Can running make your legs thicker?

Nowadays, many people pay more attention to health preservation. Even if they are not obese, they always take running as exercise to improve their body resistance. However, many women who love beauty are always worried that running will make their calves thicker. Is this true? Can running make your legs thicker? How can I run without making my legs thicker? Let me give you a detailed introduction!

"Jogging" is an aerobic exercise that can consume fat, thus achieving the goal of losing weight. Of course, it will not make your legs thicker.

I want to emphasize that this is jogging, not sprinting. When jogging, the muscles of the whole body should be relaxed, and the breathing should be deep, slow and rhythmic. You can exhale after two steps and inhale after two steps, or exhale after three steps and inhale after three steps. It is advisable to take deep breaths with the abdomen, bulging the abdomen when inhaling, and contracting the abdomen when exhaling. When jogging, keep your steps brisk and swing your arms naturally. The appropriate amount of jogging exercise is 20 to 30 minutes a day, but it must be persisted for a long time to be effective.

There are two situations in which the legs become thicker: one is that the subcutaneous fat in the legs increases, making the legs thicker, which is called bloat. This situation is mostly caused by lack of physical exercise; the other situation is that due to exercise, the circumference of the leg muscles increases, thus making the legs thicker. Generally speaking, this situation is mostly caused by engaging in sprinting sports that will increase the circumference of the muscles. An appropriate increase in muscle circumference can make a person's muscle lines more beautiful and more elastic. If you want to make your legs thinner, do aerobic exercise for at least half an hour continuously: jogging, swimming, climbing, cycling, etc.

The main reasons why people think their calves will become thicker when running are as follows: First, some people feel tired and tight in their calves when running, and they think that their calves are "growing thicker", but in fact this is just an illusion; second, the method is wrong. High-intensity and intense anaerobic exercise may cause the calf muscles to grow, resulting in thicker legs, while aerobic exercise consumes sugar, fat, and amino acids in the body and only reduces excess fat.

The weight loss method to avoid thickening of calves is to adopt jogging as an aerobic exercise, which is characterized by low intensity, rhythm and long duration. When running, you should also pay attention to the time and speed. Generally, aerobic exercise takes at least 30 minutes and can last up to 1-2 hours. The speed should not be too fast, and the heart rate should be controlled within the aerobic exercise range, but it should not be too slow, otherwise it will not have the effect of exercise.

After reading the above introduction, I believe you have a deep understanding of how to prevent your calves from becoming thicker when running. Generally speaking, your calves will not become thicker when jogging, but it should be noted that in order to do aerobic exercise, it usually takes at least half an hour, or even one or two hours. When exercising, it is also very important to master the correct exercise method, and don't exercise blindly.