During the spring and summer months a lot of the focus goes straight to your thighs because you want to look good in shorts and dresses. After all this “thigh gap” talk, many women are looking for ways to slim their thighs. Having a thigh gap is not on our list of priorities, but if you want to slim down your thighs, you have to make sure that you’re doing the right exercises.
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When we think about sliming our thighs our minds immediately go to squats. Doing squats are great to build your thigh muscles, but first we have to focus on the amount of body fat that you have. The fact is that our thighs begin to get skinny as the rest of your body slims down. How do you know what type of exercise you need?
Pinch Test
Measuring your thighs does not require you to get the measuring tape. Simply straighten your leg and tighten your thigh muscles, then pinch the top layer of fat and skin of your thigh. If there is a lot to pinch, that means you have too much fat on your thighs and probably cellulite. If you don’t have too much skin to pinch, then that means that you’ve been overworking your thighs and have large thigh muscles.
What To Do?
There’s a solution to the problem. One of the first things you have to do is find the right workout for you. First thing’s first. If you have a lot of fat around your thighs, you should first focus on cardio. Focus on burning fat, without gaining too much muscle on your thighs. Use the treadmill, elliptical, stationary bike, jog, or walk to burn fat and make sure you keep the resistance low.
If you’re a gym rat and are used to high-intensity workouts, then more than likely your body fat is low and your muscles are big. You can benefit from resistance training, which will target your legs to help shape them and firm them. Focus on repetitions and less resistance.
Check out this workout to slim your thighs:
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