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[quote=Anonymous]NP here.  As a disclaimer, I lift heavy weights and have a large butt/thighs proportionate to my waist.  My thighs are mostly muscle - I'm currently in a size 10 pants with 18% body fat.

If you carry the weight in your thighs, the best way that I've found to get thinner thighs is to lose weight.  I fit into size 4 pants when I was lifting heavy and eating at a calorie deficit.

Free weights works all of the small muscles.  I tried pilates on a whim last week and found it fairly easy because of all the strength training I do.  Nothing can "lengthen" muscles because their job is to contract, and they are attached at their ends to a stationary point on your bones.  When magazines who pictures of celebs who "lengthened" their muscles by doing the workout du jour, what they generally mean is that the celebs lost body weight while preserving enough lean body mass that they look fit and not skinny-fat.  Do what you enjoy.

Also, the whole aesthetics vs badass thing is a false dichotomy.  You can be badass at any size.  My husband prefers my size 10 ass/thighs to my size 4 ones, but some people will have different preferences.[/quote]

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