Running Science: How to Lose Leg Fat Without Making Legs Thicker? Recommended for Girls to Collect!
Correct scientific running makes legs thinner as they run, and will not running will make legs thicker. If girls want to become 'slim legs', they must have a new cognition about 'running'!
During fitness, fitness coaches often find themselves asked by female members who yearn to lose their legs: 'Does running really slim legs?' However, the answers are often simple three-word and two-phrase replies, making them difficult to understand. So classmate Xiao Feng felt it necessary to popularize 'how to scientifically run to slim legs while not causing legs to become thicker', to help everyone solve this long-standing confusion.
How to run to slim legs?
I. Change the speed of running
Running speed is generally divided into fast running and slow running. For example, short-distance runners are 'fast runners', who pursue muscle burst power to improve running speed, so their thigh muscles, calf muscles, and hip muscles are relatively developed.More white muscle fiber than red muscleLike marathon runners are 'slow runners', who pursue endurance to maintain long-distance walking, so their thigh muscles, calf muscles, and hip muscles are less in quantity.More red muscle than white muscle
Short-distance runners and marathon runners body comparison photos
The so-called red muscle and white muscle refers to the type of muscle fibers. The bone muscle fiber of the human body is mainly composed of two types of muscle fibers, red muscle and white muscle. And generally, the proportion of muscle fibers in each person is 50% and 50%. According to sports physiology, due to the influence of genetics, the number of muscle fibers and the proportion of red and white muscle fibers in each person are determined from the age of five months, and formed after one year.
Muscle fiber number and red/white muscle fiber ratio cannot be changed by post-exercise. Slow muscle fiber proportion people's energy supply during exercise is mainly aerobic oxidation, which requires energy mainly from glucose and fat, so slow muscle fiber proportion people's fat loss effect is relatively good.
So, if girls want to slim their legs, they should do long-distance slow running to burn fat; second, they should use the foot to land on the heel to avoid the calf thickening; third, they should stretch and relax their leg muscles.
II. Adjust the way of landing when runningMany girls often find that after running, they obviously feel that their calves become thicker, so they dare not run again. In fact, this is because the calf muscles are temporarily congested, so there is no need to worry about it, and it will return to normal after a while. In addition, it is necessary to stretch and relax their leg muscles frequently. Slow running can indeed consume fat, but if they do not stretch and relax their leg muscles frequently, it will not only hinder the removal of lactic acid and make their legs very sore, but also make their calves form muscle nodules and easily spasm.
Calf stretch action demonstration
Landing method when running:
In general, the foot first lands on the heel, then transitions to the outer side of the foot, and then transitions to the front foot pushing force. This landing method does not need to be deliberately practiced. As long as people do not deliberately change the way their feet land, it will naturally follow the landing method described above.
Landing method action diagram
III. Stretch and relax leg muscles frequently
Many girls find that after running, they obviously feel that their calves become thicker, so they dare not run again. In fact, this is because the calf muscles are temporarily congested, so there is no need to worry about it, and it will return to normal after a while. In addition, it is necessary to stretch and relax their leg muscles frequently.
Calf stretch action demonstration
Conclusion
About running slimming legs, a total of three aspects have been explained: ① take slow running to burn fat; ② use the foot to land on the heel to avoid the calf thickening; ③ stretch and relax their leg muscles frequently. Hope that through classmate Xiao Feng's careful explanation, can help those beautiful girls who want to be slim to achieve slimming effects. When summer comes, I estimate that all the lovely girls will also be able to show off those slim legs like chopsticks!
