How do you get that gap between your thighs

For the opposite of the scale. ... I'm 191lbs, 5'10, 45" hips, 27" thighs and I have thigh gap. It's just the way my body is structured. Granted it's a sliver of a gap now at my current size, but it's undeniable.

Really not cool to see comments on here against the way someone is naturally built and saying it's weird /unattractive, or comparing it to deformation like foot binding. I'm secure about it now and really don't even think about it anymore, but when I was younger I was very self consciOus about it. It's not something anyone who has it can help or do anything about.

Really, that kind of negativity is exactly like saying someone tall is weird or with a certain head shape or whatever. It's cool to have preference and to love what you're born as and working with, but there's no excuse really for being insensitive and making derogatory remarks against others for who they are.

Anyway! It is what it is. I know too well there are people who can accept and respect others and people who can't so nothing new to me.

As for the original question, as others have said, thigh gap is something you have or don't have. Mine gets more or less prominent with weight change, but it hasn't gone away. Someone not structured for it won't have one no matter how much they gain or lose. Just gotta learn to love what you're working with!

Q angle: angle subtended by a line drawn to the vertical bisection of femur and a line drawn from the lateral margin of pelvis to the sagittal plane of the knee joint (Figure 1); normally 15° in men (>15° in women due to wider female pelvis); excessive pronators show an increased Q angle
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Figure 1: Q angle. See text entry for description of Q angle.
Illustrated Dictionary of Podiatry and Foot Science by Jean Mooney © 2009 Elsevier Limited. All rights reserved.

Basically the wider the Q the greater your risk of knee and hip injury. If you have wide hips, but a small Q angle - ie your femoral head is directly above your knee - you get a thigh gap. Q between 22 and 9 is normal for women, outside that can lead to knee and hip issues like arthritis, ligamentous strains, etc.

Huh. Interesting. :flowerforyou:

Makes sense. I've had a thigh gap all my life and arthritis set in at 8yrs old
I've also torn ligaments and am unusually flexible.