too much muscle.

[wtfmichelina]

Fat isn't my problem. I don't think I'm fat or over weight. My real problem is that I took dance for eight years and from that, my legs have become very muscle-y and very bulky. My thighs touch when I stand up and spread when I sit down. For some reason, that bothers me. I haven't eaten for the past two days, thinking that if I stop eating, my body will suck all the muscle away.


Help me get rid of my thighs, please.
:confused:

[Argyle]

But muscle is what you want, muscle burns more fat :eek:

You should work on building leaner non bulky muscle, you can build muscle and lose muscle as much as you want, but you probably won't be happy. But lean muscle is better than anything on a feminine body, it sucks you in like a corset and that is what you want... if you starve you will lose both lean muscle and bulk, and turn to flab I think. So work on lean muscle excercises to tighten you up all over, I think that's the answer. Lean muscle doesn't show like a body builder all bulky and stuff.

[Lithium]

I have a very similar issue >.< But mine resulted from martial arts. I'm fairly slim all-round, but I have a fair amout of muscle in my upper arms. My boyfriend often 'jokes' and says that I have "beefy arms" :( It's such a sensitive thing to me that he doesn't understand why I crack when he comments on my arms!
I don't know what to do!
This concept of lean muscle is interesting. I don't fully understand it. Is there such a way to replace bulky muscle with lean muscle? How does one build lean muscle in the first place? I'm going to have to research this a bit...
As for the time being, I've just been getting into doing more aerobic exercise - that which burns fat and doesn't build muscle.

[flareman]

The trick here to maintaining muscle yet not bulking it up is to lift heavy weights. When I say heavy, I mean around the 2-3 rep range. Anything more than 6-10 reps will cause your muscles to grow. I've been sticking with really heavy training of 2-3 reps (occasionally 1-2 rep) range for 3 months. Although it doesn't grow the muscle, it increases your strength and adds vascularity.