Losing inches on thighs and hips???

I'm not big on fitness videos...you can only do the same one so long before your body adjusts to the program and you see nothing..i'd rather save my money and do things on my own that I can consistently change. Squats...your best friend..lol, if you have a gym membership or weights at home, put the barbell over your shoulder and start squatting, rest then start lunges, even better put one foot on the coffee table behind you and lunge, move into a plie squat feet wide apar toes pointed outwards, start squatting. Leg kickbacks, get down on all fours lift one leg straight back and start pulsing, repeat on the other side. side lunges...do a lunge but instead of going straight back with your leg into the lunge cross the leg in back of your stationary leg. Crab walk, get into a squat position, walk six steps forward, never coming out of the squat position, then 6 steps back, if you add weight onto your shoulders with this one, you'll feel a serious burn. plie squat with dumbell...get into the plie position hold a heavy dumbell in front of you and squat. Slide squats, put on foot on a paper plate and slide that foot out to the side while squatting touch your hand to the floor, bring foot back in and repeat 12x's then do the other side. Bench lateral jumps, get a low bench, start on your right side, put your right foot on the bench, propel yourself over the bench landing with your left foot on the bench, start this move in a squat position and end in a squat position, repeat. Squat with twist, stand with feet apart, squat down then bring one knee up and bring the opposite elbow accross to touch knee, repeat, 12x's then proceed to other side.....these are the only ones I can think of right now, but I got more, that you can do right in your living room with no weights, but like I said you increase the intensity of your workout if you add weights, which means more calories burned as well, your legs a re a huge muscle group and can handle heavy weight.

While many fitness videos do the same routine over and over again...and get boring to watch and your body adjusts to them, I have found ChaLEAN Extreme to break that fitness video mold AND I've lost the majority of inches from my waist, hips and thighs on this program. I'm in week 8 of the 12 week program. It incorporates tons of squats, lunges, bowlers lunges etc and can be done with weights or resistance bands. Both are extremely effective. It mixes in cardio and plyometrics as well. I find if I just have a list of exercises to do, it is not effective. I don't know how many to do, how often and at what intensity. CLE takes all the guesswork out of it for me. Plus, I don't want Jillian Michaels shaming and demeaning me in my living room, so I stay away from her DVD's. Chalene Johnson is very motivating and positive. Hope that helps
Risa

tagging this so I can find these exercises later! AWESOME suggestions, some I do already and some I never even thought of! Can't wait to try the paper plate one! Sounds fun!:laugh:

I have done the 30 Day Shred, No More Trouble Zones and Banish Fat, Boost Metabolism all by Jillian Michaels and they are amazing for toning! I would suggest her No More Trouble Zones DVD!! The only cardio that is in it really is in the warm up, the rest is strength and toning. You can notice a HUGE difference in just a week or two!! You can watch some of the DVD on YouTube to give you a preview of what you'll be getting yourself into. I was skeptical about workout DVD's before I tried the 30 Day Shred, now I can't imagine working out with Jillian Michaels lol as sad as that is to say! I'm sure once I reach my goal weight, I'll probably have nightmares about her though!! lol

The good news is that losing from your waist first is GREAT. Fat carried around your core is the most dangerous and losing waist inches seriously decreases your risk factors for a number of very scary things. :glasses:

Brazilian Butt Lift by Beachbody rocks!!! I lost an inch off my hips and 1/2 inch off each thigh in the 1st 10 days!
Kickboxing will really hit the outer thigh and hip area.
You've gotten lots of other great advice as well.
Congrats on the inches already lost!

While many fitness videos do the same routine over and over again...and get boring to watch and your body adjusts to them, I have found ChaLEAN Extreme to break that fitness video mold AND I've lost the majority of inches from my waist, hips and thighs on this program. I'm in week 8 of the 12 week program. It incorporates tons of squats, lunges, bowlers lunges etc and can be done with weights or resistance bands. Both are extremely effective. It mixes in cardio and plyometrics as well. I find if I just have a list of exercises to do, it is not effective. I don't know how many to do, how often and at what intensity. CLE takes all the guesswork out of it for me. Plus, I don't want Jillian Michaels shaming and demeaning me in my living room, so I stay away from her DVD's. Chalene Johnson is very motivating and positive. Hope that helps
Risa

I'm not saying like or not like either way, if you will do the video and see results and are happy with it then that's fantastic, I find them boring and not very motivating....I was only trying to give suggestions, and as far as as how many to do or to what intensity, c'mon, it's a no brainer, a quick google will do the trick, as far as intensity goes, I thought I touched on that one, legs can do very heavy weight work, if weights are not an option, then your best bet is repetition...lots of them until that burn sets in, what might be good weight for me and good rep may not be for the next person. To answer another poster, no you can't effectively "spot" reduce but exercises that target certain areas do in fact help, it makes those muscles stronger and leaner, and eventually your body will have to attack the fat stored there, you lose all over sometimes not entirely where you'd like to, but eventually it will happen, legs are tough!