Posted on 08/24/2009 9:56:37 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
Barbara Simone of Glen Burnie, Maryland, considers herself terribly flawed. She refuses to show her ankles and she'd never allow them to be photographed. She barely wants to talk about them; in fact, when asked about her legs, she mumbles under her breath that she hates them. 1 of 2 Why would someone be so self-conscious about a certain part of her body? "I have cankles -- that's all I can say," she laments. "They are huge and they are horrible. ... And I will never wear a skirt or dress again." Cankles? What are cankles? We've heard about saddle bags, muffin tops and love handles, but it seems that some women and men of the 21st century are now focused on the chubby joints of their lower extremities. Far from being a medical term, "cankles" is slang for the part of the leg where the ankle meets the calf when there is no definition or indentation. In most cases, cankles are just large ankles -- what used to be called "big bones." But in society's quest for all things thin and shapely, big-boned ankles have taken on a name -- and a life -- of their own.
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Bread’s done.
“You either have them or don’t. I think it’s genetic mostly.”
No, it’s fat and a expanded ligaments that have grown (reinforced) as a result of carry around fat.
Once you have them, you can never completely get rid of them, but by losing weight you will both make them smaller and prevent them from getting bigger.
Calf work (direct like a seated raise and/or leg press) or indirect (front squat) and running will help lose weight and make the calf muscle bigger, which makes the ankles look smaller.
It’s like me; I look like I have a little waise -— it’s not -— a 36 -— but my shoulders are 54/56 -— so it looks small.
But I thought they LIKED women.
You've raised her well! < :D
I don’t have cankles. And I am a slave to high heels. I just think women look better in them.
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