I feel like my legs might be too thin. Is there any exercises to help make the thighs more well-rounded and emphasize the curves I have? I have an hourglass figure, but my legs are so scrawny it takes away from the look.
Are my legs too skinny/ what are some exercise to make the thighs more well developed?
Whether they are "too skinny" or not will depend on each individual guy and his preferences. However, if you feel that you do want to make them bigger, you can do so one of two ways (or both, I suppose): 1. Eat in a large calorie surplus to gain body fat, and hope that you naturally store most of it in your thighs, while storing very little everywhere else. 2. Eat in a moderate calorie surplus and work out to gain muscle mass, and focus on lifts that target your quads, hamstrings, glutes, etc.--such as barbell squats, leg press machine, dumbell lunges, barbell hip thrusts, abductor/adductor machine, hamstring curl machine, etc. If you go this route (which is what I would personally recommend), just know right now that you will have to eat a lot of food, will end up gaining a little fat that you'll have to burn off later, will have to pay for a gym membership, will have to read up on general weightlifting information (bulk/cut cycling, muscle hypertrophy, reps, sets, tempo, etc.).
your two angles short for a proper piece of advice. the side profile looks good though all the right shapes taper just right. Toning would probably e all that keeps everything where it should be. Find a good flight of stairs ie escalator type so multi-storey parking lots stadium etc and run up those but walk down about 20 steps to go up in all this will work your entire bottom half and aim to make your goal 20 at least three times a week. after a couple of months best legs on the planet. slim waist flat stomach. shaped shoulders and arms. LET ME KNOW HOW YOU GET ON OH AND RUNON THE BALLS OF YOUR FEET AND MAKE EACH FOOT FALL AS LIGHT AS YOU CAN OR YOU WILL GET JOINT PROBLEMS
don`t do squats you will man type legs bad back and after a while a pushed out stomach, with what I advised you will have more shapely legs, that are still in proportion to your body and way more benefits better stamina better heart rate, and blood pressure very shapely, better fat burning and you can have breaks from training and skill keep your form unless you want man legs then crack on, When you are looking to train always look to the type of sport that you think the athletes have a body type which suits, I`m not much taller than you! and I concentrate on speed and agility and played at quite a high level. If this any help never broken anything, never suffered any major illnesses, and still the same waist size as when I left school, Blood pressure is superb 90 over something and the average is 120 over something and everything works as if should without failure and still have a flat stomach. and I have played just about every contact sport known to man. the only other thing which I did forget to mention is stretching I would highly recommend yoga that does take of everything else. (be the best version of yourself ( do squats ha that`s my option on the exercise that gives more joint problems than anything else. Very important strict stretch or you will start walking like an elephant. unless you want to be an elephant. and hip circle, if you know what they are better with a hula hoop, trims the waist any tips just give me a shout ok (do squats what the F--k) you're looking for the burn when you feel that, that's the sign it`ts working, if you have not worked before then about the first few weeks you will feel pain. if you're serious I will let you know. that one routine will give you everything that you want in gaining shapely legs
You can't spot increase or decrease weight. Fastest way for me to gaining weight was eating double cream with peanut butter like every day. But I always had massive legs so I don't know where you'd gain the weight. Squatting and walking helps but it's really genetics that determines it.
I have a lot of difficulties gaining weight. But when I do gain weight. It’s usually just to bust, butt, and hips. I get very little added to my arms or legs.
Then I don't think you can do anything about it 😕 it's just where your body stores the fat. You can do squats, and walk more but that's about it. I've seen my husband gain it from squatting but he lost it as soon as he stopped. I really don't know if you'll gain because men's testosterone allows to gain muscle faster.
You would need to eat more calories and protein to gain muscle and have rest days.
Easiest would be to simply put on more weight. What makes the hips round is mostly fat tissue and you appear to have little of that. You have thigh-gap, so you can probably put on 10% of your present weight easily without any adverse effects in terms of health / looks. If you really want to max it out train the muscles at your butt and thighs. Raising legs from a position on all fours, raising both legs when lying on the side and squats half down are good for starters - but for building mass you would need dead-lifts and the like which would in turn require you to train your abs, lower back and sides of (lower) torso first (muscles needed to stabilise in order to perform dead-lifts safely).
Easiest for me would not be putting on weight, no matter how much I eat, I always stay a little underweight. I only gain weight when I gain muscle. But I’ll try those exercises you mentioned. Thanks for the detailed response!
"I only gain weight when I gain muscle." - Hm, that is weird. If you do not put on any weight you must have a really high metabolic rate or eat in a way where your body hardly releases any insulin. It will be very hard to gain enough muscle at your hips to make them look round without having any extra fat contribute to that effort: You would probably need at least 6kg of lean muscle at your thighs / butt to have a significant visual impact and in order to build that you will also need to have a nutrition that -without training - normally would make people gain fat. If you have trouble gaining weight by eating, you should look into that first, otherwise you may even lose muscle tissue. Also I have to write that not being able to put on weight historically would have been a huge issue: If stone age people could not become fat by eating when lots of food was available, they were likely to starve to death in periods of scarcity. Of course that is no problem to day and no reason to be scared but if you really cannot gain weight even with a diet rich in carbs, there might be something seriously out of balance in your metabolism and you may want to have an expert look into that just to be sure you do not have any "hidden" conditions that may have long-term consequences. I had the same issue as a teenager due to a very high metabolic rate and it later just went away, so probably there is nothing to be worried about.
They are proportionate to the rest of your body but if you want to build them up a bit there is nothing wrong with that. Lunges, squats, running, and hiking have done wonders for me.
I wish I new what to do to help. Possibly weight training of some type. I have just the opposite problem. I have legs like a power lifter. Thick muscular thighs & calves.
I have a 13 inch difference between my hips and my waist, so I do have proportionally wide hips even though they are technically small. (I wear a size 0 in pants)
I don't know ratios for waist to hips but you can always exercise and work out if you want thicker stronger legs. You're gonna have to diet properly too.
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