Thigh Master

A sexy hip and thigh area can help you feel attractive, more confident and happier. Your clothes will fit better, you will attract more smiling lookers and you will enjoy looking at your self, in the mirror, naked. Additionally, getting your hips and thighs strong, firm and toned is beneficial to long term health and fitness.

The definition of sexy hips and thighs can mean different things to different women. Some may have extra fat and flab that needs to be reduced or removed. Some may be too skinny and flat with no muscle shape or sexy curves. Others may just have too much cellulite to even think about wearing shorts, a bathing suit or a sexy skirt.

The bad news (good news comes later) is there is so much information from an endless number of sources that the simple act of finding out what to do and where to start can be extremely frustrating and sometimes overwhelming. This is one of the main reasons why most women fail to make improvements with their bodies and health. Confusion and uncertainty lead to feelings of despair and hopelessness.

News stories, advertising, internet schemes, staged infomercials are constantly touting the latest breakthrough treatments, drugs, therapies, vitamin concoctions and gizmos. This information overload is targeted at the deepest pains of women and the things that bother them the most. By tapping into the emotional hot buttons, creating more pain and then offering a new hope, clever marketers are able to extract a lot of money from the desperate women who may be willing to try one more thing as their last hope. Only to find theyve been lied to and scammed again.

Heres the good news. The improvements you seek with regard to your hip and thigh area can be achieved with little or no cost and can be accomplished right in your own home. With a series of simple and targeted exercises for your hips and thighs you can re-shape and sculpt a firm and attractive lower body.

Several of the best hip and thigh exercises have been around for decades. Although some have withstood the test of time they have been slightly modified and have become less effective in the process. Some have been forgotten completely, for no apparent reason, but can still occasionally be found being used by a small number of creative and insightful personal trainers and fitness pros who understand how and why the body reacts to certain exercises.

Floor exercises, such as the one leg hip extension and the 90 degree thigh lift should be combined with multi dimensional, standing exercises such as the stepping tee-dee and the slow side step up to stimulate all the muscles in the hips and thighs.

It doesnt matter if your main goal is fat loss with muscle toning or you want to build up a flat and unshapely butt, hip and thigh area into an eye catching, beautifully sculpted lower body the right home exercise plan can help you get there. The only difference between toning down and building up is the calorie factor.

Women seeking to tone down will have to keep calories in check while women who want to build up may have to increase daily caloric intake. For women who are plagued by cellulite but are happy with body size and weight will only have to add the right hip and thigh exercises that target the trouble spots to bring about the desired changes without having to modify caloric intake.

There is a ton of information on the internet about this topic and Ive seen a lot of it. Most of it talking about the same old stuff squats, lunges, leg presses, leg extensions and leg curls. Stay away from these routines if you are not interested in working out like a bodybuilder for 2 hours a day.

Machines and weights are fine for certain goals and they do have a place in many fitness programs. But for the changes you are seeking in your hips and thighs the best exercises utilize body weight, gravity, form, tempo and combination sequences to deliver the best results. Keep this in mind when designing your home, office and travel exercise program.

Exercise Physiologist, Joey Atlas, is the creator of the internationally distributed ‘Leg, Butt, Hip and Thigh Makeover’ DVD exercise plan – a targeted program of the most effective Hips and Thighs Exercises for your toughest problem areas.

Also visit Targeted Abdominal Exercises for tips and info on getting sexy & strong abs.

Author: Joey Atlas
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Thigh exercises with barbells, dumbbells and cumbersome machines. That’s all you’ve been reading about before you got to this article. I know, because I’ve seen what you’ve already looked at before you came here.

It’s one of the main reasons I chose to write this article. But, before I get into what you need to know about extremely effective and surprisingly simple thigh exercises you can do anywhere, anytime – without strenuous weights and dangerous exercise machines, I want to give you my experienced based perspective on the typical ‘weights and machines – bodybuilder, weightlifter, old-school personal trainer’ approach to fitness for women.

It’s not the only way of doing something that can be done several other ways. And it’s certainly not right for everybody. Fitness instructors and trainers are trained to teach people how to lift weights and use machines. This is fine – but it is just one element in the bigger picture of ways to pursue fitness.

Some of the most effective workouts for toning and shaping your thighs can be achieved with no weights and no equipment.

Factors such as bodyweight, gravity, speed of movement, form and sequence of exercises can be combined and coordinated to give anyone a targeted, results delivering lower body workout that is realistic enough to be a regular routine for any woman.

These elements, when followed on a consistent basis – as part of a regular fitness routine, combined with a wise nutritional intake that is in line with a woman’s specific health and fitness goals can produce results that success stories are made out of.

The thigh area is loaded with a bunch of different muscles of various lengths, shapes and thickness. Additionally, the functions of these muscles are all different. However, they must all coordinate with each other to perform the many movements we are capable of.

