Thigh Gap ?
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Wow OP, you got snarky fast! People are just telling you that it isn't necessarily what you should strive for because it isn't a guarantee.
Take it from me, I have a thigh gap at 150 and I had a thigh gap at 165. I also have 40" hips. The good always comes with the bad (in this case a huge butt).
ETA, I came off kind of rude there. I'm just trying to say that the majority of ppl here aren't trying to bash your goals, just trying to tell you that you may or may not get a thigh gap. You can't know yet.0 -
Maybe she was born with that feature, what do you know about her? I personally don't have a thigh gap when I'm a size 12 (UK size), but do when I am a size 10, when my legs look more muscular and slimmer, so it seems like a reasonable, healthy goal.
I didn't see anyone here say that the OP can't get one (maybe I missed it, but I definitely know that I didn't say that), just that it may not be possible and there's nothing specific that can be done to attain one other than lose overall body fat and see what happens.
There's also a strong negative associate with thigh gaps because they are linked with the pro-Ana movement, so many people will discourage them as a goal based solely on that.0 -
Without looking bad, I love a lack of thigh gap
!!! Like me some sizable thighs, mmm.
That said, you need to have the proper genetics for this to even be a possiblity. And if it was, the only thing that's going to get you there is lowering your body fat percentage and hoping you loose fat where you want to loose it.
Again, for what it's worth, nothing wrong with no thigh gap.0 -
I have to agree with this. One of my goals is to get a thigh gap, and I'm just about there. But, I had one for most of my life. It just went away when I had my first kid. For me, it's a comfort thing. I spent 30+ years without my thighs touching when standing normally and walking. It's been about 10 years of feeling them rub and I still can't stand it.Maybe she was born with that feature, what do you know about her? I personally don't have a thigh gap when I'm a size 12 (UK size), but do when I am a size 10, when my legs look more muscular and slimmer, so it seems like a reasonable, healthy goal.
For the OP, I can tell you what I've done. I've done 30 Day Shred, Ripped in 30, and now I'm running a couple times a week, doing dumbbell workouts (including squats and lunges) twice a week, and doing core workouts twice a week. My legs are much more muscular than they were a few months ago, and I've lost a lot of weight from the cardio. So it was a combination of those things. If you're genetically able to get a thigh gap, hopefully things like that will help.0 -
Take the responses with a grain of salt, its Friday, and people are having good-natured fun with this topic.
You're fine, just the way you are. Get in the best shape of your life, and don't worry about stuff that's likely out of your control.
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Mmmm thigh gap...
I'm so disturbed by this that I forgot how silly the thigh gap debate is.
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Mmmm thigh gap...
I'm so disturbed by this that I forgot how silly the thigh gap debate is.
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I don't mean to be that guy, but have we not all had enough body shaming over the last couple of days? The Miss USA thread and the Fat Shaming thread are enough. Turning around and turning this thread into an assault on women with EDs just really adds fuel to the fire. We don't all have to hold hands and fart rainbows, but come on.0 -
I don't get these posts... who stands with their feet together anyway? With feet shoulder-width apart i'd like a thigh gap. I don't think at my thinnest I would ever have a gap holding my legs together...
Check the Chive or thinspo pics. Apparently there are a lot who do.
The Chive is so much more than that.....:flowerforyou:0 -
I don't get these posts... who stands with their feet together anyway? With feet shoulder-width apart i'd like a thigh gap. I don't think at my thinnest I would ever have a gap holding my legs together...
Check the Chive or thinspo pics. Apparently there are a lot who do.
The Chive is so much more than that.....:flowerforyou:
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I don't get these posts... who stands with their feet together anyway? With feet shoulder-width apart i'd like a thigh gap. I don't think at my thinnest I would ever have a gap holding my legs together...
Check the Chive or thinspo pics. Apparently there are a lot who do.
The Chive is so much more than that.....:flowerforyou:
Oh I know. But that's one of the first places I ever saw a thigh gap.0 -
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I don't get these posts... who stands with their feet together anyway? With feet shoulder-width apart i'd like a thigh gap. I don't think at my thinnest I would ever have a gap holding my legs together...
Check the Chive or thinspo pics. Apparently there are a lot who do.
