Why are men's calves so thin?

Compared with boys, girls generally care more about their appearance and have stricter requirements for their body shape. Girls all hope to have a pair of thin and long legs, especially the calves, which must be very thin to make the whole leg proportion look coordinated. However, some girls have found that many boys have very thin calves, even to the point of being annoying. So why are boys' calves generally thinner?

There may be several reasons why boys have thin legs.

1. Both lower limbs are thin. This is caused by the disuse of lower limb muscle atrophy due to insufficient exercise or some diseases of the lower limbs and nervous system. In other words, this is caused by the muscle atrophy caused by long-term disuse of the lower limbs.

2. Thin lower limbs on one side. This situation can be caused by the above-mentioned diseases, which can cause muscle atrophy on one side. It can also be caused by vascular and nerve diseases, which lead to muscle malnutrition on one side and cause thinness. Common diseases include lumbar disc herniation and occlusive vasculitis. In addition, trauma involving the blood vessels and nerves of the lower limbs, or poor sitting posture, can also cause thin lower limbs on one side.

1. The standard of boys' leg circumference

Standard thigh length (cm) = height (cm) × 0.3. Standard calf length (cm) = height (cm) × 0.26. Ideal size of standard beautiful legs: (measure the circumference of the thickest part of the leg). Ideal thigh size = height × 0.29-0.3cm. Ideal calf size = height × 0.2-0.21cm. Ideal ankle size = height × 0.118 cm. Ideal size of beautiful calves: calf length > height × 26.3%; maximum circumference = calf length × 3/4. Thigh circumference: at the top of the thigh, below the hip fold. Thigh circumference is 10 cm smaller than waist circumference. Calf circumference: at the fullest part of the calf. Calf circumference is 20 cm smaller than thigh circumference.

2. How to measure the leg circumference of boys

One of the body shape indicators. The size of the human leg circumference is divided into thigh circumference and calf circumference (calf circumference). It reflects the level of development and development of the human leg muscles. When measuring the thigh circumference, the subject stands with his legs as wide as shoulders, and the tester places the tape measure under the subject's gluteal fold on his side and horizontally wraps around the thigh to measure. When measuring the calf circumference (calf circumference), the posture is the same as above, and the tester wraps the tape measure around the thickest part of the calf in a horizontal position to measure. The measurement unit is centimeters (cm), accurate to one decimal place, and the measurement error shall not exceed 0.5cm.

3. The golden point of men’s leg circumference

There is no fat around the knees. If there is excess fat here, the legs will look short and thick, so this area must be tightened. The ankles are slender and have a tightened feeling. The thickness of the ankles is not determined by the size of the bones. Due to lack of exercise and swelling, fat will accumulate at the ankles over time. If the thickest part of the calf is high, if the legs are long, the legs will indeed look thin. The key to making the legs look long is the location of the thickest part of the calf. If this location is high, the calf below the knee can miraculously appear longer.

How do boys exercise their leg muscles?

1. Squat with weight. Place the barbell on the shoulders behind your neck, hold the horizontal bar with both hands, stand upright, straighten your chest and abdomen, and keep your back muscles tense. Then bend your knees and squat until both knees are fully bent, pause for a while, stretch your legs and stand up with the contraction force of the quadriceps, straighten your legs, and make the quadriceps extremely tense, pause for a while. Squat again. There are two ways to breathe for this action: in the case of light load, exhale when squatting and inhale when standing up; in the case of heavy load, inhale first, then squat immediately, and exhale before standing up.

2. Sitting calf stretch. Sit, wear iron shoes (you can also tie dumbbells or sandbags to your feet), use the contraction of the quadriceps to straighten the calf, tighten the quadriceps as much as possible, pause for a while, then put it down and repeat. Inhale when the calf is straightened, and exhale when the calf is lowered. The mind should be focused on the quadriceps. Both calves can be straightened at the same time, or they can be straightened alternately. Prone calf flexion Prone bench, wear iron shoes (you can also tie dumbbells or sandbags to your feet), use the contraction of the biceps to flex both calves toward the thigh at the same time, tighten the biceps as much as possible, pause for a while, then put it down and repeat.