Building muscles under fat - funny tissue?

yirara

Noticed this last night... I started lifting heavy and my thighs really like this. My muscles feel much tighter even when sitting. When I stroke over some parts of my thighs with less fat and more muscle I notice what feels like pearls or small pebbles of various sizes underneath my skin. I suppose those are fat cells pushed up by the muscles. It almost freaked me out because it feels so strange. I guess there's nothing I can do about it, right?

heybales

Your muscle is likely swollen with water for repair, takes a lot longer to build than you think, unless you are commenting on 8-12 weeks of lifting heavy legs mostly with minor deficit.

Muscles will also have more carbs stored in it for your workout efforts - carbs store with water.

I doubt you are feeling fat cells, which should be squishy. Just normal variances in the whole thickness of the skin.

yirara

Whatever there is between muscle and skin, it feels strange. Not sure if it's squishy, but it's certainly there. I've been training for quite a few months now, though with somewhat lighter weights before.