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deleted_user 01/23/2014

I have extremely muscular legs which I don't like. My calves are bigger than most guys doing sports in my college! I feel this is down to them having to work harder due to my HMS.
I'm okay with working out but I don't work as hard or enjoy it because I can feel all my leg muscles working (in a good way because they're so toned) and I feel like they're getting bigger.
I want to be able to lose weight not gain muscle and seeing as a lot of exercise techniques involves using your legs, I'm at a loss.
Is there a way to lose weight but not gain muscle? Is there a way of losing muscle?

deleted_user 01/23/2014

Oh, I do kickboxing which doesn't particularly help with losing muscle in my legs, but it doesn't make me lose weight all over either. It seems that I only gain muscle, but excess fat stays.

decement 09/26/2015

Losing weight essentially involves losing fat by burning calories. However, the contrast to this is that most people lose inches when working out but often gain weight due to building muscle. Therefore you can burn fat but gain muscle, yet lose inches. Unfortunately (in my opinion) that is just how it works. Changing your diet can have a significant impact on fat accumulation. But it will only do so much if not incorporated with exercise.

In terms of losing muscle all I can think of is the saying "if you don't use it you lose it". You may just have to embrace your muscular legs if it is ingrained into your genetics.

All in all you could try some circuit training focusing more on the upper body. That could aid in fat loss as well as avoid working your legs as much.

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