How to make my thighs less muscular?

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  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
    Don't listen to the haters. It's quite simple really:

    Lose Fat: Eat Less, Exercise More.
    Gain Muscle: Eat More, Exercise More
    Lose Muscle: Eat Less, Exercise Less.

    Nuthin to it.

    Yes. Don't worry about the haters who are concerned about your health and well being. Better to get ana tips from the pros.
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    There are some aspects of body type that you need to learn to see in a more positive way and not try to force yourself to be something you are not. Muscular thighs are a good thing (and probably a lot smaller than you think they are). I also have muscular thighs (if you want to see my pics). Maybe you also won't like the way I look, or maybe it will help you to see how it looks looking at another person from the outside. Either way, I love my body and embrace it for what it is...life is much more enjoyable that way. I hope you will be able to embrace and appreciate the body that you have. I would work on that, if I were you. :flowerforyou:
  • 89nunu
    89nunu Posts: 1,082 Member
    Learn to love them, most people here are jealous!
  • So much fail in one thread.
  • sullus
    sullus Posts: 2,839 Member
    Don't listen to the haters. It's quite simple really:

    Lose Fat: Eat Less, Exercise More.
    Gain Muscle: Eat More, Exercise More
    Lose Muscle: Eat Less, Exercise Less.

    Nuthin to it.

    Yes. Don't worry about the haters who are concerned about your health and well being. Better to get ana tips from the pros.

    She questions, I answering. I dont judge. Simple question, simple answer.
  • jnh17
    jnh17 Posts: 838 Member
    So much fail in one thread.

    SO.MUCH.FAIL.

    I'm actually frightened at this point.
  • So much fail in one thread.

    SO.MUCH.FAIL.

    I'm actually frightened at this point.

    Yoga, that must be the answer. Yoga is always the answer.
  • Crankstr
    Crankstr Posts: 3,958 Member
    So much fail in one thread.

    SO.MUCH.FAIL.

    I'm actually frightened at this point.

    and also with you.
  • These forums are the WORST... everyone else can be sarcastic but me I guess?
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    You will likely need to stop working them so much. Some of us just build leg muscle easier than others. It's hard to find cardio that doesn't focus on the legs, though.
  • Nessiechickie
    Nessiechickie Posts: 1,392 Member
    Yoga, and do exercises with a high quantity and lower weight... and don't drink a protein recovery drink after a leg workout so the torn up muscle can be excreted out instead of repaired
    This is the best thing I've ever read on MFP.
    "muscle can be excreted out" Mhhhmm, okay!

    One must be careful not to give thyself a pink sock.
    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • robin52077
    robin52077 Posts: 4,383 Member
    Yoga, and do exercises with a high quantity and lower weight... and don't drink a protein recovery drink after a leg workout so the torn up muscle can be excreted out instead of repaired
    From where does one excrete torn up muscle?

    You don't wanna know. :noway:

    Maybe it's the white chunks that come with pee?

    I've been thinking of that thread since I read this...lol..

    We pee out fat and poop out muscle I guess!
  • escloflowneCHANGED
    escloflowneCHANGED Posts: 3,038 Member
    These forums are the WORST... everyone else can be sarcastic but me I guess?

    Your sarcasm led to 3 pages of hilariousness lol
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    These forums are the WORST... everyone else can be sarcastic but me I guess?

    You forgot to use your sarcastic font.
  • These forums are the WORST... everyone else can be sarcastic but me I guess?

    Your sarcasm led to 3 pages of hilariousness lol

    it did sorta make me laugh how many people thought i was serious. edited anyways to keep everyone's blood pressure down.
  • These forums are the WORST... everyone else can be sarcastic but me I guess?

    You forgot to use your sarcastic font.

    is this it?

    darn, that one didn't work either.
  • ItsCasey
    ItsCasey Posts: 4,021 Member
    OMG. My eyes are bleeding from all the useless crap on this thread. I'm in a whirlwind of stupid.

    Cardio doesn't bulk up your legs. Excess calories bulk up your legs. Unless you are doing steroids, in which case, stop. Even really freaking heavy weight training is not going to put much muscle mass on a female without a crap ton of calories.

    I know, I know. You "build muscle really easily." No, you ****ing don't. You eat too much. Period.
  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
    Don't listen to the haters. It's quite simple really:

    Lose Fat: Eat Less, Exercise More.
    Gain Muscle: Eat More, Exercise More
    Lose Muscle: Eat Less, Exercise Less.

