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Women's average THIGH and CALF size! What's yours?

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  • myrtille87
    myrtille87 Posts: 122 Member
    Height - 5'6"
    Weight - 145 lbs (down from 165 a few months ago, woop)
    Thighs - 21"
    Calves - 15"

    I used to hate my calves but I quite like them now - would like to lose a bit of fat from them but I know a lot of the size is muscle from dance. I'd like my thighs to slim down a little bit more, but as I only have a few lbs left to lose I'm not sure that's going to happen. I think my legs look OK because they're long (I have a very short body in proportion to my legs!).
  • mrihel6615
    mrihel6615 Posts: 37 Member
    4'10
    127 pounds
    (Still have AT LEAST 15 more to go, maybe more.)
    But so far:
    Thighs 22in
    Calves 14in
    Body Fat- 32% according to online calculator.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    edited October 2014
    Calves: 15"
    Thighs: 20 1/2"
    Weight: 177 lbs
    Height: 5' 4"

    shop.nordstrom.com/c/womens-boots-calf-size
    That site says 15 1/2" or more is a wide calf boot and 13 3/4" or less is a narrow calf boot so an average calf boot must be between 13" and 15". If your calves are 14 1/2" then they are average already.
  • AmandaLeighisme
    AmandaLeighisme Posts: 110 Member
    Height: 5'3"/160cm
    Weight: 166.7lbs/75.6kg
    Body Fat: Unknown; I'll ballpark it around the low 30s
    Thighs: 23" at the widest point
    Calves: L: 15" at the widest; R: 15.5" at the widest (I need to work on not favoring one leg)

    Hoping to get down to 21.5"/22" for thighs and 14/14.5" for calves (provided I can get the calves the same size) once I'm at my goal.
    I want to wear normal width boots!
  • rebeccasalina
    rebeccasalina Posts: 1
    edited March 2015
    Height: 5'3"
    Weight: 108lbs
    Waist: 25 inches
    Hips: 31 inches
    Calves: 13 inches
    Thighs: 21 inches
    Body fat: 15.89%

    Running track is probably what's keeping me in shape a bit hahaha
  • vanessanicolejohnson
    vanessanicolejohnson Posts: 7 Member
    Thigh: 33"
    Calf: 15 1/2"
    Weight: 168
    Height: 5'3
    I've lost close to 100 pounds.. My thighs are still huge.. I'm naturally bottom heavy.. I'm a thick girl!
  • Toadstool_
    Toadstool_ Posts: 120 Member
    Height: 5'4"
    Weight: 127lbs
    Thigh: 21.5"
    Calf: 15"
    Body Fat: 25.7%

    Happy to have found this post! Always been really self conscious about my chunky legs but it would seem they're much more normal than I realised having read through! :)
  • minties82
    minties82 Posts: 907 Member
    edited July 2015
    I am not average, I am very overweight. But...

    Height 4'11"
    Weight 177lbs
    Calves 14.5"
    Thighs 25"

    No idea about body fat percentage. 40 something I suppose. I am large framed and do plenty of weightlifting. I'm down from 253.5lbs and never measured those body parts before. My calves aren't as massive as I thought they were.
  • Asher_Ethan
    Asher_Ethan Posts: 2,430 Member
    Height 5'9"
    Weight 150
    Thighs 22 inches at the biggest part (yikes)
    Calves 15 inches.
    Online calculation bf% - 25%
  • ljk0615
    ljk0615 Posts: 160 Member
    Height: 5'7"
    Weight: 161
    Thigh: 21.5 (20 pounds ago was 24.5")
    Calf: 15" (20 pounds ago was 14.5")
    Bf% around 21% using calipers. May be off.
  • North44
    North44 Posts: 359 Member
    Height 5'8"
    Weight. 144lbs
    Bf% around 24%
    Calves. 13.5
    Thighs. 20
  • MamaBirdBoss
    MamaBirdBoss Posts: 1,516 Member
    Calves: 14"
    Thighs: 22"
    Weight: 137lbs
    Height: 5'6"
    Body fat: 27%
  • RunRachelleRun
    RunRachelleRun Posts: 1,854 Member
    edited July 2015
    Vorcha wrote: »
    Calves: 17"
    Thighs: 28"
    Weight: 205lbs
    Height: 5'9"
    Body fat: 33%

    Enough to make me feel absolutely disgusting in a thread of slim thighed, trim calved ladies.

    I was thinking the same thing - there are some slim thighs on here! My measurements are very similar to yours, except your body fat. I am using an online calculator using body measurements, so not sure how accurate it is.

