My legs are pretty muscular especially the calves. It's from all that soccer that I played and I want to lose some muscle in the legs. I know to diet and do no leg exercises but I tried that. I need some advice!
damn i wish i had that problemMy legs are pretty muscular especially the calves. It's from all that soccer that I played and I want to lose some muscle in the legs. I know to diet and do no leg exercises but I tried that. I need some advice!
from the degenerative diseases from nailing skanks and farm animals without discretion?Best way to lose leg muscle is to join a fraternity.
From curling all day and nothing else.from the degenerative diseases from nailing skanks and farm animals without discretion?
or from standing for hours on end participating in circle jerks?
ah, also a valid reason.From curling all day and nothing else.
i hear ya.get some pics up
WhAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT??????????????????????????My legs are pretty muscular especially the calves. It's from all that soccer that I played and I want to lose some muscle in the legs. I know to diet and do no leg exercises but I tried that. I need some advice!
i second that.We need pictures. (no homo) I think that will give us a better idea of what your dealing with.
Your pics do not really show your legs at all. Calves a little, but not any thigh development, and nothing to compare your upper to lower body.My legs are pretty muscular especially the calves. It's from all that soccer that I played and I want to lose some muscle in the legs. I know to diet and do no leg exercises but I tried that. I need some advice!
Cycling will actually INcrease muscle mass in your legs, Dave (trust me, I KNOW). And depending on what type of running you do (i.e. sprinting or long distance) will determine as well, although neither will "burn it off" ("it" being muscle; although may help with decreasing bodyfat, which can help 'slim down' your legs).start running and cycling. Burn it off
Slow running won't decrease the size of your legs. As far as distance running; this is not necessarily slow at all. However, distance running can decrease the size of legs, simply because it will generally causes a decrease in body fat (especially if diet is targeted to suit).But I wanted to know because I read somewhere that slow running can decrease the size along with low calories. Is it long distance running(like marathons) or can I just use an elliptic machine?
I did that. I got to the point where I was proportional, and then I had an injury. And lost upper body size and gained MORE lower body size (since I could only do cardio whilst casted). Grrrr...If being disproportionate is your problem, why not try to build some more muscle on your upper body?...
Yes. I stopped training my legs in the gym for almost 2 years, only training them on and off, since anything (regardless of weight, sets, or reps) caused muscle gain there. However, in saying that, you will get BETTER muscle growth in your upper body if you train legs (or at least do a few sets of squats before going into your other training)....I train my legs in a diminished capacity now and have added some size back...
To an extent, yes, but the reason I stopped training legs was to balance out my physique and also because excessive thigh girth was a hindrance for my submissions. I have actually has my best strength gains when I hardly train my legs (less CNS fatigue is my presumption), but, by this time, my thighs were well over 28" when I was around 190 or so. Between GPP, BJJ, sparring, and the other S&C portions, having lingering DOMS was just not in my best interest.Yes. I stopped training my legs in the gym for almost 2 years, only training them on and off, since anything (regardless of weight, sets, or reps) caused muscle gain there. However, in saying that, you will get BETTER muscle growth in your upper body if you train legs (or at least do a few sets of squats before going into your other training).
I wasn't trying to show off or brag, in fact if you say they're not disproportionate that's great.those legs are not disproportionate
nice try though
IMO, I would hit them harder.I wasn't trying to show off or brag, in fact if you say they're not disproportionate that's great.
^^^ I agree. There's nothing disproportional about your lower body compared to your upper body. And your legs are far from what would be considered "large".There is no reason for you to say your thighs are too large.
nah, your good bro.Awesome thanks for the feedback. At first I didn't think they were too big but I got those comments at work from 3 girls, one I dated at the time. They said my legs were too big but the only time they saw my legs is when I bulked last year and they got huge. Thanks again guys.
i grew up playing soccer too.. my legs are also much "thicker" than the rest of my body..
The reason I got into bodybuiding was to make myself more proportionate too..
Instead of actually trying to lower my leg mass though, I hit upper body and did some occasional sprints.. I've evened out nicely in the past 2 years.. Also- I never stopped playing soccer so I wouldn't say I've lost any mass in my legs either.