Thunder thighs. Saddle bags.
How do those two phrases make you feel? I'm willing to bet
that you don't feel very good after reading them.
They probably make you feel fat. For that I apologize.
I don't want to make you feel fat. I want to make you feel
like a lean, strong woman capable of doing anything she
sets her mind to.
But how do you feel that way when you've got all that extra
flab hanging on your thighs?
Good question.
There are a few things you need to start doing right now if
you want to get rid of the thigh fat and get a set of
strong, lean legs.
The first one is obvious. You need to clean up your diet.
That doesn't mean you need to rush out to the bookstore and
grab the latest best-selling fad diet. That'll just make
things worse in the long run because you'll gain more
weight than you lost when you go off the diet.
All it means is you need to get rid of fat gaining foods
like processed carbohydrates, too much chocolate (at least
switch to extra dark), anything fried, and calorie-bomb
coffee drinks. You then need to replace those things with
lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, healthy fat fighting
nuts like almonds and lean sources of protein like chicken
and turkey breast, and lean cuts of beef.
The next thing you need to do is focus on interval training
for your cardio over the boring, monotonous 60-90 minutes
you're used to. By doing interval training for your
cardio, you'll burn more fat than with the moderate-paced
stuff you've been force-fed for years, plus you'll get done
in a fraction of the time.
There are lots of different ways you can do interval
training. You can do it on a treadmill, elliptical, or
stationary bike by mixing bouts of high intensity exercise
for 20-40 seconds with bouts of very low intensity exercise
for 60-90 seconds. Repeat the cycle for around 12-15
minutes and you're done!
You'll be done with your cardio sooner than many of the
ladies have even entered their "fat burning zone." A zone
which doesn't exist by the way.
The next thing you need to focus on is performing
resistance training properly.
To really lose fat off your thighs, you need to stop
focusing on those isolation exercises like the hip
adductor/abductor machines, leg extensions, etc. and start
focusing on big compound movements like squats and lunges.
There are so many variations of squats and lunges that you
should never get bored with them.
And don't worry. Doing those exercises will not give you
bigger thighs. I don't care what you may have been told,
it's practically impossible for most women to get big
thighs from doing those types of exercises.
Here's a quick leg workout I gave to a client of mine who
was wanting to lose thigh fat.
I told her to do this mini-circuit right after her warm-up.
1A) Walking Lunge - 10 reps per leg 1B) Plie Squat - 8
reps 1C) Mountain Climbers - 30 seconds
I told her to perform those 3 exercises as a circuit moving
from one exercise to the next with little to no rest. You
should also perform this circuit 3-4 times before moving on
with the rest of your workout.
Perform this mini-circuit before you do anything else in
your workout, 2-3 times per week for 4 weeks and I
guarantee you'll lose thigh fat.
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