*Problem Area Fix: Legs & Thighs*
Legs in general:
-Wear heels! They literally give you excellently toned legs.
-Also, avoid lots of leg intensive cardio that will bulk up the look of your legs with lots of muscle (biking, completive running etc).
-Do weight training work outs for your legs! (Lifts, hip aductors and abductors, squats, lunges, tip toe lifts). Important: Always do these with high reps and low weights!! You will not feel like you are doing much for the first few reps, but you will be tired during your last reps. Having too much weight will cause you to bulk up your muscle so your legs won’t be fat, but they will look big.
Specifically Thighs:
Mix cardio that is not fully reliant on leg muscles with weight training that slims thighs. Example:
Gym:
-Do a little cardio every day (20 min to 1 hour)
elliptical, jumping rope, swimming, or a carido exercise class
-Check out your hip aductor and hip abductor machines (these work your upper inner thigh and upper outer thigh aka problem areas!). Very important:since you want your thighs skinner, do lots of reps on very low weights!! It may not feel like a lot at the time but you will be sore the next day (try 40-50 pounds). If you put on a lot of weight just because you want to feel something to be accomplished- you’re ruining your goal!! High weight will put larger micro tears in your muscle, then you muscle repairs over night over the micro tears bigger and stronger (thats why muscles literally get bigger). Keeping your weights down will exercise the muscle and make it warm so it ‘burns’ the fat on your thigh wihtout getting much bigger!!!
At home:
Cardio (20 min to 1 hour)
Jumping jacks, jump rope, run a bit (dont do an hour of running as it uses your legs muscles a lot, and it consistently uses the same ones making them bigger and muscular)
Take a ball (or something with a little resistance that you can squish a bit with some effort) and place it between your knees while sitting. Squeeze tight for 20-30 seconds then relax a little, repeat as many times as you can!! It may not seem like a lot but you’ll be sore in the morning!! -This works the upper inner thigh!
Lay down and do side leg lifts. Literally lay on your side with your legs stacked. Take your top leg and lift it towards the celling keeping the side of your foot faced up. Bring it back down but do not let it touch/rest on your leg on the ground. Lifts again and bring it down without touching. Do this as many times as you can, then switch sides. -This works your outer upper thigh and hips :)
