Inner thigh work out

BigMamaElle
BigMamaElle Posts: 27 Member
edited October 2 in Fitness and Exercise
My thighs are a huge problem area. Always have been. What do you recommend for a thigh work out? And why?

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  • audigal2008
    audigal2008 Posts: 1,129 Member
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  • TubbsMcGee
    TubbsMcGee Posts: 1,058 Member
    Hip abduction/adduction machine is KILLER for working your inner thighs.
    I usually only do about 4 sets of 15 reps, but I definitely feel the burn for days afterwards. It's really helped to whiddle down my thunder thighs
  • Frannswaz
    Frannswaz Posts: 172 Member
    Hip abduction/adduction machine is KILLER for working your inner thighs.
    I usually only do about 4 sets of 15 reps, but I definitely feel the burn for days afterwards. It's really helped to whiddle down my thunder thighs

    Yep this works for me plus lots of cardio. I also use all of the leg machines at my gym. I push weight that is a challenge so that by the end of 4 sets of 15 I literally cannot push another rep at all. So far so good working on removing the layer of fat so my muscles become visible...Lol
  • AimingHighWeighingLow
    AimingHighWeighingLow Posts: 192 Member
    Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred!
  • Crystal_Pistol
    Crystal_Pistol Posts: 750 Member
    Plie (ballerina) squats and lateral lunges.
  • H_Factor
    H_Factor Posts: 1,722 Member
    as you lose weight, you will lose fat ... and your body will decide where you lose it from first and last. as for the suggestions to use those abducter and adducter exercise machines...well, those surely do "target" the inner and outer thighs (I always forget which one does which)....but all you're doing is building muscle behind the fat. YOU CANNOT SPOT LOSE THE FAT. targeting a muscle group by exercise will not help you lose fat in that area.

    keep eating healthy and exercising and the fat will come off.

    if you want to try an exercise that research shows burns fat for 24-48 hours AFTER you finish your work-out, try interval training. I started doing various sprint intervals 3+ months ago and I've noticed a HUGE difference in my rear end and legs since doing that. The different sprint intervals I do (usually twice a week, but no more than 3x per week...and never on consecutive days) are: (a) sprint/walk interval...sprint for 10-15 seconds, walk back to starting line, repeat for 8-15 intervals; (b) jog/sprint interval...jog for a minute, sprint for 10-15 seconds, repeat for as many intervals (up to 20) as you are able; (c) sprint/bodyweight exercise interval...sprint for 10-15 seconds, immediately do a bodyweight exercise, rest, repeat...I usually do 10-12 intervals with different bodyweight exercises mixed in.
  • BigMamaElle
    BigMamaElle Posts: 27 Member
    as you lose weight, you will lose fat ... and your body will decide where you lose it from first and last. as for the suggestions to use those abducter and adducter exercise machines...well, those surely do "target" the inner and outer thighs (I always forget which one does which)....but all you're doing is building muscle behind the fat. YOU CANNOT SPOT LOSE THE FAT. targeting a muscle group by exercise will not help you lose fat in that area.

    keep eating healthy and exercising and the fat will come off.


    yeah i guess i should have been more clear. im not so worried about fat. i just had a baby and as it all goes there is a lot of lose skin just from the 12 lbs ive lost thus far. however. in hs i had super muscular thighs, not to the point of body builder... but to the point that you could def see the muscle in pictures and not just large sacks of lard that i have attached to my hips and thighs now... and i want that back... but back then i was swimming competitively for a minimum of 15 hours per week during non competition weeks. i do NOT have the time for that now with three kids and a job. i barely have time to work out 1-2 hrs a day. but i WANT my muscular thighs and calves back.
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