Help! How to get rid of bruises quickly!

[BlackCherri]

This is slightly off topic but is it neccesarily a bad sign that I often develop bruises for no apparant reason? My ex bf told me all women bruise much more easily than men but after years with him I learned he thought he new everything about most subjects. My bruises dont show nearly so much as Steel's due to my skin tone but they seem to appear for no reason (usually on my thighs) and take a long time to go away.

 

[Ceebs]

Are you getting enough iron and Vitamin C, BlackCherri? Deficiencies of these can make you bruise more easily, and slow healing...

 

[Bigsatan13]

Admit it, you have a hickey you are trying to hide!

 

[rez]

ahhh, thought she was doing it as cardio or something, kills the look of the leg muscles

what do you mean..how does it make the legs look? no definition?

 

[Ceebs]

what do you mean..how does it make the legs look? no definition?

No, it would just make the muscles smaller and less "bulky" - acceptable for figure or fitness, not good for a bodybuilding competition. Cardio recruits Type I muscle fibers, whereas resistance training recruits Type II. The former are smaller, less thick, and geared towards endurance work, whereas the latter are larger, thicker, and for highly glycolytic activity.

 

[BigEasy]

If ya can deal with the 'GARLIC DRAGON BREATH.' then a 50% DMSO solution will work miracles in about 30 min.

 

[BigEasy]

Errr for clairification, the DMSO gel is good for making bruises disappear in less than an hour.

 

[Nonerz]

No, it would just make the muscles smaller and less "bulky" - acceptable for figure or fitness, not good for a bodybuilding competition. Cardio recruits Type I muscle fibers, whereas resistance training recruits Type II. The former are smaller, less thick, and geared towards endurance work, whereas the latter are larger, thicker, and for highly glycolytic activity.

What's a girl to do... when she wants to have her cake & eat it too? Is there a happy medium somewhere? I'd like to have strong(er), lean(er), sex(ier) legs...what's the "secret?"

 

[JJFigure]

I compete in figure (although a leaner, more muscular version than NPCs), and I've always had more lower body than upper body. For my last competition, I tried cutting WAY down on the leg work, high reps, 100 meter walking lunges, running, sprints, etc. to try and lean out my legs. Didn't make a difference. It still all came down to diet.

Now I'm back training each muscle group as heavily as possible, including heavy squats, front squats, and deadlifts. I've ditched the running and settled on more moderate cardio workouts w/ elliptical and a weekly sprint session. I'm dieting at a lower kcal level for this comp, and my legs are getting leaner than they've ever been. For me, the secret to leaner legs is DIET, not changing my workout.