Do you have Thick Thighs?ā
Do you hate when they rub together?
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When I first got into fitness one of my biggest goals was the reduce the size of my legs. If you can relate, keep reading!ā
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The recent fitness trend goes something like ārunning and high reps are bad and you should never do them.ā BUT itās worked for me and Iām not an anomaly. Hereās why some of these trends you hear may not hold true for YOU either… ā
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Myth 1 āyou donāt need to run to get leanāā
Truth: Not everyone is built to run, not everyone likes running, and not everyone needs to run but truth is SOME people DO need and will benefit from running. The people who should use running as a method of cardio are the ones whoās legs are thick (like mine). I hold a lot of muscle in my legs but I also tend to store my fat there as well so the low-resistance and repetitive movement of running forces my stubborn legs to lean out. ā
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Myth 2 āyouāll lose your glutes if you do a lot of runningā ā
Truth: Okay, this one is somewhat true. BUT at the same time, if you reduce your overall body fat, the muscle that you do have will naturally appear bigger and thus youāll create this beautiful illusion of having larger muscles – even if they did decrease in size. ā
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Myth 3 āyou need to lift heavy weight if you want to shape your legsā ā
Truth: Not everybody needs to build leg muscles. I had plenty of muscle there from years of playing sports. The problem was I held plenty of fat there too. High reps helped me to reduce both muscle & fat to lean out! AND for the record, speaking from my own experience, itās much easier to trim down first, then build up the muscle later. ā
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So if youāre goal is to reduce the size of your legs (both muscle & fat) youāll need to focus on these 3 things:
1ļøā£Nutritionā
2ļøā£Long-duration, low-resistance, Stead-state cardio – hint: runningā
3ļøā£High Repetition Trainingā
In my 1:1 signature coaching program I formulate your customized plan of all 3 components so that you can sculpt long, lean, sexy legs! Find all the info here.
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