What exercises get skinny legs, not muscular legs?

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  • wildapril
    wildapril Posts: 97 Member
    which is so disguisting imo

    Can we stop with the body shaming please?

    Thank you. Personally, my goal is to look how *I* want to look - not how the men of the world would like me to look! I may look good, but I am nobody's doll!
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    Running has helped mine immensely! Long distance (like over a mile), not sprinting.
  • Colleen118
    Colleen118 Posts: 491 Member
    As I have lost and toned I have watched the scale do this roller coaster ride slide thing. I too am very strong leg department. Even when I wasn't working out at all and sit in an office job all day for 5 days a week, my legs are incredibly strong. I was concerned I would look bottom heavy. I don't. Have lost mass all over very evenly. My legs are toning very nicely, calves too and I have gained strength in both.

    Everyon'es body is different. IT very well could be something that is part of what makes you who you are and I'm sure you are a beautiful person. BUT I also know how it feels to have that "one problem area" that we want to change and can't. I would suggest reducing the strictly leg workouts, incorporate low imapct cardio (elliptical is my fav) and mix that with circuit/weight training intervals to sculpt and tone....
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    One thing I should have added, my mum & dad both have very muscular calves, my mum especially. Neither of them are exactly healthy, both over weight but they both have muscular legs. So I have a feeling it might just be in my genes for my legs to do as they please & bulk up more than I'd like them to, sadly. :/
    I wish I could be proud to have musclier legs rather than skinny but I can't. I don't know why but I feel really ashamed of them, they make me feel really masculine & considering I've been told by a lot of people for most of my teens i'm a man [I'm really tall & used to be quite chunky] it's just really depressing.. Hopefully I get used to it, that they do slim down when I drop these 30 pounds. God knows. Can only hope, really.

    My mom and sister have very muscular calves without even trying. That might be something you can't get rid of. On the plus side, people compliment them because they look awesome (but can be inconvenient when buying skinny jeans or boots).
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