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How to Lose/Slim Down Muscle

corrine Posts: 1 Joined: 2001/11/12	2001/11/13, 07:04 PM Hi, My name is Corrine. I'm ski race for the Park City Ski Team and have to work out 4 days a week at the gym to stay in shape. However, skiing has caused me to gain muscle in places (mostly thighs and buns) that i would like to slim down. I weigh 105 lbs and am 5'4". I was wondering how I can keep my girlish figure in proportion-(my waist is very small, so my legs look out of proportion). I want to be strong, but also lean. Please write back if you have any suggestions. Thanks Corey
Philia2 Posts: 4,078 Joined: 2001/10/19	2001/11/14, 08:25 AM Wait please say again if the mass on your thighs and buns is muscles or fat? If it's fat, cardio is the answer, if it's muscles I also have the solution ("drying" the muscle but without losing strengh). An other thing, weight train your shoulders. This will help you give the right proportion thighs-waist-shoulders.
spanishgirl Posts: 157 Joined: 2001/06/06	2001/11/14, 06:00 PM What? Did I read this post correctly? You want to "LOSE" muscle??? Here I am trying to gain what you already have!! I guess we all have different goals and ideas in mind.... I am just looking to, most importantly, feel good...and next, to look decent in a pair of jeans... I wish you the best of luck!! Being a part of the ski team sounds like hard work....but alot of fun...!! SG
ltroisi Posts: 764 Joined: 2001/11/06	2001/11/14, 11:42 PM Your legs and bum probably look hard from skiing right? Well that's a dream come true for most women. At 5'4" 105 pds its hard to imagine your legs are too big. I agree with Phila2. Do some upper body work to balance out that physique. Shoulder, lats and some arms would do wonders. You will look great.
Philia2 Posts: 4,078 Joined: 2001/10/19	2001/11/15, 03:52 AM I did have the same problem as Corrine.... I have been fencing for years and it's tough for your legs since you are always in a static position. I mean you are always burning your legs without giving them any rest. Anyway, I turned out to have those huge thighs (and the right one bigger than the left!). It's great to have muscles but sometimes they just get too big. So I began a leg program with the goal of "drying" out those muscles (but since I still fence I wanted to keep the strengh). Well I can tell you that it worked. Lots of reps, almost no rest between the sets, three times per week.... It took 6 weeks, but I lost almost 2 inches on each leg. The funny thing is that in the end of those 6 weeks, my legs have become a lot stronger than before. That's the great thing about weight training (and that's why I love my job so incredible much!) We can do everything with our muscles, we just have to know how....
ltroisi Posts: 764 Joined: 2001/11/06	2001/11/15, 10:10 AM Stupid question, if she continues the skiing and does this at the same will it work the same way?
earth_angel0001 Posts: 34 Joined: 2003/01/31	2003/01/31, 04:46 PM How do you muscle "dry" exactly? Can someone describe in more detail how to do it? I'd like to do it for my thighs...
Lumina20 Posts: 966 Joined: 2001/10/31	2003/02/01, 03:19 PM She said that she did lots of reps with no rest in-between sets, that's what it appears she means by "drying." If you want to know more just send philia a personal message by clicking on send instant message under her post.
Philia2 Posts: 4,078 Joined: 2001/10/19	2003/02/02, 03:51 AM Everybody is different and very often the big thighs are not muscles but fat! To get big thigh muscles one really needs to work a lot SO if you are not a professional ski racer (or like me being on the national fencing team or another very physical sport with your legs always bend) then it's probably not your case. Anyway, what I did worked for me. -------------- - Nina :o) Les Victoires éternelles sont celles du coeur.