The Chive is so much more than that.....:flowerforyou:
Oh I know. But that's one of the first places I ever saw a thigh gap.
Still... I don't know any person when standing in a natural comfortable position puts their feet together. Strange to me that people care that much. I just want toned thighs idc if they touch when I squish my feet together because chances are I won't be doing that often...0 -
I lost my thigh gap after I gained weight from over eating on unhealthy foods. Now I have it back... But I also have wide-ish hips for my frame(4'10") If you don't have wide hips you probably won't ever have one.0
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well do you know what I'm going to show you that if I do have one I'll get it you've all motivated me to prove you wrong to see if I can get one Thanks Guys
You also can't jump off a tall building and survive. You gonna try to prove us wrong with that one too?0 -
Well technically with the right equipment, you can....well do you know what I'm going to show you that if I do have one I'll get it you've all motivated me to prove you wrong to see if I can get one Thanks Guys
You also can't jump off a tall building and survive. You gonna try to prove us wrong with that one too?
So that's actually a pretty good analogy. :laugh:0 -
I didnt read the replies but anyway.........ITS GENETIC! you either have one or you dont, you cant MAKE one no matter how hard you try unless you want to look like a skeleton, then maybe I guess you can.0
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Mmmm thigh gap...
Seriously, did we need that? Oops, now I duplicated it for others.0 -
Like others have said, it's genetics. Ain't no thigh gap here!0
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To those that claim thigh gap is genetic, please post a picture of a fitness model or other with a low BF level that does not have a thigh gap? I would like to see. Even big doofy looking male BB have thigh gaps and monster quads. If you can grab a wad of fat in your thigh region, it can be dieted away if you so choose. I agree that large thigh gaps like the disturbing pictures posted so far are genetic, but I think the OP was looking for something more normal.0
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To those that claim thigh gap is genetic, please post a picture of a fitness model or other with a low BF level that does not have a thigh gap? I would like to see. Even big doofy looking male BB have thigh gaps and monster quads. If you can grab a wad of fat in your thigh region, it can be dieted away if you so choose. I agree that large thigh gaps like the disturbing pictures posted so far are genetic, but I think the OP was looking for something more normal.
I'm hesitant to post any fitness models for fear of the body shaming that will no doubt commence. But here is one:
Googling "fitness model" turned out about half the models who have thigh gaps and half who don't seem to, although it's hard to tell for sure since they generally are not posed from straight on with their feet together.0 -
To those that claim thigh gap is genetic, please post a picture of a fitness model or other with a low BF level that does not have a thigh gap? I would like to see. Even big doofy looking male BB have thigh gaps and monster quads. If you can grab a wad of fat in your thigh region, it can be dieted away if you so choose. I agree that large thigh gaps like the disturbing pictures posted so far are genetic, but I think the OP was looking for something more normal.
Very low BF%, lots of muscle, no thigh gap. Even if her quads weren't that huge (and I don't mean huge in a bad way. she's got KILLER muscles!), she clearly wouldn't have one.
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To those that claim thigh gap is genetic, please post a picture of a fitness model or other with a low BF level that does not have a thigh gap? I would like to see. Even big doofy looking male BB have thigh gaps and monster quads. If you can grab a wad of fat in your thigh region, it can be dieted away if you so choose. I agree that large thigh gaps like the disturbing pictures posted so far are genetic, but I think the OP was looking for something more normal.
Like Angel said I am reluctant to post pics, especially of myself since it hasn't gone well before and I am just not in a place to be criticized right now. I was sub 20% bodyfat for a Figure competition - no thigh gap. My trainer and another friend - who have both won overall in the figure category here (much better than I was) both had no thigh gap. My trainer and I joked about when we "had two legs", ie - standing normally and having a gap.0 -
To those that claim thigh gap is genetic, please post a picture of a fitness model or other with a low BF level that does not have a thigh gap? I would like to see. Even big doofy looking male BB have thigh gaps and monster quads. If you can grab a wad of fat in your thigh region, it can be dieted away if you so choose. I agree that large thigh gaps like the disturbing pictures posted so far are genetic, but I think the OP was looking for something more normal.
