bump this . c'mon ladies stop holding out on me.

great question lol..

isolation is a bitch!! especially if you are trying to go the other way... i hate to say it, but it is quite hard to spot reduce... that is a myth for the most part..

isolate to gain is another story..

but if she wants to reduce the size of her muscles... less excertion from that particular muscle group.. meaning, no activities that specifically stimulate the calves in a resistance type exercise ie: spin, running, lifting etc.. Diet and fat loss will help.. but its gonna take time for the muscles to get smaller; especially if they are activated daily..

good luck sweetie!
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so then its probably easier to just get em nice n shapely through working out rather than what you suggest which is basically letting them atrophy...

I would let them atrophy but even then thats kinda hard because you use your calves in pretty much everything. I dont even use any iso exercise for calves but they are huge

My fiance wanted to do that same thing. She was a dancer and had the same type of legs. I tweaked her diet. Then I started her with some pylometrics, circuit training, and boxing. It has worked great...

We just switched it up again and are now trying strength, power, endurance routines (ex. of set 1: squats, jump squat, 3 min run, 1 min rest)
Completely shocking her enegry systems..

Wish I could tell you exactly why this has worked, but iv'e only tried it with her so far.

plz post what you end up trying