- 1). Add some type of cardiovascular exercise that works your legs, such as walking, bicycling or running, to the beginning of your regular fitness routine The cardiovascular exercise will work to fatigue your legs, thereby decreasing the amount of weight needed during resistance training.
- 2). Decrease the amount of weight used when strength training your thighs. By decreasing the amount of weight that is used, you should be able to perform more repetitions at a time. Performing a greater number of repetitions at a lower weight will help you to decrease the size of the large, bulky muscles associated with lifting heavier weights.
- 3). Eat a small meal after your workout. The meal should be high in protein and low in carbohydrates. This will decrease the amount of stored glycogen, a substance in the body that is partly responsible for increasing the size of muscles.
- 4). Adopt walking or running into your fitness routine. These types of exercises work to build endurance muscles. Endurance muscles are smaller in size than those muscles that are used for powerful, quick bursts of energy, such as those used by a sprinter or power lifter. Long distance running, in particular, helps to develop smaller, leaner muscles in the legs.
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