/YouTube channel or whatever.

    Often, a thigh gap - not IMO a thing to aspire to - is a thing so-called influencers get by standing in a particular but deceptive pose while being photographed. There are a number of ways to do that.

    Here are a couple of random articles about it:

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/fitness/article-11784049/Im-influencer-heres-easy-fake-thigh-gap-just-posing.html
    https://www.businessinsider.com/instagram-model-how-to-look-slimmer-in-photos-2017-9

    My best advice would be to optimize the body your genetics brought you, rather than pursuing whatever is trendy right now.

    Best wishes, sincerely!
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,256 Member
    AnnPT77 wrote: »



    My best advice would be to optimize the body your genetics brought you, rather than pursuing whatever is trendy right now.

    Are they even trendy right now? I haven't heard about them in years!
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,354 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    AnnPT77 wrote: »



    My best advice would be to optimize the body your genetics brought you, rather than pursuing whatever is trendy right now.

    Are they even trendy right now? I haven't heard about them in years!

    Possibly in some circles. Or maybe I'm out of date. I don't move in "thigh gap" social circles. :D

    I guess now it's called more like a "legging legs" trend, but I think that's not that different. Skinny, not visibly strong, all about the look. And still just a way to make women feel insecure, and use those insecurities to make money. I feel like some of it is about centering physicality associated - not necessarily accurately - with young teens, as if the prepubescent look is the ideal. Strength and maturity IMO involve women claiming their due power as full, self-determining adults. Scary stuff, for some, that - for women ourselves, as well as some others.

    Don't get me wrong; Every woman has full rights to pursue her own goals. I'm complaining about culture exploiting women's insecurity, especially young women's insecurity, to drive them in particular directions through lack of confidence, low self-esteem, fear, and lack of agency.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,999 Member
    No such thing. Exercise is for fitness and health. You can INCREASE muscle size with the right program, but "thigh gap" is more genetic (wide hips and slightly turn in femurs) and on people that lack muscle in their quads.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
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    Been in fitness for 40 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

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