From towing and prone and pumping my right thigh is a few inches bigger than my left. I heard from the podcast that’s normal when U start out. But eventually it will balance itself out. Does that mean I need to learn to move my tracks up more and move my back foot more forward?
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Your title indicates you have two right thighs… assuming you are a regular foot, move your mast forward and keep your stance the same. Usually a centimeter at a time is good, maybe 2 cm max. Alternately you could move your stance back to accomplish the same thing.
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If you’re successful, progressing and reaching your goals, I wouldn’t move anything
My right side in general has always had more muscle mass but foiling has definitely exacerbated this. Can’t say if it wouldn’t have happened anyway but I’ve developed significant arthritic pain now in my right hip and the knee isn’t far behind. Yes, into my fifth year now I can see where loading has evened out somewhat in the legs AND I’ve learned to ride waves goofy, even starting to get my goofy foot pumping. Still, I generally dislike the sensation of riding goofy and just do it to take a break, maybe 25% of the time.
Not so sure this is a the plus side but now my left hip has started hurting as well 
The takeaway from all that would be other learn to ride on your weak side. Easier said than done for prone and downwind, a lot easier with winging. After a mile or two of downwind foiling there’s no way your rear leg isn’t gonna be pumped. Even from shortboard surfing I used to get that during long rides.
I have to put a word in here for osteopaths and chiropractors.
I developed knee and ankle problems after years of regular-foot surfing, snowboarding, windsurfing (point breaks). On my first visit to an osteopath he gave me a pelvic roll and I walked out of there feeling that I was walking Lop-sided as I’d been correcting for a misalignment for years. Since then I’ve been a regular customer every time that I start noticing joint pain.
i haven’t visited an osteopath for a while, have been foiling almost every day. I’ve been
experimenting with mast position and with heavy front foot pressure. I strained my back-leg calf muscle and it felt like another misalignment issue. It wasn’t getting any better with rest, so, sure enough, a single visit to the osteo sorted it out. Now i’m doing daily stretches on a preventative basis and figuring occasional osteo visits back into the schedule.