Will putting up the resistance make me thinner?

[Anonymous]

I have a high metabolism.

It is hard for me to gain weight.

I am 5'6 120 lbs (the weight I did gain was through pregnancy) I used to be a lot thinner.

I pretty much want to bulk my legs up a bit and I do elliptical machine cardio exercise for 30 minutes 3 days a week on resistance 3.

Is this enough to get the effects that I want?

Also,

If I continue to put up the resistance (which causes me to burn more calories) will I get thinner or will I just get stronger looking?

I have a great ass I don't want to lose.

[Ugliness]

HO-LEE-COW, Batgirl. 5'6" @ 120 pounds, you're skinny enough as it is.

> I have a great ass I don't want to lose.

Just make sure it isn't full of $hit. You really don't need to lose any more weight.

AND don't forget that muscle weighs more than fat so if you're exercising and building up muscles, putting on some weight is natural and nothing to be ashamed of.

[Asker]

Hahaha I see someone is funny.

[Ugliness]

Funny? That's in the eye of the beholder. But my underlying message was serious.

You don't need to lose weight.

You don't need to be thinner.

[Asker]

I don't want to.

Plus I am not verythin...I am small framed and slim (I have a shape)

I just want to know if this exercise will make me smaller because that is opposite of what I want to achieve.

[martyfellow]

This will tone your muscles but if you want to bulk up the legs, cycling or weights will do this more quickly that the machine will.

Increasing resistance should burn more calories and will make you thinner, but won't cause you to bulk up that much. Look at professional cyclists...

[Asker]

Isnt the movement on the eplitical machine similar to cycling?

At resistance 3 I feel like I have to use a lot more muscles in order to push my legs further.

Isnt this similar to having weights while cycling?

[Xx_DRE_xX]

Better resistance it'll be somewhat of a trade off. You could do cycling that helps build strength in your legs.

[Anonymous]

You want weights for adding size/muscle mass.