Fat bum

[Caroline]

Sorry .. i mean Substancial ... still tired of my 252km weekend In the Mountains

[Biciclista]

252 km IS substantial!!! wow!
Now I feel even more tired! (I only did about 70k this weekend)

[Caroline]

252 km IS substantial!!! wow!
Now I feel even more tired! (I only did about 70k this weekend)

I didn't do it in a day, I did in 2 days: 102km on Saturday and yesterday 150km.

Just normal saturday spin and was doing a sportive in the wicklow mountain, where i live in Ireland yesterday I wouldn't be doing 2 epics in the mountains 2 days in a row usually, but this year i am training a lot with the boys so they're more adventurous than I am ... and they've something I don't have: testosterone... Hoping that will all be beneficial in the end ...

[Over50Newbie]

Caroline,

We could be twins!

I am also 5 feet tall, very muscular, and I weigh 138 pounds. I put on muscle easily.

I have very large quadriceps and calves and all of my pants fit tight around the thigh. My calves are so big that I have to buy special boots so that I can pull them over my large muscular calves. I have a personal trainer that tells me that I still need to lose a bit more fat before the size of my thighs decrease. The reason that they are so big is because I still have some fat deposits covering my muscle and also some fat in between the actual muscle fibers.

But I have to tell you, the muscle that is on my thighs is much more attractive than the fat that was there before I started to bike.

Also, I think that genetically, this is just how I am built. So I am trying to lose a little more weight and see if my thighs slim out a bit. If not, that's okay too.

Lynette

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Carolyn,
You should read this thread, much of it applies here:
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...thunder+thighs