Lose Weight Around Your Thighs, Calves & Waist

Lose Weight Around Your Thighs

Most people especially women tend to have a problem of excess fat accumulation on their hips and thighs. This is a patent problem with those holding desk jobs and following a sedentary lifestyle.

The key to lose weight around your thighs is to first lose the excess body fat and then concentrate on firming up the thigh muscles.

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Thigh And Calf Slimming Exercises

Walking is considered to be one of the best hip slimming exercises as it involves almost all the muscles of the body and improves the overall cardiovascular health of an individual. There are three main areas of the thighs namely the inner thigh which is made up of the adductor muscles, the back of the thigh or the hamstrings and the front of the thigh or the quadriceps muscles. Squats and lunges are an integral part of thigh slimming workouts as they help in improving ones coordination and balance. These exercises also train the inner thighs, quadriceps, calves, ankles and hamstrings and hence burn more calories than isolation exercises. Another way to slimming hips and thighs would be concentrating on your dietary intake and gradually increasing the consumption of fruits, vegetables, cereals and whole grain breads. Foods that are high in saturated fats, trans fats, sugar and processed foods should be avoided as far as possible. Thighs weight loss exercises include exercises like inner thigh lifts, leg lifts, kneeling leg lifts, leg butterfly stretching etc. Inner thigh slimming exercises concentrate on developing the adductor muscle by increasing the sets or repetitions of a particular exercise.

Similarly the calf muscles are located on the reverse part of the legs just below the knees. The calf muscles are made up of two main parts i.e. the gastrocnemius which is the upper part of the muscles and the soleus which is the lower part of the calf muscle. There are various calf slimming exercises such as toe walks, rope jumping, calf raises, hill climbing etc along with cardiovascular exercises like running, aerobics, swimming etc. that are known to be highly effective.

Waist Slimming Exercises

They key to slim legs is consistent exercising and gradually increasing the frequency and number of repetitions. Waist slimming exercises aim at weight loss in the abdominal areas by including movements that require a huge amount of energy to perform and hence end up burning significant amount of calories. Typical waist slimming exercises are multi joint and compound exercises that concentrate on multiple muscle groups at the same time.

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