Will regular running make your legs thicker?

Many people love sports in their lives, whether they are old or young. Appropriate exercise can promote the development of our brain and achieve the effect of weight loss. Many friends use running as a way to lose weight. However, many friends who are losing weight are worried that running will make their legs thicker, so many people dare not run. So will running make your legs thicker?

Correct running posture can prevent calves from becoming thicker

Running can indeed make your calves thicker, as sprinters have very thick calves; running can also make your calves stronger and your leg lines more beautiful, as marathon runners all have very thin calves. This is all due to running posture and running intensity.

When running, if you land on the forefoot first or the entire foot at the same time, it will cause damage to the tibia and knee joint in the front of the calf, and strongly stimulate the calf muscles, causing the calf to become thicker; if your running posture is to try to land on the heel first, and then roll from the heel to the sole of the foot.

Running in this way can reduce the pressure on the ankle joints and avoid injuries. When your foot lands on the ground, keep your knee slightly bent, not straightened. This will have a cushioning effect on the knee joint and stretch the calf, without strongly stimulating the calf muscles. This way of running will not make your calves thicker.

When running, we need to use all our leg muscles to jump up. The front thigh muscles are mainly used for the exercise, but the calf muscles will inevitably be used. To avoid carrot legs, you can do some stretching exercises after running to relax tight muscles.

Even if you adopt the correct running posture, female friends will still feel that their calves are "growing thicker" in the early stages of jogging. This is because after regular running, the calves become tired, stiff, hard, and tight, which gives female friends the illusion that their calves are getting thicker.

When it comes to running, many people think it is an anaerobic exercise, but it is not. When running is intense and vigorous, it is anaerobic exercise, such as sprints of 100 meters, 200 meters, and 400 meters. Sprinters land on the forefoot, which allows them to run faster and requires strong calf muscles.

Therefore, you will find that sprinters have thick calves. When the running intensity is low and the time is long, it is anaerobic exercise, such as long-distance running like marathon. They run more than ten kilometers every day, and their legs will only become thinner and more symmetrical, not thicker.

The above is an introduction to the question of whether running will make your legs thicker. In fact, running is a national sport and is loved by many friends because it does not require consumption or money and is very simple. It can be done anytime and anywhere and can help us achieve good results. As long as the correct running method is used, the legs will not become thicker.