Smaller thighs

cashmeresweater9
cashmeresweater9 Posts: 1 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
does anyone have any tips on how to get smaller thighs?

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  • Jesusjohnjames
    Jesusjohnjames Posts: 378 Member
    What's your measurement???
  • 35shay
    35shay Posts: 2 Member
    Hello, I dont have any tips but would like to know if you found any and if so pls update me with them :-) I would love to have smaller thighs
  • angelexperiment
    angelexperiment Posts: 1,917 Member
    Lots of walking, squats, and running! I so far have lost 5 inches! I did interval training from a dvd that had the squats in there!
  • Stacyandsilas
    Stacyandsilas Posts: 14 Member
    Jump squats!
  • nuttynanners
    nuttynanners Posts: 249 Member
    Overall fat loss. Combined with toning exercises. You can't spot reduce fat, but as you lower your body fat percentage through diet and exercise, focus on targeting your glutes, hammies, and quads. This will help you get leaned, toned thighs :)
  • SonyaCele
    SonyaCele Posts: 2,841 Member
    eat less
  • nonoelmo
    nonoelmo Posts: 3,941 Member
    Rollerblading long distances. The leanest my thighs have ever been was when I was rollerblading 15 miles or more a few times a week. Running is also good but the rollerblading was better.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    eat less, lift heavy, squat and lunge with weights, walk lots more
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,972 Member
    nuttynanners wrote: »
    Overall fat loss. Combined with toning exercises. You can't spot reduce fat, but as you lower your body fat percentage through diet and exercise, focus on targeting your glutes, hammies, and quads. This will help you get leaned, toned thighs :)
    Pretty much this with the exception that there are no "toning" exercises. There's no "toning" squats. There are barbell squats, dumbell squats, goblet squats, etc. But the rest of the info is correct.

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  • ExRelaySprinter
    ExRelaySprinter Posts: 874 Member
    I've started doing some Squats and Lunge Exercises using Kettlebells.
    It's a killer workout, but alongside my Powerwalking and healthier eating, i hope to see some results in a month or so.
    Don't forget to take measurements too...so you can easily track your progress.
  • cokefloat1
    cokefloat1 Posts: 86 Member
    Cycling has worked for me. 6 miles a day at a relatively vigorous pace.
  • BoxerBrawler
    BoxerBrawler Posts: 2,032 Member
    Fat loss along with weighted squats, walking, cycling, dancing...
  • strong_curves
    strong_curves Posts: 2,229 Member
    Lose weight & exercise
  • segacs
    segacs Posts: 4,599 Member
    You can't spot reduce. Your body will decide where to drop the weight from.

    Having said that, if you lose weight overall, some of it will inevitably come off your thighs. Of course, depending on genetics and your body's shape, it may come off from other places more or faster.
  • BigLifter10
    BigLifter10 Posts: 1,153 Member
    nonoelmo wrote: »
    Rollerblading long distances. The leanest my thighs have ever been was when I was rollerblading 15 miles or more a few times a week. Running is also good but the rollerblading was better.


    This does it for me as well. Weight loss comes off all over, but these two activities really are the finishing touch for my legs (I store more fat in hips/upper thigh than anywhere else).
  • BigLifter10
    BigLifter10 Posts: 1,153 Member
    nonoelmo wrote: »
    Rollerblading long distances. The leanest my thighs have ever been was when I was rollerblading 15 miles or more a few times a week. Running is also good but the rollerblading was better.


    This does it for me as well. Weight loss comes off all over, but these two activities really are the finishing touch for my legs (I store more fat in hips/upper thigh than anywhere else).
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    eat less

    move more
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    segacs wrote: »
    You can't spot reduce. Your body will decide where to drop the weight from.

    Having said that, if you lose weight overall, some of it will inevitably come off your thighs. Of course, depending on genetics and your body's shape, it may come off from other places more or faster.

    Yup.

    Doing some kind of strength training will ensure that more of the weight lost is fat, and that less is muscle.

    Also, other areas of your body might become "too skinny" before your thighs get to a level you like. It's a balance really. You might need to accept that your thighs will always carry a little extra fat. As women, we need higher levels of body fat than men to be healthy. It's got to go somewhere.
  • segacs
    segacs Posts: 4,599 Member
    Also, OP, I don't know your stats (height, current weight, goal weight) and I have no idea if this applies to you, but a lot of women are aiming for unrealistic results e.g. 'thigh gap' which the media has popularized. The reality is that most women will never have a thigh gap, no matter how thin they get, because their bodies simply aren't shaped that way. If you knew how much of that was superimposed by Photoshop into models in ad campaigns, you'd stop worrying about it altogether.

    Go ahead and lose weight if you're overweight. That's fine. Just don't try to work yourself to a frenzy or drop to an unhealthy weight in pursuit of the mythical thigh gap. It's like chasing a unicorn.
  • Chrysalid2014
    Chrysalid2014 Posts: 1,038 Member
    edited May 2015
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  • forgtmenot
    forgtmenot Posts: 860 Member
    nuttynanners wrote: »
    Overall fat loss. Combined with toning exercises. You can't spot reduce fat, but as you lower your body fat percentage through diet and exercise, focus on targeting your glutes, hammies, and quads. This will help you get leaned, toned thighs :)

    This
  • whmscll
    whmscll Posts: 2,254 Member
    Part of it just depends on your body. I have legs that resemble tree trunks, even when I am at my goal weight (up and down with that). I will never have the lovely, shapely legs I covet. Different exercises tend to bulk me up rather than "lean me out." You need to experiment with all these different suggestions and see what works for you. Ultimately though...my legs are strong, they are healthy and they get me where I need to go, so I am thankful and happy about that above all else.
  • segacs
    segacs Posts: 4,599 Member
    whmscll wrote: »
    Ultimately though...my legs are strong, they are healthy and they get me where I need to go, so I am thankful and happy about that above all else.

    So much this!

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