Canont seem to firm up

[lzicc]

My girlfriend is having trouble firming up. She is in her early 40's and has been working out for a good year and does not seem to be getting anywhere. She is 5' 7", about 135lbs. She looks thin and has hardly any body fat. She has a nice shape and I can see her abs. The problem is that she is pretty soft all over. There is just no firmness anywhere.

She works out her whole body and concentrates more on her lower half, but does work out her whole body. She wants to firm up her legs and her butt, so I have her doing squats, leg presses, deads, leg raisies, leg curls, etc for lower, but she cannot seem to firm up at all. It is like her muscles are not responding to the workout.

For cardio, she does 1/2 hour on the tread mill and 1/2 hour on the elliptical about 5 to 6 times a week. Her diet is clean.

Any suggestions? I would have thought by now that she would be somwhat firm, but it doesn't seem like working out is making much of a difference.

[damiongage]

how long has she been at it?

[Ronnie Rowland]

She probably needs some .02% testosterone cream and a better training program/diet.

[lzicc]

She has been at weight training for about 2 years and about 1 good year religiously. The cardio she started up about 2 months ago. She does it in the am.

I thought about some type of test, but was a little hesitant on giving that to a girl. Her routine seems to be good. She is getting stronger, just not firmer. I tried low reps, high reps, different splits, but it doesn't seem to make a difference.

I know when I first started working out, the first thing I noticed was how firm I got. I guess I am going by that alot.