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nbusch1128
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Creating the illusion is great except for one thing… buying pants. 
Most pants that will accommodate my ass and thighs are huge in the waist. I have found that pants that are cut low in the waist (low rise?) work the best. The only bad part is the fear of my ass crack showing.
Most pants that will accommodate my ass and thighs are huge in the waist. I have found that pants that are cut low in the waist (low rise?) work the best. The only bad part is the fear of my ass crack showing.
JJFigure
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Gotta love low rise jeans and tights! Although my man keeps commenting on how my belly is always showing...
Rosii, I think you got the wrong idea. I would not QUIT training your lower body. Several of us, myself included, are/were in the same boat you're in. However, I luckily received the very good advice to NOT quit training my lower body. Why, you ask? Because your legs are your largest muscle group; train your legs, and you'll burn a huge amount of kcalories. Train your legs, and the rest of your body will gain mass (that's documented, somewhere).
Your problem is the amount of fat sitting on top of the muscle; if you correct your diet, you CAN lose the fat - again, you have to trust me, but I lived with overly fat legs for most of my life. I tried the anorexia thing (skeleton upper body/fat lower body) in HS, tried the "run my ass off" approach with the same results (5 miles/day for 1 year), and finally tried lifting. Lifting and proper nutrition is the only thing that will work!!
Although I've always had a very strong lower body, I've always disliked it because of the amount of fat I hold there. So, I made it a goal to both lower that body fat permanently and to develop my lower body to the degree I would get more comments on my legs than on my abs, and that's slowly happening. My last comp, I got several comments on my hamstring development. This past week, I was at the doctor's office, and a couple of the women working there told me they wish they had my legs - that put a nice big smile on my face!
But again, nutrition has been the primary key - I had to learn to eat cleanly, monitor my kcals, increase my protein, all the things we talk about in all these threads, and now I see definition in my lower body even off season. It's do-able, but if you decide to NOT develop your lower body muscle, I doubt you'll ever accomplish what you want.
BTW - I train with heavy weights in a low rep range (3-5 reps) for my lower body - squats, front squats, split squats, deadlifts, cleans, Good Mornings, RDLs, and glute/ham Raises are the lifts I focus on - I do practically no isolation work any more, unless I'm really bored. And I do sprint work on the HS track once/week.
Rosii, I think you got the wrong idea. I would not QUIT training your lower body. Several of us, myself included, are/were in the same boat you're in. However, I luckily received the very good advice to NOT quit training my lower body. Why, you ask? Because your legs are your largest muscle group; train your legs, and you'll burn a huge amount of kcalories. Train your legs, and the rest of your body will gain mass (that's documented, somewhere).
Your problem is the amount of fat sitting on top of the muscle; if you correct your diet, you CAN lose the fat - again, you have to trust me, but I lived with overly fat legs for most of my life. I tried the anorexia thing (skeleton upper body/fat lower body) in HS, tried the "run my ass off" approach with the same results (5 miles/day for 1 year), and finally tried lifting. Lifting and proper nutrition is the only thing that will work!!
Although I've always had a very strong lower body, I've always disliked it because of the amount of fat I hold there. So, I made it a goal to both lower that body fat permanently and to develop my lower body to the degree I would get more comments on my legs than on my abs, and that's slowly happening. My last comp, I got several comments on my hamstring development. This past week, I was at the doctor's office, and a couple of the women working there told me they wish they had my legs - that put a nice big smile on my face!
But again, nutrition has been the primary key - I had to learn to eat cleanly, monitor my kcals, increase my protein, all the things we talk about in all these threads, and now I see definition in my lower body even off season. It's do-able, but if you decide to NOT develop your lower body muscle, I doubt you'll ever accomplish what you want.
BTW - I train with heavy weights in a low rep range (3-5 reps) for my lower body - squats, front squats, split squats, deadlifts, cleans, Good Mornings, RDLs, and glute/ham Raises are the lifts I focus on - I do practically no isolation work any more, unless I'm really bored. And I do sprint work on the HS track once/week.
I had the same problemo!
Rossi I had the same problem as you did last year. My thighs were huge, blessed with the trademarked European pear shape if you will
, anyway I also had huge calves, and was always under the impression that it was muscle not fat, as both my parents have great calves.
I used to train every single day and work as hard as I possibly could but the fat would just not go away, so I accepted that I was always going to have huge legs. My boyfriend, who is major into the bodybuilding/ fitness thing, told me that the reason I was not losing fat was because my diet was so messed up. I, of course refused to believe that diet was the cause of my problem, I mean c’mon I was exercising day and night, doing cardio and weights so surely the fat would disappear right?
After joining the elite fitness board I realised that my boyfriend was indeed correct, that no matter what I did I would never lose the fat without correct diet. I browsed the boards for a program to do but came across nothing that really interested me (no offence guys and gals, but I honestly thought aarrhhh too much work!) I knew sweet bugger-all about nutrition, I could even tell you if a potato was a protein/ veg or carb that’s how bad my nutritional ‘expertise’ were
While reading my Shape magazine, I saw an advert for Body For Life, I didn’t believe that it worked, I mean those before and after pics were completely phenomenal! But nonetheless, I decided to do some ‘research’ on the program. I had a look at the eating plan and realised that I should do it as the foods theory made a lot of sense and the food seemed very healthy. So in March last year I did my first challenge, lost an amazing 6kg (I think that’s about 13.2pounds) and was very happy with my results. Although I wasn’t 100% dedicated the first time (no thanks to my scepticism) I managed to start shedding the fat and also believing that the program does work.
