Lose weight without building muscle

jadeosa Posts: 1 Member

June 2017 edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise

I want to exercise to get slimmer/skinner thighs, waist etc. but I find I am more prone to building muscle instead. I don't want to be muscly. What can I do?

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  TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member

  June 2017

  Eat in a deficit

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  DancingMoosie Posts: 8,619 Member

  June 2017

  Eat in a deficit and do cardio. It takes a lot of effort and strength training to build muscle. Perhaps with weightloss you have​ uncovered some of the muscle you already had.

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  kwtilbury Posts: 1,234 Member

  June 2017

  DancingMoosie wrote: »

  Perhaps with weightloss you have​ uncovered some of the muscle you already had.

  
  That's what I'm guessing. The loss of visceral fat has revealed the underlying muscle. What the OP has interpreted as muscle-building is, in effect, getting ripped.

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  cwolfman13 Posts: 41,864 Member

  June 2017

  You're not going to get muscly when you're dieting...

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  sardelsa Posts: 9,794 Member

  June 2017

  You won't build significant muscle at a deficit..but you can maintain and reveal muscle under the fat. If you are that concerned, do more cardio vs weights.

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