If you’re a woman, like most others, your thighs are probably one of the least favorite areas of your body. They seem to be the very first place that any added weight goes to.

These areas are very tricky to tone and firm, but it can be done. These pockets of extra fat are what give women a womanly shape and curve to their body, but they can also be large and distracting, and give a woman a pear shape, or simply make a woman’s body look disproportionate when they grow out of control, usually in relation to when we gain weight or take a really long time off of going to the gym or working out.

If you are worried you cannot get rid of these areas, take heart, because there are some exercises you can do to help minimize the look of saddle bags on the sides of your thighs, and of course a low fat and quality protein diet always helps as well, so the fat cells shrink and in turn shrink this area. Exercises cannot completely eliminate Silagra extra thigh fat on their own.

Yet, they can help to pull them in and tone them, resulting in a smaller, more compact appearance, but you also must watch your diet. Isn’t this always the unfortunate truth of shrinking any part of our anatomy though?

A very simple and possibly the most effective way to shape your thighs is to use the elliptical machine and slightly turn the feet out as if you are walking like a duck. This will feel strange at first, but will help to target those inner and outer areas.

Turning the feet out helps to isolate the area on the sides of the thighs, and the aerobic activity combined with the isolation of the muscles in this area can help to pull and sculpt the problem area. The elliptical machine is a popular favorite for helping to sculpt and tone the buttocks and thighs, without bulking them up, and they are great for helping sculpt this problem area as well.

Also, going backwards on the elliptical can help sculpt out this area as well, if you can, with pointed out feet, but if it’s too uncomfortable, just go backwards for a few minutes without inverting the feet. Every little bit of diversification in positioning will help this area.

Running on the treadmill or even walking doesn’t compare to the elliptical if you want to concentrate on the thighs, because the elliptical’s motion is much more conducive to working this area since it is a half circle motion, and this targets that tiny area much better and more effectively. Now, onto some more simple isometric-style exercises that you can do anywhere.

Begin lying on the floor, either a carpeted floor, or get a yoga mat or a mat with cushioning to protect your back and vertebrae. Put both of your legs straight up into the air, so that your body looks like it is at a perfect ninety degree angle.

Now, put the bottoms of your feet together. This will create a slightly pigeon-toed look and may not feel very natural at first, but bear with it.

Making sure you keep the bottoms of your feet together the whole time, slowly pull the legs down, almost as if your legs are one mechanism, moving up and down, in a diamond shape. Bring them straight down to the juncture of your thighs, all the while keeping the bottoms of your feet together.

You should feel some sort of isolation of the sides of your thighs, and if you don’t you may be performing the exercise incorrectly, so re-assess your positioning and technique. After you bring your legs down, then begin to start moving them up, with your feet still stuck together, and bring them to a straight up position again, maintaining the bottom of the feet touching.

When you get good at this exercise, you can begin to do a slight variation of it, and move the legs out from the body, going at more of a one hundred ten degree angle than a ninety degree one. You will still feel the isolation, your just working a slightly different area of these stubborn saddle bags.

As you can see, using the elliptical machine coupled with other isolating exercises, you can tone up those areas you try to cover up in the summer. Be diligent, watch your diet, and you will have great summer-worthy legs in no time!

Author Bio: Ignacio Lopez is a personal trainer and author of numerous articles relating to physical training and ellipticals. He has been helping others find a greater fitness level since the 80’s.

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