Toning thighs and abs??

I would love to know the answer to this...

Any kind of cardio for your legs will do the trick on your thighs. The elliptical set on the lowest incline and resistance of about 2 or 3 and try to burn 10 calories per minute. Running is great...if you can't run, do intervals - I'm working my way up...trying to see how long I can run. I try to increase it everytime.

Of course, lunges and quats. I find lunges work better on your bum. Squats more for the tops of your thighs... the inside of your thighs will get impacted as you do cardio.

I've lost 1 1/2" inch off one thigh and 2" off the other (in 1 month) by using all the weight machines for legs at the gym as well as using the elliptical & doing intervals on the treadmill.

Go on Self.com and find the 8 Minutes to Slim workout and print it out. That thing works MIRACLES. I love it. :happy: Use that! There are 2 exercises I skip because they hurt my knees (the jumping lunge & the jumping squat) but if you do a minute of each, you burn like 60 calories!!! And, I did it for the first time in a long time the other day and woke up sore everywhere, even my abs!!

It's a combination of two things: Lose weight and build some muscle. Lose weight by maintaining a caloric deficit. Build some muscle on your thighs by doing squats, deadlifts, lunges, step-ups to start. Abs can be targeted with crunches, back extensions, or some full body movements (that gets into a lot of Olympic lifts). Check out http://exrx.net/Lists/WtFemale.html or http://exrx.net/Lists/WtMale.html to pick an area and get a list of exercises to target the area.

Until you get the fat off, no exercise will help. And also, despite our best efforts, we cannot spot reduce one area. Our bodies will remove the fat in the way it wants to, not how we want it, quite often.