Curated by Alessandro De Vettor and Alessandro Cioffi
Legs and buttocks are parts of the body to which the female universe dedicates so much attention and care as to the face, the treated part par excellence. Indeed, it often happens that girls and women who shun makeup do worry and commit themselves diligently to preserve or achieve tone and aesthetically pleasing forms of the lower part of the body.
This request must be accepted but fundamental for a successful planning, taking into account the physiological, biotypological and pathological characteristics that distinguish the woman. Otherwise, not only is the work plan destined to fail, but it can even be counterproductive.
First of all, it is important to emphasize that the "key point" for achieving the final goal is the initial work period. Wrong this is very difficult to "correct during construction" and, although not impossible, involves an unnecessary waste of time, energy and motivation. It is right here, unfortunately, that often the most common mistake is made: to satisfy the customer's expectations, we immediately start with toning programs.
Nothing could be more wrong!
Let's take a step back. Let us briefly examine the female constitutional biotype of excellence the "ginoid". Most women belong to this biotype, whose main features are:
- distribution of adipose tissue mainly to the lower half of the body
- accentuation of the bone structure of the pelvis compared to the shoulders
- predominance of fat below the L4-L5 umbilicus-disc line, in which 54% of the woman's total fat accumulates on average.
- hypolipolytics (they burn little fat)
- Hyperinsulinemics (given by restrictive / incorrect dietary behavior in favor of simple sugars)
- Excessive activity of the parasympathetic system, with consequent metabolic slowdown
Recent in-depth studies on the ginoid biotype have allowed us to identify 4 subtypes
- arterial circulatory hypolipolytic (mixed ginoid)
- Capillary circulatory hypolipolytic (venous ginoid)
- arterial circulatory hypolipolytic (arterial ginoid)
- complicated hormone hypolipolytic (hormonal ginoid)
A next article will be devoted to the detailed description of their characteristics and to propose some guide lines for their treatment. Here, however, we focus on the two subtypes that represent the majority of cases commonly found in the gym: the capillary circulatory hypolipolytic and the arterial circulatory hypolipolytic.
For practical reasons we define the first "venous ginoid" and the second "arterial ginoid". These two dresses, although similar in their general context, present some different aspects (Table 1):
| GINOID VENOSO | ARTERIAL GINOID |
| Thin ankles | Big ankles |
| Cellulite lower and upper limbs | Raynaud syndrome |
| Very cold infiltrator | Cold infiltrate |
| Marbled color with purple plates | Pale color |
| Arterial / capillary circulatory problems | Presence of varicose veins, varicular apparent veins |
| Weight gain in winter | Venous circulatory problems, phlebitis |
| Feet always cold | Weight gain since puberty |
| Hands always cold | Weight gain with the pill |
| Icy thighs and arms | Heavy legs |
| Red / purple / mottled feet and hands | Lower limb swelling accentuated by heat |
| Palpation pain | Orange peel appearance |
| Gynecological problems - irregular menstruation | Palpation pain |
| Gynecological problems - irregular menstruation |
Now let's suppose we have to treat two ginoid subjects that, after careful anamnesis and opportune tests, we identify as venous ginoid one and arterial ginoid the other. The purpose of both is to lose weight - firm and tone - legs and buttocks.
Well, first of all, both in the case of venous and arterial, the work aimed at toning the lower limbs must not be the initial part of the program. Tonification, in the two subjects not adequately predisposed, would do nothing but worsen the lymphatic-venous circulatory condition that already presents itself problematic. The toning will undoubtedly be carried out, but in a subsequent mesocycle, after having completed a program dedicated to the "restoration of microcirculation" through a capillary path.
The substantial difference between the "venous" and the "arterial" biotypes lies in the fact that the former needs to "reopen" the capillaries while the latter "to create new ones".
Continue - second part »
