Is This You?
Do you have a strong tendency towards
huge thighs? If yes, this is possibly part of your genetic
inheritance and nothing can be done about it (yet). But
in so far as other factors are at work there’s a lot you
can do. In fact, all it takes is a simple strategy.
But who said a simple strategy was easy?
But it gets easier when you know the strategy. As usual,
the two key elements for dealing with this are diet and exercise.
The strategy is to reduce the amount of fat that has accumulated
on the thighs.
Diet & Exercise
Diet means eating right rather than being ‘on
a diet’ in the sense of restricted calories. Obviously,
if you are consuming way too many calories you really need to
get that under control. There is plenty of material in other
articles on this site, such as Diet Voodoo and
2 Fat 2 Workout, to give you the know-how.
Fortunately, exercise helps you to get calorie consumption
under control and to eat right without venturing down the ill-fated
path of foolish calorie restriction.
Shedding body fat by eating right is critical both
for your health in general and for thighs in particular.
Alas, it is also indiscriminate. That is, fat loss will
be achieved from the body as a whole rather than from a targeted
area such as the thighs. In other words, you can’t
‘spot’ reduce.
But you can ‘spot’ exercise. So
this becomes critical if you are to going to take care of the
problem of untargeted fat loss. This means that you need
specific muscle firming and toning exercises and workouts.
In practice, with Fitnessblasting,
fat burning and muscle building exercises are often combined rather
than separated.
Muscle building is critical because muscle takes
up less space that fat. It also looks better and burns calories
even when not being exercised.
The Three Best Exercises for Thighs
For muscle building, toning and firming in the thigh
region and the backside, the finest exercises are Blaster
Squats and Skipping. Your own
body weight is ample for both of them.
And as well as being superb for thighs, they are
amongst the top exercises of all for developing all-round fitness.
So you get far more than sleek thighs because these two are fantastic
all-round conditioners.
Good legs and lungs are the foundation of a host
of sports. Triathlon, running and cycling, are obvious examples.
A massive amount of running capacity is also needed in football,
rugby, hockey and so on. Likewise, tennis, squash, basketball
and many other sports need good legs and lungs too.
What I’m trying to say is that Blaster
Squats and Skipping are so good and
so versatile that they need to be part of everybody’s workout
regime – no matter what the reason for wanting to be fit.
1. Blaster Squats
By using your biggest muscles, in the rump and thighs,
the expenditure of energy in Blaster Squats is tremendous.
This provides your legs and lungs with a completely stunning workout.
The result is that it works in two ways at the same time: calorie
burning cardio and muscle building.
Additionally, in common with all Fitnessblasting
exercises, no weights are used. Your own weight is easily
sufficient to provide the basis for a series of extraordinarily
effective exercises for all-round fitness. By contrast,
weights are used mainly to build muscle size as well as strength.
But bulging thighs and backside are definitely not the aim here.
Yet the action of Blaster Squats is so powerful
that it seriously builds both strength and lean-fat burning muscle
without the bulk. Additionally, it’s less risky than
traditional squats or deadlifts with weights because less strain
is placed on joints.
Finally, the element of cardio in Blaster Squats
raises the metabolism, which in turn burns fat. As a result,
this also raises the fitness level for other, more specifically
cardio exercises. In other words, because it combines muscle
building with cardio, Blaster Squats are a colossal help with
other elements of your workout.
See the Free 4-Part Fitnessblasting
Sampler and The Fitnessblasting
Manual for more details.
2. Skip Rope Jumping
Skipping, or rope jumping, is brilliant from a whole
host of angles. It works your upper body as well as lower
body. It develops coordination and balance.
It engages all the main muscle groups and it greatly strengthens
the ankles and knees as well as your lungs and legs.
By involving only small jumps and landing on the
toes it is also low-impact. Yet it is load-bearing and this
helps maintain your bone density. At the same time, it’s
much easier and safer than jogging for the joints, shins and back.
Another thing is that it’s easy to do.
It can be done at any age and almost anywhere. Nor does
it depend on the weather.
Better still, like Blaster-Squats,
it is practically unbeatable for time-efficiency in developing
strength and endurance. So it’s no wonder that it’s
long been standard training for boxers who need both power and
stamina. At the same time, it’s great for cardio and
calorie burning and beats jogging hands-down for time as well
as impact-risk.
In other words, skipping burns fat
and builds muscle at the same time. See
the Free 4-Part Fitnessblasting Sampler
and The Fitnessblasting
Manual for more details.
3. A Third Exercise
There is another exercise that helps thighs become
slender. Unfortunately, it requires some exceptionally expensive
equipment - a swimming pool. Yet swimming is very good for
sleek thighs. But you have to do a lot of it. So it’s
not anywhere near as time efficient as Blaster Squats
or Skipping.
The best thigh swimming is to swim using only the
legs. Alternate swimming on your front and back and use
arms little as possible. The trick is to use small actions
of the hands to keep afloat. Alternatively, a float-board
to support your upper body can be used.
This action is excellent for your thighs as different
leg strokes exercise them from all angles. Both the inner
and outer thighs get a workout. Yet because no weights are
used, the muscles are elongated and strengthened instead of being
bulked-up.
As with the other exercises mentioned, take it easy
at first to find your level. New exercises always have the
capacity to make you sore afterwards if you do too much too quickly
in a fit of enthusiasm. This is usually not too much of
a problem. It’s also a way of learning your current
limits, even though it is the hard way. But it’s a
bad thing if you are so sore that it puts you off exercising again.
What Else Can Fitnessblasting Do For Your
Thighs?
In addition to Blaster Squats and
Skipping, Fitnessblasting has
several specific exercises that are great for this vital region.
These include the Hammer, Squat
Thrusts and the delightful Torture Chair.
All three are relatively brief as well as being brilliant for
improving your overall fitness level and muscle tone. In
short, your reduce your thighs and look better.
Beauty and fitness in perfect harmony.
And one more thing…
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