large calfs, help please

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  • OtiWanKenobi
    OtiWanKenobi Posts: 340 Member
    If it is fat then just keep losing and they will get smaller. If it is muscle, use a wheelchair until they atrophy enough.

    sorry but this was funny! I too have big calfs...even when I was at a healthy weight.
  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    lose more weight.
    douche

    I would actually be interested in learning any specific training that could help with reducing some calf size!

    Did you really just call him a douche for giving honest and accurate advice? That is sad. There isn't any training you can do to reduce calf size. All you can do is lose fat. Or atrophy via wheelchair like someone already mentioned. Or have surgery to remove muscles.

    In other words, "lose more weight" is the only realistic answer.

    Edit: Whoops, didn't realize there was a page 2.
  • Aviva92
    Aviva92 Posts: 2,333 Member
    I have tiny calves, but big thighs and do so even when i'm underweight. I don't think there is anything you can really do about it. Just embrace it.
  • wigglypeaches
    wigglypeaches Posts: 146 Member
    If it is fat then just keep losing and they will get smaller. If it is muscle, use a wheelchair until they atrophy enough.

    LOL :-) This is how I feel. Years of sports as a kid = even when I weigh less than 130lbs I have 15'' or more calves. Some people are just cursed with the huge calves.

    Cursed? I would happily kill for nice, round calves. Mine look thin and ridiculous under my quads.
  • FullOfWin
    FullOfWin Posts: 1,414 Member
    If it is fat then just keep losing and they will get smaller. If it is muscle, use a wheelchair until they atrophy enough.

    LOL :-) This is how I feel. Years of sports as a kid = even when I weigh less than 130lbs I have 15'' or more calves. Some people are just cursed with the huge calves.

    I wish I were cursed. Right now my flexed calves and flexed arms are about the same size. In a year my arms will probably be bigger than calves.

    :-) At least you can wear tall boots I bet! I saw some crazy MTV show about a guy who got calf implants several years back.

    yeah i'm a dude and do not wear high boots
  • Gizziemoto
    Gizziemoto Posts: 430 Member
    My family has always told me I have legs like a football player and I am a girl. There is some fat around them but as I have lost weight the muscles are becoming more defined. I am proud of them. I have people ask me what exercises I do to get muscles like that and I say "Walk".
  • imhungry2012
    imhungry2012 Posts: 240 Member
    I'm 5' 3" and I have large calves, too :) They have always been that way and also have never been able to zip up knee boots!

    Reducing your body fat % (losing weight) will reduce your inches overall and likely reduce the size of your calves. I have reduced by body fat % by 2.5% and defintely notice a difference in my calves in how they fit in skinny jeans! I will always have larger than "normal" calves but hopefully if we reduce the layer of fat over the muscle they will look better!

    Goodluck!

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