By taking advantage of these anatomical factors, a complete workout routine of thigh exercises can be devised and implemented with results that are second to none. It doesn’t matter if the goal is to lose unnecessary fat and cellulite while firming the muscles underneath or if the goal is to build up and add shapely muscle tone to a flat and scrawny hip and thigh area – the exercises are just as effective in both cases. The big difference in these two cases would be caloric intake.

If we take a female with twenty seven pounds of extra body fat – mostly in the lower body, and we take another female who is very skinny, with no muscle tone – just some flabby skin and maybe some cellulite. The exercise routine can be almost identical – because the desired end results are almost the same but because of the difference in starting points, there has to be a difference in caloric intake.

One promoting fat loss with muscle shaping and the other promoting some muscle growth and toning.

Both subjects are trying to improve the same areas of their bodies. They have the same muscles – and these muscles anatomically function the same in all humans – therefore the same thigh exercises can be utilized with success in different scenarios.

Joey Atlas, Exercise Physiologist, is the creator of the Leg, Butt, Hip and Thigh Makeover DVD series – a home, office & travel program of

Targeted Thigh Exercises & Workouts for women.

Also, learn about the Best Flat Stomach Exercises here.

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When I did some research to look into articles to write for women, I noticed that inner thigh exercises’ was something that a lot of women are looking for online. As a male personal trainer, I get this request from all my female clients, “Nitin, which are the best inner thigh exercises”?

The inner thigh muscles consist of the hip adductors, the ones that bring the hips closer to each other. For example, think of standing with a pillow wedged between your knees, and now try to squeeze the pillow with both knees. This inward movement of the knees towards each other is an action of the inner thigh muscles.

Improving the shape and tone in the inner thighs is an important part of exercise for most women. There are lots of exercises to shape this region, and I will outline the ones that are most effective. You do not need any expensive equipment of an exercise video.

An exercise mat and a pair of ankle weights (2-3 lbs) is enough for an effective inner thigh exercise routine at home. I have seen some amazing results with my clients with the simple exercises I have outlined below.

Before we get started, please keep in mind that these exercises are just a small part of the inner thigh solution’. The following tips will help you get the shapely, tight and toned inner thighs you have always wanted.

Tips for inner thigh exercises.

1. Get a medical evaluation and a complete physician’s clearance before beginning a fitness program. This is especially important if you are over 35, have been sedentary for a long time, have high blood pressure and/or cholesterol, are a smoker, or have chest pains or shortness of breath.

2. Eat a healthy, balanced diet at all times. Avoid gimmicks and fad diets.

3. Do not do too much too soon. Try to stay within your limits, and only do what can be sustained.

4. Challenge your body every single time! Mix up the routine.

5. Get a workout partner, someone who motivates you.

6. Stop if you have pain in the neck, lower back or abdominal muscles. Your technique may be improper. Learn the right exercise technique from printable exercise charts or consult a certified personal trainer.

7. In addition to specific exercises to focus the inner thighs, I strongly recommend ‘compound’ exercises such as squats and lunges.

These exercises help tone the entire thigh region – front, back, inner and outer thighs. In addition (as I will explain), minor variations to the squat and lunge can create a very effective inner thigh exercise routine.

Well-planned compound movements are the foundation of inner thigh exercises. The thigh muscles consist of the quadriceps (front), hamstrings (back) and abductors (side). All it takes is 15 minutes of exercise three times a week to shape the inner thighs. How hard should you push yourself?

This number guide will help you determine what intensity of inner thigh exercises is right for you. The intensity of inner thigh exercises will vary from 1 to 5, where 5 is the ‘hardest’. For effective inner thigh exercises, you need to push to an intensity that falls between 3.

This is a unique method that I have developed on my own, and it has helped thousands of clients get results. You can view my clients in action with videos of inner thigh exercises and download full color inner thigh exercise routines by registering on my websites mentioned at the end of this article.

1 – Light exercise, where you can barely feel the muscle working. (this is what you feel in the first 1-3 repetitions)

2 – You can feel the hip muscles working (as you do more repetitions, you become more aware of the tension in the muscles)

3 – Moderate intensity, where you begin feel a ‘burn’ or ’strain’ in the muscle. You have to exert a little to maintain the exercise.

4 – Moderate to high intensity, where your hip muscle starts to hurt, and you feel like stopping.

5 – High intensity, where you just can’t continue. You need to stop and take a break.

For some individuals, 10 repetitions of an exercise is enough to get to 3, or even 4. This is especially common for beginners, or for those who have resumed exercise after a long break. For other, more conditioned individuals, it is common to get to 3 or 4 after 30-40 repetitions, or after using ankle weights.

The Most Effective Inner Thigh Exercises

Butterfly stretching.

Outer Thigh Lift.

Inner Thigh Firmer.

Cable Adductor Machine.

Modified Squats and Lunges.

For more information about these exercises and to get free full color exercise routines, diet plans and grocery lists, visit Best Weight Loss Programs and Toning For Women. You can train with Nitin at the Phone Fitness Trainer website.

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