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    Favourite exercise for toning legs/buns

    Posts: 586 Member
    edited January 19 in Fitness and Exercise
    My cruise is soon and I am trying to tone as much as possible. What is your fave exercise for toning legs. I do strength training. Recently added in the 30 day shred as well.

    Any tips?

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    • Posts: 1,934 Member
      Squats.

      Here endeth the lesson.
    • Posts: 126 Member
      I don't know what the exercise is called but you are on hands & knees and extend one leg out and do various moves with your extended leg like circles and lifts and such. Maybe someone else knows the name of this?
    • Posts: 636 Member
      squats and lunges. I walk around the house doing lunges.
    • Posts: 105 Member
      I find Pop Pilates videos are amazing for the lower body. Check out the videos on you youtube, they are seriously so good!
    • Posts: 219 Member
      squats, lunges, wall sits
    • Posts: 1,119 Member
      Squats, split squats, butterfly squats, wide stance squats, close stance squats, single leg squats (this is really only safe with a good spot or a squat rack with a safety mechanism). I hate lunges with an undying passion (I think it's related to my multiple ankle surgeries) and split squats are the closest I get. But, lunges are really good for you as well.
    • Posts: 766 Member
      Tae Bo, or Gloria Kamils Body Basic Weight training video that one spends like 40 min almost on legs and they burn by the end of it. Or Bicycling
    • Posts: 52 Member
      squats
    • Posts: 586 Member
      I don't know what the exercise is called but you are on hands & knees and extend one leg out and do various moves with your extended leg like circles and lifts and such. Maybe someone else knows the name of this?

      mountain climbers

      do those, squats, lunges, step-ups.... guess so far I am doing what I should, just getting impatient.
    • Posts: 724 Member
      Squats, dead lifts, hip thrusts, lunges, step ups. Enjoy your booty
    • Posts: 6,998 Member
      All of the above. Also, I've heard Jillian Michaels' Killer Buns & Thighs is pretty awesome. I'm going to try it, but haven't actually gotten a chance yet.
    • Posts: 3,400 Member
      What is "tone"? Squats, dead lifts, and straight leg dead lifts are exercises that target those muscles.
    • Posts: 126 Member
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      mountain climbers

      do those, squats, lunges, step-ups.... guess so far I am doing what I should, just getting impatient.

      mountain climbers are good too!! Not what I was thinking of...I decided to not be lazy and do an internet search...I was thinking of kickbacks
    • Posts: 724 Member
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      mountain climbers are good too!! Not what I was thinking of...I decided to not be lazy and do an internet search...I was thinking of kickbacks

      why not throw sume burpees in there too? :devil:
    • Posts: 279 Member
      Squats, lunges (front, back, side), and jump squats!
    • Posts: 2,654 Member
      Wide stance deep squats, weight on the heels. Just found out I can do these without hurting my trashed knees. The next morning every muscle in my legs and butt were sore! But no pain in the knees. Yay!
    • Posts: 423 Member
      I'd rather do something than do exercises, so I'm learning renaissance period rapier fencing and with spring maybe finally here, I'm riding my horse again.
    • Posts: 61,406 Member
      Squats. and a tardis

      Here endeth the lesson.

      now the lesson is complete
    • Posts: 322 Member
      Bar Method! And squats. Lots of squats.
    • Posts: 98 Member
      I love Ballet Barre exercise. They have really strengthened and toned up my lower body. :)
    • Posts: 35
      All of the above. Also, I've heard Jillian Michaels' Killer Buns & Thighs is pretty awesome. I'm going to try it, but haven't actually gotten a chance yet.

      i squat like a boss and this video was killer. legs were a shaky mess!
    • Posts: 7,166 Member
      Squats.

      Here endeth the lesson.

      Weighted squats.
    • Posts: 254 Member
      I like squats and weighted squats for it. Here's a thigh toning program I found and liked: http://www.realsimple.com/health/fitness-exercise/workouts/trim-your-inner-thighs-00000000035180/index.html. I added weights to them myself.
    • Posts: 3,958 Member
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      Weighted squats.

      ^this
    • Posts: 2,131 Member
      Yup, squats and deads
    • Posts: 472 Member
      squats
      body squats
      squats in the shower
      weighted squats
      squats while cuddling your puppy
      squats while holding a baby
    • Posts: 586 Member
      Ok so I am doing it right. I have lost a ton of inches already just want more tightening and definition. Thanks everyone.
    • Posts: 586 Member
      squats
      body squats
      squats in the shower
      weighted squats
      squats while cuddling your puppy
      squats while holding a baby

      The last one made me giggle. I run a daycare so I a, always squatting holding babies and toddlers.
    • Posts: 1,109 Member
      I don't know what the exercise is called but you are on hands & knees and extend one leg out and do various moves with your extended leg like circles and lifts and such. Maybe someone else knows the name of this?

      I'm thinking the video below might be what you're talking about.

      To the OP, the move she does at 6:15 is especially effective.


      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faQ9lkjiRaM
    • Posts: 472 Member
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      The last one made me giggle. I run a daycare so I a, always squatting holding babies and toddlers.

      It's a win-win, happy baby, happy adult.
      I still do the swaying like I am rocking a baby...like when I am standing in line to check out.
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