    Calves: 17.25" (down from 18.5")
    Thighs: 27" (down from 29")
    Weight: 198 (down from 229)
    Height: 5'8" (down from 5'9+" - yes, I'm shrinking!)
    Body fat: 44% (down from 50.9%)
  • cmoll520
    cmoll520 Posts: 60 Member
    Where is everyone measuring their thighs? At the biggest part (up high)?
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  • kristen6350
    kristen6350 Posts: 1,094 Member
    I find this post sad. If I'm in the range of 145-155 @ 5'11, I could care less what my thighs and calves measure. Size 6 pants fit nicely. Good enough. I honestly don't even know, never measured....
  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
    This is a bit silly...we are all different heights and frame sizes. You can't really compare unless you find someone who has the same build and proportions that you do.

    Calves: 15"
    Thighs: 25"
    Weight: 209
    Height: 5'10"+
    Frame Size: very large/extremely long torso/short legs/large chest
    Pants Size: 8S
    Body Fat: no idea, but I am very muscular

    I don't have ANY fat on my legs (swimmer/dancer) and don't have trouble finding boots to fit.
  • Jasmunr
    Jasmunr Posts: 147 Member
    I actually thought I had big Thighs but I guess not :)

    I'm 5'0

    Calf are 12
    tighs are 18

    They started out at 22
  • Tahlia68
    Tahlia68 Posts: 204 Member
    I'm 5'6
    133lbs
    right thigh 19.5
    left thigh 19
    right calve 12.5
    left calve 12.3
    BF 21.5
    Hate my thigh's lol
  • ExRelaySprinter
    ExRelaySprinter Posts: 874 Member
    Calves: 14"
    Thighs: 22"
    Weight: 128
    Height: 5'4
    Frame Size: Medium
    Body Fat: 25%(ish)
  • mijdge
    mijdge Posts: 10 Member
    edited July 2015
    4ft 10ins
    Thighs - 25.5in
    Calves - 15.5in
    Weight - 162.4

    So yeah - awesome muscular thighs and calves from years of playing rugby and roller derby!
  • abatonfan
    abatonfan Posts: 1,120 Member
    5ft 6in
    Weight -Around 130-135
    Thighs -22in
    Calves - 15in
    Body fat: Most likely around 23-26%
    I still have no idea why my calves are so huge.
  • soapsandropes
    soapsandropes Posts: 269 Member
    5'10"
    160 lbs
    Thighs 23 in.
    Calves 15 in.

    Totally genetics, and we won't talk about my hip measurement. I really only want to lose 5-10lbs and work on recomp more.
  • sarahlifts
    sarahlifts Posts: 610 Member
    kristen6350 wrote: »
    I find this post sad. If I'm in the range of 145-155 @ 5'11, I could care less what my thighs and calves measure. Size 6 pants fit nicely. Good enough. I honestly don't even know, never measured....

    Hear hear!!!!

    I've measured for myself to track down #'s
    Comparison is the thief of joy.
  • _lyndseybrooke_
    _lyndseybrooke_ Posts: 2,561 Member
    Calves: 14"
    Thighs: 19.75"
    Weight:118
    Height: 5'5"
    Body fat: No clue
  • kaoriwatanabe
    kaoriwatanabe Posts: 1 Member
    Height: 5'2"
    Weight: 110lbs
    Calves: 14.25"
    Thighs: 20.5"
    Body fat: 24.7% (from an online calculator)

    Aiming to reduce body fat to 21-22% and reduce my calves to maybe 13" and my thighs to 19.75".
    Good luck to everyone~
  • Flookbird
    Flookbird Posts: 81 Member
    I'm pretty happy with my legs and they don't seem dissimilar to the other sizes posted here:
    CW: 139lbs
    Height: 5'7
    Thigh: 20.5"
    Calf: 14"

    My starting weight was 221lbs and then my thighs were 26"

  • Tahlia68
    Tahlia68 Posts: 204 Member
    edited August 2015
    Height 5'6
    CW 130lbs
    Thighs 19"
    Calves 13.5"
    BMI 20.5
    Increase in calves since doing weights ect!!
  • hekla90
    hekla90 Posts: 595 Member
    5'3"/98
    Calf: 11.5"
    Thigh: 17.5"

    Idk I've always liked my legs though proportionally my thighs are much larger than my calves.
  • Whitezombiegirl
    Whitezombiegirl Posts: 1,042 Member
    Weight: 104
    Height: 5ft
    Calf: 12.5
    Thigh: 18.
    Bf: 17%

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