Does spinning make your legs bulky?

[Anonymous]

What has people's experience been? I go back and forth between running and spinning and feel like when I'm spinning more, my legs look bulkier. It could be all in my head though.

[Anonymous]

I've had a Peleton for 2 years. My legs & glutes are definitely strong but not noticeably bulkier than what I was doing before. I still wear the same pants, jeans, etc.

[Anonymous]

No!

[Anonymous]

My buttocks is huge now from the peloton

[Anonymous]

I've had a Peloton for two and a half years and I think it has made my legs slimmer. I have naturally bulky legs for what its worth. Before I couldn't wear skinny jeans - most of them couldn't even go over my calves! Now I can wear them and feel comfortable in them. I will never have skinny legs, but I do feel more confident about them since i started riding regularly.

[Anonymous]

If you use high resistance (as you should) you will gain muscle. Your legs will only get bulkier if you don't also lose at least a little bit of fat. But if you DO lose that tiny bit of fat, your legs will look awesome - far better than if they'd been skinny with no muscle.

So if you're someone who feels like their legs "bulk" from spinning, keep at it, watch your diet, and wait for the fantastic legs to emerge.

[Anonymous]

The reason I hate working in tech is because I hate having to deal with earning too much money and being rich just like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates.

That's the analogy for people (usually woman) who think lifting weights or doing specific exercises would automatically make them look bulky/muscular. Newsflash: it takes A LOT of hard work and lifestyle adjustments to look "bulky" and it's an insult to a lot of athletes thinking that you can just come in and be muscular just by your recreational workouts.

[Anonymous]

No. It makes me hot AF.

I had a naturally beautiful shape to begin with, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The reason I hate working in tech is because I hate having to deal with earning too much money and being rich just like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates.

That's the analogy for people (usually woman) who think lifting weights or doing specific exercises would automatically make them look bulky/muscular. Newsflash: it takes A LOT of hard work and lifestyle adjustments to look "bulky" and it's an insult to a lot of athletes thinking that you can just come in and be muscular just by your recreational workouts.

Don’t go hyperbolic.

I’m short and muscular, like a gymnast. I’m very fit and (went to) the gym five days a week, run (And have ran) half marathons (quickly). Generally, I have a broad range of athletic activities under my belt (from soccer to ballet), and yes, spinning regularly bulks up my quads and butt I’m a way that I didn’t like.

The two separate times I added spinning to my workout regime, to see what the excitement was all about, I noticed that my pants didn’t fit. I stopped spinning and they fit again.

We are all special and unique individuals, no need for the “newsflash.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The reason I hate working in tech is because I hate having to deal with earning too much money and being rich just like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates.

That's the analogy for people (usually woman) who think lifting weights or doing specific exercises would automatically make them look bulky/muscular. Newsflash: it takes A LOT of hard work and lifestyle adjustments to look "bulky" and it's an insult to a lot of athletes thinking that you can just come in and be muscular just by your recreational workouts.

This.

OP, you should be so fortunate as to spend enough time spinning that it has any impact on the shape of your legs!

[Anonymous]

For body context, I am slim. I find Peloton makes the upper part of my butt bigger and I find this to be a pleasant side effect. I noticed more definition in my upper thighs, for example, I can see the muscles on the inside of my thighs now. I don't ever find that exercise "bulks" me up though. It just makes a different muscle pop through or for my arms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The reason I hate working in tech is because I hate having to deal with earning too much money and being rich just like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates.

That's the analogy for people (usually woman) who think lifting weights or doing specific exercises would automatically make them look bulky/muscular. Newsflash: it takes A LOT of hard work and lifestyle adjustments to look "bulky" and it's an insult to a lot of athletes thinking that you can just come in and be muscular just by your recreational workouts.

Your analogy fails for the lucky: those of us who build muscle easily. Yeah, it’s unusual, but we’re out there. Just like the people who get lucky in tech.

[Anonymous]

I was spinning 4x per week and my thighs got muscular. I had naturally slim legs and slim physique before. my pants got tight around the thighs so I cut back on spinning. Running doesn’t cause this problem for me. I should note I was not calorie restricting while spinning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The reason I hate working in tech is because I hate having to deal with earning too much money and being rich just like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates.

That's the analogy for people (usually woman) who think lifting weights or doing specific exercises would automatically make them look bulky/muscular. Newsflash: it takes A LOT of hard work and lifestyle adjustments to look "bulky" and it's an insult to a lot of athletes thinking that you can just come in and be muscular just by your recreational workouts.

No. a) This isn't an analogy. b) Genetics have a lot to do with muscle mass and ease of building it. My family is all very compact ... petite, very lean, but build muscle very easily. My 75 year old father still has calves and bicep muscles that many 20 somethings don't.

[Anonymous]

I'm not trying to be snarky, but I think this has less to do with building muscle easily and more to do with adding muscle while not lowering fat. If you already have fat and then pile on muscle under it, yeah, you'll look bulky.