Causes of Big Calf

Many women are reluctant to wear beautiful and cool skirts in summer. The main reason is that their calves are too enlarged, which makes the overall image of women extremely bad. If the calf is too enlarged, it will make women's legs look short. In fact, there are reasons why calves are prone to enlargement. One of them is caused by improper daily habits, and the other is related to genetics.

Reasons for thick calves:

1. Congenitally thick calves. This is a congenital genetic inheritance. Even if you rarely do physical exercise, your calves will appear thicker than those of ordinary people.

2. The calf muscles become thicker due to high-intensity physical exercise, such as squats, long jumps, weightlifting and other explosive projects, which can easily make the calf muscles thicker to withstand high-intensity training. Therefore, the calves of athletes who undergo high-intensity training are generally very thick.

3. The calves are thick due to lifestyle factors. For example, bad living habits such as walking on tiptoe and holding high objects since childhood will cause thick calves.

4. Thick calves caused by obesity. Generally, the calves of obese patients are very thick.

Habit 1: Wearing shoes that don’t fit

Shoes that are too tight will suppress the nerves in your feet and blood circulation in your legs. In addition, some people feel that their calf lines are not perfect and want to lengthen their calves by wearing high heels. However, because the calves bear too much weight, the force on the legs begins to shift outward, causing the calf muscles to become increasingly outward-turned.

Habit 2: Like to cross your legs

Many people have the habit of crossing their legs. This habit may seem insignificant, but if you keep your legs crossed all day, the blood and lymph circulation in your legs will be hindered, leading to swelling in the lower body. If the condition develops seriously, the veins in the lower limbs will gradually become prominent, seriously affecting the circulation of the lower body, causing fat to thicken, and even the muscles to become stiff.

Habit 3: Sitting for too long

If you sit in a chair all day without getting up and walking around, it would be strange if your lower body is not fat! When sitting, the groin (the starting point of the feet) is compressed, causing blood and lymph circulation to stagnate.

Habit 4: Tolerate cold temperatures

The weather is getting colder. I thought I wouldn't have to worry because of the heating, but the warm air kept moving upwards and my feet were still cold. If ignored, blood circulation in the lower body will become worse and worse.

Habit 5: Go to the bathroom less often

If you drink a lot of water but go to the bathroom less often, it is easy to cause obesity in the lower body, and the water you drink will slowly turn into fat.