If you're looking to get leaner and thinner thighs, there
are a few exercises that are a must for women to shape up
whether they want to fit into your skinny jeans or a bikini.
There are also exercises that many women seem to do, but
are not effective in achieving their results. Such as the
following:
Abductor and Aductor -these machines are the ones that you
"squeeze in with your inner thighs" and then push away.
You may feel the burn, but essentially it doesn't do
anything to shape and tone your thighs. A better exercise
would be squats, these target the thighs and glutes.
To perform these there are several different ways. Simply
stand with your feet shoulder width apart with dumbbells
and go down as if you are sitting on a chair. Now it's
important that your feet are pointed forward and not out,
as it can cause your hips to be tight.
Go down as far as you feel comfortable with good form and
your head is up and body upright. When you come back up,
squeeze your thighs and glutes.
This exercise also burn a lot more calories then the
abductor and aductor machines because of the way your body
is positioned. Keeping in mind as well, if you want thinner
thighs you must burn more calories.
If you stick with the best thigh exercises, not only will
you get results but you will save time from doing exercises
that just don't work.
Additionally, another great slimming thigh exercise is an
elevated one legged squat. To perform this you would simply
get up on a bench and put in close to wall. You can hold a
weight in the arm that is furthest away from the wall and
place your other hand on the wall for support.
While standing on the bench with one leg, the other leg
will be off to the side and then the opposite hand is
holding the weight as you bend at the knee and touch your
foot to the ground.
This is the same motion you are doing when performing a
squat. You can also do this exercise without any weight. Do
anywhere from 8-15 repetitions on each leg.
Leg lifts- This is a very old school approach that was
presented in the days when aerobics were popular. You lie
on your side, and raise your leg up and lower down and
squeeze your thighs and glutes. Again, you may feel it
working but it doesn't do anything to get the results you
want.
You may have perceived that to be true, because the women
that were doing them in the classes were already in shape
to begin with, thus giving you the illusion that it works
to create slimmer, thinner thighs.
Again, if you're looking for only the best exercises to
firm your thighs. Side to side lunges are the ones to do.
For this exercise you need a set of dumbbells. Use weight
that is challenging. Stand with your feet together,
holding the dumbbells to your sides.
Then take a step out to the side and as you do that move
the dumbbells so that one is to the inside of your inner
thigh, and the other is to the outside of your thigh.
As you step to the side, you also bend down, much like you
would as a squat. Then step back to the middle. Perform
each side at a time, then move to the next.
Stick to doing what works, and you will see your thighs
getting slimmer and sexier in just a few short weeks.
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