How to slim down calves the fastest and most effectively

Large calves are often called "carrot legs". These legs are generally strong and firm. The thigh circumference may not be too thick, but they do not look slender and slim because of the obvious muscles. Legend has it that muscular calves are the type that are more difficult to lose weight successfully. Whether it is fitness exercises or dieting to lose weight, the thick calves have always been ignored. It has been rated as the most disappointing part of the human body that "cannot lose weight"!

Muscular calves are specifically muscle MIX fat type

In fact, the hard calves of many girls are not muscle legs, but a mixture of muscles and fat. Now, if you pinch the calves hard, the parts that can be pinched are all fat, no matter how hard or soft they are. In fact, unless you have been engaged in sports for a long time before you can develop muscular legs, daily exercise will not produce real muscular calves. For this type of calf, it’s better to say that it’s “shaping” than “losing weight”.

How to reduce calf size

The shape and function of the calf are closely related to the muscles behind the calf. Therefore, in order to change the shape of the calf and effectively improve the function of the calf, muscular calves must first carry out moderate exercise on the muscles of the calf, so as to eliminate unnecessary body fat and at the same time restructure the muscle lines of the feet in order to make the muscles narrower and longer. This will make the muscular calves visually much narrower!

It is generally difficult to lose weight in calves with tight muscles, so the main step before and after exercise is to loosen the firm calf muscles. The method is very simple. Sit on the floor, bend your feet to 90 degrees, hold a hollow fist in your hand and hit the leg muscles, alternately hit the legs, and hit the sides and back of the calf from top to bottom. This tapping action can also be performed before going to bed, with no less than 200 strokes each time, which can effectively promote the circulation, help release stressed leg muscles, and relieve swelling.

After taking a shower, apply a slimming liquid with fat-reducing and tightening effects on the feet. Sit on the bed or on the ground, relax the leg muscles, and rub the leg muscles with the thumb, ring finger and middle thumb of both hands. The technique should be slightly firm. If you feel a slight fever or pain, the best effect is to massage each leg for about 5 minutes at a time.

Girls with tight thigh muscles and thick calves often do this set of muscle-pressing exercises, which can stretch the leg lines and slim the calves through tendon training.

STEP1: Sit on the ground or on a yoga mat, spread your hands forward and grasp your toes.

STEP2: Grasp the sole of the right leg with the fingers of both hands, and slowly pull the right leg up. People who are not very flexible can hold their arms around the ankles or calves to make it easier for you.

STEP3: Lift your chin toward the ceiling, raise your head, raise your chest, and breathe.

Persisting in long-distance slow-speed running every day can help reshape the foot lines. Some people think that jogging will make the feet wider, but in fact, for most women with thick legs, it may be caused by the accumulation of fat. Even if you are a mixed muscle and fat type, proper jogging training can help convert foot fat into muscles and improve the calf lines. The solution is to run or jog for about 40 minutes every day. The exercise should not be too strenuous. You must stretch your legs after exercise to make your calf lines slimmer.

STEP1: Hold the left foot tightly with both hands, keep the chest close to the foot, hold it, count two to eight beats in your heart, and then switch to the right side.

STEP2: With your feet shoulder-width apart, use your left hand to reach the floor on the left side, once to the left and once to the right within two beats, and then switch to two on each side.

STEP3: Stand with your feet together, lower your head, hold the sides of your calves with both hands, keep your head close to your legs, and maintain 2 eight beats.

STEP4: Touch the ground on both sides of your feet, hold your elbows on your chest with both hands, lean forward, and slowly move down, maintaining for 2 eight beats.

Fitness exercises not suitable for muscular calves

1. Run quickly in a short period of time - change to long-distance running method

2. High-resilience aerobic fitness-change to slow but stretching yoga and Pilates

3. Zhama Step - This method is more suitable for those with loose thigh muscles and excessive body fat. You can instead stand against the wall with the tips of your legs for thirty minutes every day (the best effect is after dinner). )

4. Breaststroke stroke - changed to freestyle, which has a better effect on stretching the human body, especially the legs.