Will running on a treadmill make your calves thicker?

Exercise is an activity we often do in our daily lives. When exercising, we will not only make our bodies healthier, but obese friends will also achieve the effect of losing weight through running. However, when running, we need to pay attention to the correct movements and rhythm, especially to control the time of running. Many friends worry that their calves will become thicker if they use a treadmill. So, will running on a treadmill make your calves thicker?

When running, if you land on the forefoot first or the entire foot at the same time, it will cause damage to the tibia and knee joint in the front of the calf, and strongly stimulate the calf muscles, causing the calf to become thicker; if your running posture is to try to land on the heel first, and then roll from the heel to the sole of the foot. Running in this way can reduce the pressure on the ankle joints and avoid injuries. When your foot lands on the ground, keep your knee slightly bent, not straightened. This will have a cushioning effect on the knee joint and stretch the calf, without strongly stimulating the calf muscles. This way of running will not make your calves thicker. In the early stages of jogging, you will feel that your calves are "growing thicker". This is because after regular running, your calves become tired, stiff, hard, and tight, giving you the illusion that they are getting thicker.

At the same time, in order to avoid thickening of the legs, you can do some stretching exercises after running to relax tight muscles. You should also adopt jogging under low-intensity, rhythmic, and long-duration aerobic exercise, which consumes sugar and fat in the body. Jogging should last at least 30 minutes and can last up to 1 to 2 hours. But the speed cannot be too fast, the heart rate must be controlled within the aerobic exercise heart rate range, and it cannot be too slow, otherwise it will not have the effect of exercise. Slow long-distance running for more than 20 minutes can not only deplete the body's glycogen, but also mobilize the body's fat. Since slow long-distance running is not very intense and will not cause the body to be overly hypoxic, it helps to burn fat and thus achieve the goal of losing weight.

Through the above introduction, we know that our calves will not become thicker when running on a treadmill, as long as we pay attention to the correct running posture, especially pay attention to controlling the running rhythm, and also pay attention to controlling the frequency. We need to pay attention to rest after running, especially when running will cause sweating, we need to replenish water in time.