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What exercises have you been doing to get too large for your liking? Rule out the possibility that your diet isn't the cause of this, i.e. water/fat gain as well.
Daisy has a link in her sticky on this subject. I'd read it, great ingfo in there.
http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?t=227366
I went thru this back in March April ... but I dropped lifting heavy weight and most leg work all together. Only Cardio & calf work, any, if at all, was high reps low weight, NO squats.
Now I've added size up top to try and give me a more 'balanced' look, without sacrificing too much hard-earned muscle
I can't help but say this, what is the tape measurement of your leg compared to before? Maybe you just Reshaped them a little while ridding of fat & adding some size ??? ... I wouldn't judge their size just because a pair of pants do not fit the way it use to, esp. when your goal was to add size there in the 1st place, ya know?
Daisy has a link in her sticky on this subject. I'd read it, great ingfo in there.
http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?t=227366
I went thru this back in March April ... but I dropped lifting heavy weight and most leg work all together. Only Cardio & calf work, any, if at all, was high reps low weight, NO squats.
Now I've added size up top to try and give me a more 'balanced' look, without sacrificing too much hard-earned muscle
I can't help but say this, what is the tape measurement of your leg compared to before? Maybe you just Reshaped them a little while ridding of fat & adding some size ??? ... I wouldn't judge their size just because a pair of pants do not fit the way it use to, esp. when your goal was to add size there in the 1st place, ya know?
Spot Reduction Myth
Contrary to what the info commercials suggest, there is no such thing as spot reduction. Fat is lost throughout the body in a pattern dependent upon genetics, sex (hormones), and age. Overall body fat must be reduced to lose fat in any particular area. Although fat is lost or gained throughout the body, it seems the last area to become lean or the first area to get fat is the midsection (in men and some women) and hips and thighs (in women and few men). Sit-ups, crunches, leg-hip raises, leg raises, hip adduction, hip abduction, etc. will only exercise the muscles under the fat.
Some other interesting reads here.
Spot Reduction Myth
Contrary to what the info commercials suggest, there is no such thing as spot reduction. Fat is lost throughout the body in a pattern dependent upon genetics, sex (hormones), and age. Overall body fat must be reduced to lose fat in any particular area. Although fat is lost or gained throughout the body, it seems the last area to become lean or the first area to get fat is the midsection (in men and some women) and hips and thighs (in women and few men). Sit-ups, crunches, leg-hip raises, leg raises, hip adduction, hip abduction, etc. will only exercise the muscles under the fat.
Some other interesting reads here.
Spot Reduction Myth
strawberry2
Member
treilin said:You can send your muscle my way
AMEN to that! My legs are the hardest to gain muscle....
I gain muscle easily in my lower body ... so I stopped weight training it TOTALLY and went to just doing plyometrics. Did wonders.
takniteasy
Banned
I also have muscular legs (Thank you, Mom!). I will do traveling (walking) lunges with an extended stride. In addition, I will change my leg routine to lite to moderate weight, higher reps and no squats. This seems to help define the muscle more so than to build w/o sacrificing the mass.
Oh, and long cardio sessions on eliptical trainers (45 mins. plus)
If your clothes fit you differently, maybe try a different style?
Oh, and long cardio sessions on eliptical trainers (45 mins. plus)
If your clothes fit you differently, maybe try a different style?
nikkita
New member
if you have a low BF% then you can increase frequency of training, say if you have trained legs one day a week you can do them twice per week... this way you'll be focusing on shape not merely on size.
Howevever if your bf% is not that low you'll have to focus on reducing fat and preserving as much muscle tissue as possible.
Howevever if your bf% is not that low you'll have to focus on reducing fat and preserving as much muscle tissue as possible.
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