By the time my 12 weeks was up, I realised that BFL does in fact work, so in September last year I decided to do another challenge and follow the program to the letter. I did and lost another 6kg, and 17inches on my body (on a total of 15 body parts measured). I also increased my shoulders by almost and inch and my arms increased as well. Muscles I thought never existed started popping out and the amount of confidence I gained was unexplainable.
The most amazing part was how much fat I lost on my thighs – For the first time in my life I could stand with my feet together and see a gap between my thighs, my calves also got much smaller – the shape of my muscle began defining itself and I lost the flabbiness that covered it. I was extremely happy with BFL and live and breathe it everyday. I came first in my group in South Africa in the women aged 18-25 category, which was such a huge achievement for me.
There are many programs out there that work, hell, I can’t think of a diet that doesn’t work unless the person on the diet is doing something wrong. But the reason I love BFL and would honestly suggest it is because its very simple to understand. People think understanding how muscles, fat, weights, cardio, proteins, carbs etc all works is difficult, but BFL tells you everything you need to know, it gives you the myths and tells you the TRUTH by explaining every single common myth that holds us back from achieving results, there is a full proof diet and training program that is very easy to follow and the best part is BFL is its all about building muscle while losing fat – building a better body and also teaches you how to use your brain to do it all.
Do yourself a favour, start off with the BFL program, www.bodyforlife.com and you'll understand so much more about your body, people will think you studied in that field After you complete a challenge you can even further your results by developing your own program because after doing BFL understanding fitness and nutrition becomes so much simpler.
Good luck
PS Don't let myths hold you back – try to forget everything you’ve ever heard (especially from people who look like barrels yet give you advice). Its far easier to paint on a clean canvas than what it is to paint over someone else’s mess
Rossi I had the same problem as you did last year. My thighs were huge, blessed with the trademarked European pear shape if you will
, anyway I also had huge calves, and was always under the impression that it was muscle not fat, as both my parents have great calves. I used to train every single day and work as hard as I possibly could but the fat would just not go away, so I accepted that I was always going to have huge legs. My boyfriend, who is major into the bodybuilding/ fitness thing, told me that the reason I was not losing fat was because my diet was so messed up. I, of course refused to believe that diet was the cause of my problem, I mean c’mon I was exercising day and night, doing cardio and weights so surely the fat would disappear right?
After joining the elite fitness board I realised that my boyfriend was indeed correct, that no matter what I did I would never lose the fat without correct diet. I browsed the boards for a program to do but came across nothing that really interested me (no offence guys and gals, but I honestly thought aarrhhh too much work!) I knew sweet bugger-all about nutrition, I could even tell you if a potato was a protein/ veg or carb that’s how bad my nutritional ‘expertise’ were
While reading my Shape magazine, I saw an advert for Body For Life, I didn’t believe that it worked, I mean those before and after pics were completely phenomenal! But nonetheless, I decided to do some ‘research’ on the program. I had a look at the eating plan and realised that I should do it as the foods theory made a lot of sense and the food seemed very healthy. So in March last year I did my first challenge, lost an amazing 6kg (I think that’s about 13.2pounds) and was very happy with my results. Although I wasn’t 100% dedicated the first time (no thanks to my scepticism) I managed to start shedding the fat and also believing that the program does work.
By the time my 12 weeks was up, I realised that BFL does in fact work, so in September last year I decided to do another challenge and follow the program to the letter. I did and lost another 6kg, and 17inches on my body (on a total of 15 body parts measured). I also increased my shoulders by almost and inch and my arms increased as well. Muscles I thought never existed started popping out and the amount of confidence I gained was unexplainable.
The most amazing part was how much fat I lost on my thighs – For the first time in my life I could stand with my feet together and see a gap between my thighs, my calves also got much smaller – the shape of my muscle began defining itself and I lost the flabbiness that covered it. I was extremely happy with BFL and live and breathe it everyday. I came first in my group in South Africa in the women aged 18-25 category, which was such a huge achievement for me.
There are many programs out there that work, hell, I can’t think of a diet that doesn’t work unless the person on the diet is doing something wrong
. But the reason I love BFL and would honestly suggest it is because its very simple to understand. People think understanding how muscles, fat, weights, cardio, proteins, carbs etc all works is difficult, but BFL tells you everything you need to know, it gives you the myths and tells you the TRUTH by explaining every single common myth that holds us back from achieving results, there is a full proof diet and training program that is very easy to follow and the best part is BFL is its all about building muscle while losing fat – building a better body and also teaches you how to use your brain to do it all.Do yourself a favour, start off with the BFL program, www.bodyforlife.com and you'll understand so much more about your body, people will think you studied in that field
After you complete a challenge you can even further your results by developing your own program because after doing BFL understanding fitness and nutrition becomes so much simpler.Good luck
PS Don't let myths hold you back – try to forget everything you’ve ever heard (especially from people who look like barrels yet give you advice). Its far easier to paint on a clean canvas than what it is to paint over someone else’s mess
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