gr8heart Posted April 8, 2007 Posted April 8, 2007 I agree with wearing heels, but having muscular calves is not a bad thing. My good friend has thick ankles and she is not very happy with that.
court811 Posted April 8, 2007 Posted April 8, 2007 I think muscular calves are awesome! I think women who are in great shape look so much better than super skinny women who are in lousy shape
jeanjeanvaljean Posted April 8, 2007 Posted April 8, 2007 I have fat legs in general. I have to run everyday to keep myself in shape ... I gain weight first on my legs and it is not attractive.
ilikemike65 Posted April 8, 2007 Posted April 8, 2007 I have huge calves and guys love it! I've even been accused of having calf implants before. Just enjoy them! My ex used to have a term he used and he would just make a face like he was sucking on a lemon and call a chick "SRC" meaning Surgically Removed Calves! No one likes skinny, shapeless calves!!!!
vegas-long-legs Posted April 8, 2007 Posted April 8, 2007 I have muscular calves too. Better than having "cankles."
missmustard Posted April 8, 2007 Posted April 8, 2007 ARGHHH! I have cankles . Even when skinny I still did. Anyway to get rid of them?
jellybebe Posted April 11, 2007 Posted April 11, 2007 If you are trying to lose weight on your calves, lots of lower-body work, such as squats and calf raises will help, as will running and swimming (esp. flutter kick strokes such as freestyle). I can also attest that ballet will give you kick-butt calves because so many of the moves are done on the ball of the foot. If you are too shy to sign up for a class, try a video. Basically, try to stay on the ball of your foot as much as you can.
sudy Posted April 11, 2007 Posted April 11, 2007 Both my parents have very athletic legs so my calves are insanely huge. The trick for me is to just wear heels since it lessens the appearance of how big they are for me. Im afraid to work out my legs in fear that my calves will get bigger. Here's a good thing for having muscular legs though lol Very off topic 2 years ago my right leg was run over by a yellow taxi cab and my leg didnt break! The doctor said I probably owed it to my calves and luck. If I had stick thin legs, I'm sure something would've snapped.
sam-coach-love Posted April 11, 2007 Posted April 11, 2007 I would so elipticals. I do that with spinning and my calves are perfect calves. There is also this one machine where i work out and you **** in this machine on the cair and there is this board type thing and you push on it and the chair moves back. That seems to help too. But please limit yourselves on leg excercises because they will get bigger.
jessie_mags Posted April 12, 2007 Posted April 12, 2007 I wish I had your problem! I have no calves! I run and everything and my legs still look like lollipops!
sam-coach-love Posted April 12, 2007 Posted April 12, 2007 I meant sit. not the other thing. haha typo big time...i dont know how to edit the post.
sincitysnob Posted April 25, 2007 Posted April 25, 2007 I also have large calves, my BF loves them! He complements them often and compares them to his ex who was a gymnast, and fitness queen who worked her ass off to get them. As for me, I was born with them. LOL! My equal my BF's but he also trains hard to get what he's got. I consider myself very lucky as well as blessed.
tammyd Posted April 25, 2007 Posted April 25, 2007 Pilates is known to lengthen those muscles so they look leaner and more slender.
joolluver Posted April 26, 2007 Posted April 26, 2007 I have muscular big calves from tumbling in my youth, I wear a lot of heels to give the appearance of slightly slimmer calves.
berniceliu888 Posted April 26, 2007 Posted April 26, 2007 I have chubby calves too They're not muscles though. The thing that troubles me is, I am 5feet 2 at around 109 lbs, but my calves are quite big. =/
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