    Nuthin to it.

    Yes. Don't worry about the haters who are concerned about your health and well being. Better to get ana tips from the pros.

    She questions, I answering. I dont judge. Simple question, simple answer.

    I'm judgementating . . .
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    These forums are the WORST... everyone else can be sarcastic but me I guess?

    You forgot to use your sarcastic font.

    is this it?

    darn, that one didn't work either.

    You'd think the beer in your avatar would help.
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  • sullus
    sullus Posts: 2,839 Member
    Don't listen to the haters. It's quite simple really:

    Lose Fat: Eat Less, Exercise More.
    Gain Muscle: Eat More, Exercise More
    Lose Muscle: Eat Less, Exercise Less.

    Nuthin to it.

    Yes. Don't worry about the haters who are concerned about your health and well being. Better to get ana tips from the pros.

    She questions, I answering. I dont judge. Simple question, simple answer.

    I'm judgementating . . .

    You're misunderestimating the op
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  • da_bears10089
    da_bears10089 Posts: 1,791 Member
    Yoga, and do exercises with a high quantity and lower weight... and don't drink a protein recovery drink after a leg workout so the torn up muscle can be excreted out instead of repaired
    From where does one excrete torn up muscle?

    There's a small access portal in your lower intestine where the body can add solid waste that's too problematic for the kidneys to filter out. This way you can extract and excrete solid mass straight from the body. Medical scientists refer to this as the back door back door. Gaa. Read a book.

    yeah, in no world does anyone excrete torn up muscle... your body my use the protein in the muscle to function if you're malnourished, but you don't excrete muscle in your poop. if you are, seek medical help immediately!!!!!

    "awwww, man! I just pooped out my bicep!" said no one ever
  • SideSteel
    SideSteel Posts: 11,068 Member
    wtf?

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  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    OMG. My eyes are bleeding from all the useless crap on this thread. I'm in a whirlwind of stupid.

    Cardio doesn't bulk up your legs. Excess calories bulk up your legs. Unless you are doing steroids, in which case, stop. Even really freaking heavy weight training is not going to put much muscle mass on a female without a crap ton of calories.

    I know, I know. You "build muscle really easily." No, you ****ing don't. You eat too much. Period.

    But, she may think they look bigger than they are. She probably (at age 18) does not need to eat less. People have different body shapes and people store fat and develop muscles in different ways. That's why we all look so different (even on this site when you look at all the women that lift weights). I have a 23 inch waist and 20 inch thighs. I don't need to eat less (I'd get too skinny). I just need to like my body the way it is: small waist, muscular thighs (I don't mean excessively muscular, just that I will never have super "skinny" legs while maintaining a healthy lifestyle and they will look bigger in comparison to my small waist). I'm fine with that. I like my body. The Op needs to focus more on what she likes about her body: how it looks, what it can do, how healthy it is. Sometimes young women get the wrong idea that their thighs are big, and they need to realize they aren't. Having strong muscles is a good thing, and it looks good (especially on thighs).
  • high number of reps with just your body weight should do the trick!! if not - embrace it!!! there's lots of people out there that would love to say they got super muscular, fat-less thighs :)

    also - the dude that said exercise less - i disagree! exercise, no matter what your goal is always great. just watch what you eat and don't add weights to your exercises, OR avoid leg focused exercises
  • TheApocalypse
    TheApocalypse Posts: 319 Member
    My thoughts....
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  • FlaxMilk
    FlaxMilk Posts: 3,452 Member
    OP, since you said a couple of months ago that your legs were wobbly, I think you probably have to choose which you can be more comfortable with. Go with the muscle and think of all the greatness you can achieve strong. Someone else mentioned making sure you are working out your top half as much so you feel more proportioned, which I think is a good point.
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    OP, since you said a couple of months ago that your legs were wobbly, I think you probably have to choose which you can be more comfortable with. Go with the muscle and think of all the greatness you can achieve strong. Someone else mentioned making sure you are working out your top half as much so you feel more proportioned, which I think is a good point.

    I agree!
  • pspetralia
    pspetralia Posts: 963 Member
    Yoga, and do exercises with a high quantity and lower weight... and don't drink a protein recovery drink after a leg workout so the torn up muscle can be excreted out instead of repaired





    I love when people come and make stuff up! Muscle can be excreted out???!!!
    Edit: spelling error
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