Slimming down runner's legs
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What's your BF%? Unless you're like, Incredible Hulk, running isn't going to make your legs massive. Coupled with appropriate calories, it will shred fat off your legs, and unless you are doing nothing but hillwork and sprints, it's an aerobic exercise... Are you confusing "thick" with actual "muscle"?
^^^ Yup! People often mix fat with muscles... Same thing with fat and skin....
Google "elite female runner". None of them have big legs and I'm pretty sure those legs are strong!
Yep, no muscle here
(She won the 2012 gold for 100m, 5'-0", 115 lbs)
You need to look at elite distance runners, not just elite runners
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What's your BF%? Unless you're like, Incredible Hulk, running isn't going to make your legs massive. Coupled with appropriate calories, it will shred fat off your legs, and unless you are doing nothing but hillwork and sprints, it's an aerobic exercise... Are you confusing "thick" with actual "muscle"?
^^^ Yup! People often mix fat with muscles... Same thing with fat and skin....
Google "elite female runner". None of them have big legs and I'm pretty sure those legs are strong!
Yep, no muscle here
(She won the 2012 gold for 100m, 5'-0", 115 lbs)
You need to look at elite distance runners, not just elite runners
Ooooops my bad lol
I doubt OP is a 100m sprinter though 0 -
What's your BF%? Unless you're like, Incredible Hulk, running isn't going to make your legs massive. Coupled with appropriate calories, it will shred fat off your legs, and unless you are doing nothing but hillwork and sprints, it's an aerobic exercise... Are you confusing "thick" with actual "muscle"?
^^^ Yup! People often mix fat with muscles... Same thing with fat and skin....
Google "elite female runner". None of them have big legs and I'm pretty sure those legs are strong!
Yep, no muscle here
(She won the 2012 gold for 100m, 5'-0", 115 lbs)
You need to look at elite distance runners, not just elite runners
Ooooops my bad lol
I doubt OP is a 100m sprinter though
My understanding is that the sprinters do quite a bit of heavy lifting to develop explosive power. I seriously doubt just running is going to build muscles like that. Certainly it didn't give her biceps, shoulders, and traps like that!
Which brings me to my suggestion - OP, have you considered balancing out your body by weight training your upper body? My observation is that the runners I know look relatively puny in their upper body (which then makes the lower half look bigger) unless they spend some time compensating.
I'd suggest weights for the lower body too, but you since you believe the 'lifting makes me bulky' meme, I figure there's not much point :flowerforyou:0 -
Anyone notice this is a 3 yr old zombie thread?0
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Embrace those sexy muscular legs! Other than that I agree, stretching, especially yoga or pilates might help a bit.0
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This is not what you want to hear, but stop running. And trust me, I am a runner and I know what an infuriating response this is!0
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This is not what you want to hear, but stop running. And trust me, I am a runner and I know what an infuriating response this is!
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What's your BF%? Unless you're like, Incredible Hulk, running isn't going to make your legs massive. Coupled with appropriate calories, it will shred fat off your legs, and unless you are doing nothing but hillwork and sprints, it's an aerobic exercise... Are you confusing "thick" with actual "muscle"?
^^^ Yup! People often mix fat with muscles... Same thing with fat and skin....
Google "elite female runner". None of them have big legs and I'm pretty sure those legs are strong!
Yep, no muscle here
(She won the 2012 gold for 100m, 5'-0", 115 lbs)
You need to look at elite distance runners, not just elite runners
100M is not distance running, that is sprinting. Completely different build and performance measures, hence my "hillwork and sprints" comment.0 -
stop moving and allow the atrophy to commence
And I got necroed again. I really need to start paying more attention.0 -
What's your BF%? Unless you're like, Incredible Hulk, running isn't going to make your legs massive. Coupled with appropriate calories, it will shred fat off your legs, and unless you are doing nothing but hillwork and sprints, it's an aerobic exercise... Are you confusing "thick" with actual "muscle"?
^^^ Yup! People often mix fat with muscles... Same thing with fat and skin....
Google "elite female runner". None of them have big legs and I'm pretty sure those legs are strong!
Yep, no muscle here
(She won the 2012 gold for 100m, 5'-0", 115 lbs)
You need to look at elite distance runners, not just elite runners
100M is not distance running, that is sprinting. Completely different build and performance measures, hence my "hillwork and sprints" comment.
Did you read what I quoted at all?
She said to google elite runners. I pointed out that if you google elite runners, your going to come across sprinters which contradicts all the factual points on this thread. You've got to look at distance runners and only distance runners.0 -
Anyone notice this is a 3 yr old zombie thread?
Dang! Obviously I didn't until you pointed it out.0 -
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This is outside the box, but take up swimming in place of running. It tends to lengthen out muscles.
you do realize the muscles are connected at fixed points and unless you lengthen said fixed points- it's physically impossible to "lengthen" a muscle beyond it's already established size,...
right? like you under stand this concept? please say you do.
- but some people do not possess the full range of movement in some said muscles so by stretching said muscle it can give the illusion that the muscle is longer because one has effectively lengthened the muscle, whereas they have only released the muscle's potential to increase available flexibility; thus appearing to be longer.0
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