[sugarhoney]

I have biggg calves and I want to make it more thin and slimmer!!
is there a way on how to make it thin and slim ??
please reply soon! xD!



1Undertake a regular cardiovascular exercise routine
This routine can comprise any combination of running, swimming, walking or jogging. Focus on exercises that require a heel to toe motion, which elongates calf muscles. Walking and swimming are particularly effective for toning calf muscles without causing too much stress on the body.

2Avoid running up hills, which builds rather than tones muscles.
Lift leg weights doing a lot of repetitions using small weights.

3Avoid heavy weights completely as fewer repetitions with heavy weights will make your calves overly bulky and muscular.

4Stretch daily, particularly before and after workouts.
This not only helps elongate the calf muscle, but it also prevents injury while exercising.

5Take up yoga to focus on strength and stretching, both of which can help make calves thinner.


6Jump rope for short periods of time.
Jumping rope causes you to jump on the toes and balls of your feet. Both actions tone calves.
If possible, do double jumps (passing the rope under your feet twice for every single jump). This slims legs even faster.


7Refrain from jumping rope for extended periods of time as this can add unwanted bulk.

8Do squats, using just your body weight as resistance.
Adding extra weight when squatting can add bulk to calves.
For added balance, extend both arms directly in front of you, parallel to the floor. Orient palms towards the floor.


9Rotate these calf-slimming exercises randomly throughout the week.
Muscles quickly become accustomed to repeated exercise routines, and when your muscles become used to the workout, it makes the exercise less effective.



10Eat a low-fat diet.
In conjunction with the proper exercise routine, this will help you reduce calorie and fat intake and increase positive muscle development.

[sugarhoney]

TO SLIM DOWN CALVES:

1. Keep your heels down and avoid walking on the ball of your foot.

2. RUN to slim calves and reshape legs.Running is a powerful tool that allows you to slim down your legs and calves. Think about the physique of short- and long-distance runners. Endurance runners usually have thin legs, as opposed to sprinters who have very well developed calves and thigh muscles. Sprinting develops the calves, but endurance running does not and will in fact slim down calves. Run slower, but for longer distances (endurance running). To slim down your legs, slim thighs and calf muscles, do endurance cardio with little to no resistance. That means running on flat terrain when outdoors or keeping the resistance/ incline low on the cardio machines in the gym. This will slim down your legs and slim down your calves, while keeping your legs firm and shapely. Endurance running can reduce the size of the actual calf muscle and reduce the fatty tissue around it (and everywhere else), that is making the calf look bulky. Put simply, it helps you lose fat from calves and it helps reduce muscle mass.


3. Avoid activities that primarily call for strength, power and speed from your legs muscles, as they will create bigger bulkier muscle. For example, short intense cardio workouts, workouts that require strength and exercises that involve resistance, incline or going up hills. Steep inclines on the treadmill particularly and hill running will develop calves and make big calves even larger.


4. Avoid high-impact jumping movements, such as rope jumping. Swimming, walking, cross-training and the elliptical trainer are great to slim down calf muscles. The elliptical trainer is an excellent tool for low-impact cardio. However, keep the resistance on the low. Instead of burning calories by increasing resistance, exercise for longer periods. Walking slims down the lower legs as it lengthens the muscles between the back of the knee and the ankle.



5. Avoid the step
machine and other types of climbing exercises, as these type of exercises target the calf muscles to increase size. Remember, your goal is to lose bulky calf muscle, i.e. to slim it down, not make to big calf muscles bigger.



6. Resistance Training. You can either avoid training this area completely or if you prefer use light weights and high reps. Resistance exercises that target the calf muscles will tend to increase the size of the calf muscle – not slim down calves.In other words, resistance training is more likely to give you big calves, than make your calves smaller. Remember there is no such thing as spot reduction. If you need to lose fat around your calf muscles you can only do so through diet, cardio or even liposuction of calves. But you cannot do exercises that will reduce the fat around the calf muscles alone.




7. Stretching makes big muscles appear longer and leaner.Stretching lengthens bulked-up muscles. You could try stretching classes, yoga or Pilates. A great stretching exercise for the calf muscles is a wall push-up. Stand with your front foot approximately one foot from a wall and your back foot about three feet from a wall. Your back leg should be straight, the front leg bent and your hands resting against the wall, while you lean forward. Your feet should be pointing straight ahead and your heels on the ground. Hold for 15 – 30 seconds, switch legs and repeat. You should feel the stretch in the back of your leg. This stretching exercise should help lengthen calves.





8. Pilates is an excellent tool to shape and elongate your calves, legs and body.



9. Ankle circles moves:Sit on a chair, with your back straight and firmly against the back of the chair. Slowly circle your left foot clockwise. Do this six times. Then repeat counter-clockwise six times. Repeat the exercise with the right foot.



10. Find out the causes of big calves:Find out why you have large calves and address the cause.

12. Learn about how to slim down legs.