Will jogging make your thighs thicker?

Many people are worried that jogging will make their thighs thicker. What should they pay attention to? In fact, the reason why people's legs become thicker after long-term jogging is because muscles are formed. But in general, muscle training is still very difficult. On the one hand, you need to have sufficient exercise intensity and endurance, and on the other hand, you also need to achieve sufficient exercise volume. If you just jog at your usual speed, you don't need to worry too much.

In fact, the question of "Will running make your legs thicker?" is already a cliché, especially many girls are very concerned about this issue. If you tell her that running won't make her legs bigger, she won't believe it. Because girls feel their legs are swollen after running, they think they are thicker. Some girls also think that running uses the leg muscles, and as the leg muscles increase, the legs will become thicker, and so on for various reasons. Therefore, this article has to explain again whether running will make your legs thicker.

We usually understand that running makes legs thicker because the legs gain more muscle. In fact, the reason why most girls’ legs become thicker is not because they have gained more muscle in their legs, but because they have gained more fat in their legs.

So, let me tell the girls here that thicker legs are not necessarily due to running, and normal running will not make the runner's legs thicker. Because 90% of marathon runners have thin calves, girls don’t have to worry about running making their legs thicker. On the contrary, not running or exercising will cause fat to accumulate in the legs and make them thicker.

Of course, this article does not rule out the possibility that running will make your legs thicker, because most sprinters have thick legs, regardless of gender. However, the running exercises performed by these sprinters are different from the running that normal people refer to. The running performed by sprinters is a high-intensity anaerobic exercise, which can easily develop leg muscles, thereby increasing leg muscles and increasing leg circumference.

Generally, the running we adopt is a long-term aerobic exercise. The main energy supply system of this kind of running is the aerobic energy supply system, and the main energy provider is body fat. Therefore, this kind of long-term running will mainly consume body fat and it is difficult to achieve the effect of developing leg muscles.

I believe everyone is clear about whether jogging will make the thighs thicker. Jogging is very effective in losing weight, but you need to do warm-up exercises before running to reduce injuries during exercise. In addition, you should also pay attention to adjusting your diet structure and not consume too much fat and calories, so that you will not easily become thicker.