best cardo to rip legs

Whatever you like doing.

No particular exercise is going to make your BF specifically come off of your legs.

I like the step mill at a moderate pace for 30 minutes. I don't go too hard to elevate my heart rate but enough to get a sweat and keep it in the fat burning stage. Then I'll go do weights with whatever body part I'm working. If I want to mix it up I'll incorporate intervals with my weights workout and do burpies, skipping, jumping lunges etc. in between but since my gym is so busy it's hard to demand a piece of equipment for that long.

what do you mean by " rip legs " ?

Cycling.

muscles will look defined when the surrounding body fat is reduced.

body fat is reduced by eating at a deficit.
muscles are emphasized by strength training.

cardio is great for helping create a deficit
strength/weight training is great for strengthening muscles
but muscles don't really gain much in size if you're at a significant deficit.

so - if you want ripped legs... reduce body fat all over by eating at a deficit, and incorporate strength training.

EDIT: you cannot spot reduce body fat, it will come off where it will come off. I tend to lose fat fist in my stomach and last in my legs... therefore I have ripped abs and blobs for legs. LOL. Depending on your goals, and how/where you lose fat, it may be difficult to achieve a specific look.

Walking on an incline, either on a treadmill or outside on hills, gives good results.

Passed a woman who finishes ultramarathons this morning. It said so on her shirt. Her legs were pretty ripped. Especially her calves, and you know how hard it is to work calves!

I say, run ultras.

blondeinnj wrote: »

So besides lower calories should i lower my fst intake?

Dietary fat does not increase body fat unless it puts you in a caloric surplus.

Calorie deficit to lose weight, resistance training to make sure a good portion of that weight is fat.

Just ask carrie underwood

well defined muscles will only appear when you reduce the layer of fat covering them... THE alternative is to build muscle and strength... lunges... and more lunges... NOT stairs stairs are to short to engage all the muscles you want...step box...at least 18 inches... start without weights... then fill your hands with dumbbells... start with ONE dumbbell in one hand... blah.. blah.. blah... ... hip thrusts with a barbell in your lap... squats... get your freak on in the rack... lots of squats... THEN walking lunges... straight line... then side to side... THEN... get a roller... and roll... roll... roll... on your thighs, on your calves, on your hams... OH... and don't forget back extensions... and ab work... and upper body... and arms... YOU are a package deal... work the package... and YOU will love every part of you girl... and have fun...

JenMaselli wrote: »

Camo_xxx wrote: »

blondeinnj wrote: »

Well definedi muscles

Lower your body fat% and you will see the definition in your muscles.

you can do strength training and add all the muscle you want but as long as they are covered in body fat you will not see definition.

Do you recommend staggered calorie intake for this? I want to lose 10 lbs that is basically a layer of fat, I'd like to get some of it off to reveal the muscles that I believe are under there. I'm at 1450 now but thinking about going down to 1250. Just wondering how many I should eat on the higher days and how many on the lower days and how many days of each. Going to add in some HIIT as well.

I would suggest a goal of losing 0.5lbs/week, of if you do TDEE, TDEE - 10-15%. You can stagger cals or not, just watch your weekly goal, and make sure on low days you don't go to low to affect your training.