Like Angel said I am reluctant to post pics, especially of myself since it hasn't gone well before and I am just not in a place to be criticized right now. I was sub 20% bodyfat for a Figure competition - no thigh gap. My trainer and another friend - who have both won overall in the figure category here (much better than I was) both had no thigh gap. My trainer and I joked about when we "had two legs", ie - standing normally and having a gap.
Don't feed the troll. This isn't a hard question for him to answer for himself with a single google search.0 -
Well technically with the right equipment, you can....well do you know what I'm going to show you that if I do have one I'll get it you've all motivated me to prove you wrong to see if I can get one Thanks Guys
You also can't jump off a tall building and survive. You gonna try to prove us wrong with that one too?
So that's actually a pretty good analogy. :laugh:
Gar. Okay, you got me. You can't jump off a tall building, head first, without any outside aids and survive. Better?
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Haha. Yes. Just like without the right genetics or an unhealthy method, you can't get a thigh gap.
Well technically with the right equipment, you can....well do you know what I'm going to show you that if I do have one I'll get it you've all motivated me to prove you wrong to see if I can get one Thanks Guys
You also can't jump off a tall building and survive. You gonna try to prove us wrong with that one too?
So that's actually a pretty good analogy. :laugh:
Gar. Okay, you got me. You can't jump off a tall building, head first, without any outside aids and survive. Better? 0 -
To those that claim thigh gap is genetic, please post a picture of a fitness model or other with a low BF level that does not have a thigh gap? I would like to see. Even big doofy looking male BB have thigh gaps and monster quads. If you can grab a wad of fat in your thigh region, it can be dieted away if you so choose. I agree that large thigh gaps like the disturbing pictures posted so far are genetic, but I think the OP was looking for something more normal.
Like Angel said I am reluctant to post pics, especially of myself since it hasn't gone well before and I am just not in a place to be criticized right now. I was sub 20% bodyfat for a Figure competition - no thigh gap. My trainer and another friend - who have both won overall in the figure category here (much better than I was) both had no thigh gap. My trainer and I joked about when we "had two legs", ie - standing normally and having a gap.
Don't feed the troll. This isn't a hard question for him to answer for himself with a single google search.
You're right, as usual.
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While genetics and bone structure might contribute SOMETHING towards having thigh gap, or not, they're definitely not everything. Wide hips do not always mean you'll have thigh gap, just like narrow hips don't always mean you won't. I, personally, have very narrow hips, but I also have thigh gap. My sister, on the other hand, has wider hips and used to have a thigh gap, but does not anymore. My mom has average hips and does not have thigh gap. As for the pictures of the fitness model with the huge thighs... that just doesn't look very proportionate to the rest of her body and it appears as though she is working TOWARDS large thighs, whereas the OP is clearly not.0
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I see this thigh gap thing a lot and it always reminds me of this conversation I had with my mom back when I was a teenager. Pretty sure the thigh gap thing wasn't "in" then yet, but who knows, maybe I was out of the loop. She said that she hated having a thigh gap when she was a teenager because guys would tease her and say it was a sign she wasn't a virgin anymore. I guess it looks too much like you spread your legs a lot? Anyways, it's funny to see just how much the times change and how these fads and rumors come and go. Don't take this fashion thing too seriously.
As for chub rub or any other associated problems, having more leg muscle will help with that, or wearing appropriate clothing. You can always work with what you got, so it shouldn't be a big stressor.0 -
To those that claim thigh gap is genetic, please post a picture of a fitness model or other with a low BF level that does not have a thigh gap? I would like to see. Even big doofy looking male BB have thigh gaps and monster quads. If you can grab a wad of fat in your thigh region, it can be dieted away if you so choose. I agree that large thigh gaps like the disturbing pictures posted so far are genetic, but I think the OP was looking for something more normal.
Like Angel said I am reluctant to post pics, especially of myself since it hasn't gone well before and I am just not in a place to be criticized right now. I was sub 20% bodyfat for a Figure competition - no thigh gap. My trainer and another friend - who have both won overall in the figure category here (much better than I was) both had no thigh gap. My trainer and I joked about when we "had two legs", ie - standing normally and having a gap.
Don't feed the troll. This isn't a hard question for him to answer for himself with a single google search.
You're right, as usual.
That gif gets me every time! I love Doug.0
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