How do you LOSE muscle?

porscheMD
porscheMD Posts: 26 Member
edited November 8 in Health and Weight Loss
I don't like the "toned" looked on myself; I used to be petite but I've gained some weight along with muscles since I've been doing weight training. I don't like the muscular look on my thighs, and I just want them back to their thinner, slimmer self, although I still want to lose the fat on my thighs too.
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  • 2013sk
    2013sk Posts: 1,318 Member
    Stop training them!!!!

    What exercises were you doing?

    I hear pilates and running is good for slimming thighs!

    If you were doing leg presses or weight machines you were doing them to build muscle in the first place surely... ?
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    you must have been training really hard and eating at a surplus to build that much noticeable muscle, surely?
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    porscheMD wrote: »
    I don't like the "toned" looked on myself; I used to be petite but I've gained some weight along with muscles since I've been doing weight training. I don't like the muscular look on my thighs, and I just want them back to their thinner, slimmer self, although I still want to lose the fat on my thighs too.

    If you lose more fat you will have a more 'toned' look... When you lose fat you can see the muscle definition...

    Have you been eating in a surplus to gain muscle?

    If you don't like the results, stop training.
  • xsmilexforxmex
    xsmilexforxmex Posts: 1,216 Member
    How do you LOSE muscle? Stop strength training.
  • J72FIT
    J72FIT Posts: 6,008 Member
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    So you want to look skinny-fat?

    That's all you could come up with? What a silly thing to say...

    OP, try yoga.
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    This was a really good article by Bret Contreras who trains a lot of body builders/bikini competitors. His suggestion is once you get too muscly, reduce the amount of weight and increase the number of reps, plus decrease your number of workouts.

    It's a great read:
    http://bretcontreras.com/how-to-attain-a-slender-look-like-jessica-alba-zoe-saldana/
  • RGv2
    RGv2 Posts: 5,789 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    you must have been training really hard and eating at a surplus to build that much noticeable muscle, surely?

    Surely....
  • SLHysell
    SLHysell Posts: 247 Member
    edited November 2014
    Stop (or greatly reduce) the weight training, and get into more cardio....and eat more.
  • SLHysell
    SLHysell Posts: 247 Member
    RGv2 wrote: »
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    you must have been training really hard and eating at a surplus to build that much noticeable muscle, surely?

    Surely....

    Why does everyone keep calling her Shurley?
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    Keep dieting and don't work out.
  • Sevendust912
    Sevendust912 Posts: 122 Member
    Doubtful you are actually gaining muscle by doing light weight lifting.

    In fact, you are doing a disservice to lifters by under appreciating how much effort goes into building muscle.
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  • maidentl
    maidentl Posts: 3,203 Member
    __drmerc__ wrote: »
    Try to move around as little as possible, if you can stay in bed for days at a time that would be ideal

    This sounds like an exercise program I can do. :laugh:

  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    If the training is new, then your muscles may be holding onto some extra fluid to help cushion and repair them. This can give the muscles a "pumped" look that many newbies mistake for new muscle growth. The good news is that once you stop the weight training you'll pee those muscles away.
  • fatcity66
    fatcity66 Posts: 1,544 Member
    __drmerc__ wrote: »
    Try to move around as little as possible, if you can stay in bed for days at a time that would be ideal

    :#
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    RGv2 wrote: »
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    you must have been training really hard and eating at a surplus to build that much noticeable muscle, surely?

    Surely....

    "I am serious... and don't call me Shirley"

    OP stop eating at a surplus, and reduce your weight training or substitute another form of exercise like cardio or yoga (or both).
  • k8blujay2
    k8blujay2 Posts: 4,941 Member
    Nothing... like literally doing nothing.


    muscle atrophy for the win!
  • sseqwnp
    sseqwnp Posts: 327 Member
    I'm pretty sure I've heard on this site that if you eat below 1200 calories, your body will immediately attack your muscle tissue (even before fat, wouldja believe)
  • CoolBeans520
    CoolBeans520 Posts: 25
    edited November 2014
    Low intensity cardio would be best and yoga.
    I wouldn't do any weight lifting at all.
  • cavia
    cavia Posts: 457 Member
    Stop the weight training and start training for a marathon.
  • Lauren8239
    Lauren8239 Posts: 1,039 Member
    lol
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,431 MFP Moderator
    The other option to not looked tone.. just gain fat. To not be able to see muscle definition, you have to either have little muscle mass or high enough body fat.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,024 Member
    You can still weight train. Just reduce the resistance and don't lose too much fat.

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  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
    swim
  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    If the av is a current picture, where is the "muscular look" in her thighs? Sorry, but this thread reads like the typical gonna bulk while at huge deficit, can't differentiate between lost fat and the huge new muscles MFP thread.
  • RllyGudTweetr
    RllyGudTweetr Posts: 2,019 Member
    How current is the avatar? I ask because, if it represents 'too toned or muscled' to you, some consultation with a therapist trained in body image issues may be in order.
  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    Hhhmmmmm.....I think there is some body image issues going on here. If the photo you are showing is updated, I don't see a muscular look.
  • mcibty
    mcibty Posts: 1,252 Member
    Troll is trolling?
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,024 Member
    cavia wrote: »
    Stop the weight training and start training for a marathon.
    Probably not the best recourse. If the OP is untrained, chances are the muscularity of thighs could increase with that type of training.

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  • _lyndseybrooke_
    _lyndseybrooke_ Posts: 2,561 Member
    This leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

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