HalfHisAge said:
Right. I've tried googling without success and I thought you guys
might be able to help me.
I'm a dancer with extremely muscular thighs. I like the muscle, but
they're out of proportion to the rest of my body and it's frustrating
that jeans sometimes don't fit because my thighs are too built up.
How do I tone it down without it turning to flab? It's not fat, so
it's not a dieting issue. I work out (cardio, very light weights),
but I try to avoid exercises that focus on the thighs because I
certainly don't want them any more pumped up.
Will not be easy, at all.
You're not going to get muscle turning to flab, looking on the bright side.
That doesn't ever happen (what can happen is sports player retires, stops
training, but carries on eating like he always did, then he loses muscle
because he doesn't use it and gains fat because he's eating too much).
If you really want to lose the muscle, then you'll have to try to avoid
using it for a long time (which will be impossible if you want to keep
dancing) or alternatively diet, try to avoid eating much protein. The
problem with the latter is it's not healthy, will screw up your metabolism
for a while after you stop dieting, will strip muscle off your upper body as
well, and you still probably won't lose much muscle until you get down to
unpleasantly low body fat percentages.
You might be better off doing some upper body work if 'proportion' really
matters to you and buying loose fit jeans.
Peter
