Strenuous riding would also affect your thighs and your butt. In fact, you can give your calves a rest by pedaling with your heels on the pedals, but your thighs and butt don’t get such a break. So the joke really doesn’t work.
I’ve heard that the reason women wear high heels is that it causes their calf muscles to tighten up leading to a more shapely leg.
I am an engineer who studied anatomy and I can tell you that high heels and the human body are incompatible with sustained structural integrity. The foundation is unstable and the shock of walking is transmitted directly up the spike into the wearer’s heel and up the leg bone as far as the spine. There is no “dampening” caused by flexing the foot.
I figure that high heels were invented by the Maquis de Sade. Had they been invented earlier they would have shown up in the historical record as instruments of torture in the Inquisition.
On my list of “101 Reasons I’m Glad I’m Not a Girl,” this one comes in at number 52.
One place where I noticed that women don’t wear heels a lot is in Montreal, women there have naturally-shaped calves. Maybe it has something to do with that mountain in the middle of the city.
I live next to a 1400 ft tall hill, the main road goes over it. Kids who live on it go to school in the valley and many ride bikes to school. It’s not the calves that got huge. I dated a guy in highschool who lived up there, his thighs were so big he had to get specially re-tailored jeans. He went on to become a professional bull rider. Guess those huge thigh muscles got some good use.
awgiedawgie Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Strenuous riding would also affect your thighs and your butt. In fact, you can give your calves a rest by pedaling with your heels on the pedals, but your thighs and butt don’t get such a break. So the joke really doesn’t work.
Nachikethass almost 6 years ago
Popeye legs!
pschearer Premium Member almost 6 years ago
I hate Liberty Mutual!!! (If you don’t get that, don’t worry; just count yourself lucky.)
jpayne4040 almost 6 years ago
You should try it; it’s fun!
DanFlak almost 6 years ago
I’ve heard that the reason women wear high heels is that it causes their calf muscles to tighten up leading to a more shapely leg.
I am an engineer who studied anatomy and I can tell you that high heels and the human body are incompatible with sustained structural integrity. The foundation is unstable and the shock of walking is transmitted directly up the spike into the wearer’s heel and up the leg bone as far as the spine. There is no “dampening” caused by flexing the foot.
I figure that high heels were invented by the Maquis de Sade. Had they been invented earlier they would have shown up in the historical record as instruments of torture in the Inquisition.
On my list of “101 Reasons I’m Glad I’m Not a Girl,” this one comes in at number 52.
One place where I noticed that women don’t wear heels a lot is in Montreal, women there have naturally-shaped calves. Maybe it has something to do with that mountain in the middle of the city.
WCraft Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Lance Armstrong as a boy?
Rista almost 6 years ago
I live next to a 1400 ft tall hill, the main road goes over it. Kids who live on it go to school in the valley and many ride bikes to school. It’s not the calves that got huge. I dated a guy in highschool who lived up there, his thighs were so big he had to get specially re-tailored jeans. He went on to become a professional bull rider. Guess those huge thigh muscles got some good use.