Thigh Workouts For Women [del.icio.us]

By Mia_patterson

Thigh workouts for women should consist of leg exercises which not only work the thighs, but the entire leg area. This will give your legs a far better all round look, and help to get rid of fat thighs much more quickly.

Fat on the thighs can be very stubborn and difficult to shift, especially for women. This is because the leg area is a place where fat seems to naturally accumulate. A lot of women become frustrated when they can lose fat from the upper body, but struggle to lose thigh fat.

The good news is that you can lose leg fat pretty easily, it is just a question of picking the right leg exercises and sticking with them. The following thigh workouts can be done at home or in the gym, it is just a question of current preference.

Keep in mind that apart from the leg exercises which I am going to share with you, you also need to add some cardio work, and pay attention to your diet. Cardiovascular exercise burns a lot of calories, so make sure you add some cardio workouts to your training. Your diet is not something that you need to go overboard with. Just eat sensibly, and in moderate amounts.

The squat is a fantastic exercise for the thighs. Not only does it exercise the legs, it can also burn plenty of calories. When you start doing the squat, make sure that you stay in your comfort zone for the first couple of sessions.

This allows you to test how many reps you can do before you get tired. The important thing is that you increase the amount that you do at each workout. This means adding more reps. Even an extra 5 reps at each workout is an improvement.

There are 2 ways that you can use the squat as a thigh workout. First is to do free squats. This means just using your bodyweight. The second way is to do weighted squats. You hold a dumbbell in each hand and perform the squat. If you don't have any dumbbells then you can put some weight in a backpack and strap it on. The weight can be anything from bottles of water or cans of food.

The squat is performed by standing in an upright position with feet shoulder width apart. You then squat downwards, keeping your back straight, until your thighs are parallel to the floor. you then get back up into the starting position. This is one repetition.

Again The squat can be a great inner thigh exercise. The only difference between the standard squat and the inner thigh workout squat, is the positioning of your feet.

Your feet are placed wider apart than the normal squat. About an extra 4 inches a foot should do it. If you are doing a free squat, just let your arms hang down in front of you. If you are doing a squat with dumbbells, then you hold the dumbbells directly in front of you instead of at the sides. This version of the squat targets the inner thighs and the back of the thighs.

You can also add stretching to your thigh workout. This is very beneficial for stretching the muscles and getting the blood flowing into the muscle. Make sure that you do your stretching after your squats, and not before.

Thigh workouts for women involving the use of the squat can help you to get rid of fat thighs pretty quickly.