exercises to rid of fat on upper inner thighs??

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  • Leslietheriot
    Leslietheriot Posts: 303 Member
    More weight = more bulk. period.
    Up the cardio. Helps with heart health as well as fat loss.
    A lot of people do NOT want bulk, just to tone up what they have.
  • HorrorChix89
    HorrorChix89 Posts: 1,229 Member
    I'm doing leg exercises with weights and my thighs are getting bigger. I'm even getting that line that separated the quads from the hammies (umm i think that's it). I was told it'll go away and even it self out if I keep it up but I doubt it.

    Not you scare you away OP, just always remember RESULTS MAY VARY.
  • Nessa0506
    Nessa0506 Posts: 81
    plie squats with weights. be sure to squeeze butt and inner thighs at top. To make it harder, do a plie squat with one leg on a basketball (to challenge stability)
  • Justacoffeenut
    Justacoffeenut Posts: 3,749 Member
    bump
  • SimplyShanRunning
    SimplyShanRunning Posts: 885 Member
    Actually in a few Jillian Michaels DVDs she talks about how you shouldn't use weights to try to get rid of leg fat. You don't want to bulk up muscle there. For some people it's just not in their shape, but I would suggest running and workout DVDs. No More Trouble Zones is great for those types of exercises.

    This is why people shouldn't listen to Jillian Michaels.

    bahahahaha Exactly!
  • breakbad
    breakbad Posts: 13
    Any exercise that works your adductors. Also, walking and/or running!!
  • TinkrBelz
    TinkrBelz Posts: 866 Member
    As everyone says, you can not spot reduce...but there are exercises that you can do to firm up those muscles.

    I think they are called sumo squats...but I call them plies. I do these in my Zumba class, so no weights are used...our body is the weight.
    Turn your toes out and go down and then come up and squeeze butt. Then do those while one toe is pointed (heal is up) and then go up and down....do other leg too. Then have toes turned out and get on toes again (like you are wearing high heals), knees are bent too. Walk to the right and then to the left. All of the kills the inner thighs....I think having your toes turned out, puts more focus on that area. And yes, all of this looks stupid, but you will feel it.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Cardio. You can't spot reduce.. so do cardio so you lose fat from all over

    Not really. Cardio is great for beginners because it's starting but you can't keep pushing yourself. Doing weights is the best option for fat loss because you can keep challenging yourself by upping the weights.

    So when you start with cardio, you're stuck at that level? You can never go farther, faster or longer?

    I'm not against weights. I think they're a great addition to a workout. But to say you can't keep pushing yourself with cardio is ignorant and untrue.
  • beaufoster
    beaufoster Posts: 3 Member
    Absolute best is body weight exercises. I love doing jump squats and wall squats. Any high intensity interval exercises will work to burn fat and tone muscle. Interval elliptical or treadmill is great if you can actually slow down enough in recovery mode.

    I agree with Leslietheriot...leg lifts etc. will help but may cause a significant increase in muscle bulk which you may not like (I like sculpted not muscley legs).
  • eillamarie
    eillamarie Posts: 862 Member
    Are you wanting that inner thigh gap? So many women on here said they want it. The truth is, it is unattainable for most women, simply due to their bone structure.

    My cousin, for example, is overweight by roughly 30 lbs and still has that gap. I have never had it, even as a scrawny young girl lol. It's just not attainable...but then, I've never given it any thought until women on here started talking about it! lol

    ya thats what I'm talking about(: its seems impossible to rid of that fat no matter how much cardio you do!!

    I'm naturally built to carry my weight just a little bit lower than my hips....joy oh joy!! Not. But when I was running several times a week, training for swimming 20 hours a week, playing volleyball for my senior team 5 times a week/8 hours a week, & doing a ton of lunges, squats, & other resistance activities I actually got a gap. It's attantaible for pretty much everybody, just depends how hard you want to work to get it.
  • morganhccstudent724
    morganhccstudent724 Posts: 1,261 Member
    I like a little upper inner thigh jiggle....


    A LOT!!!!:love:
  • vim_n_vigor
    vim_n_vigor Posts: 4,089 Member
    Actually in a few Jillian Michaels DVDs she talks about how you shouldn't use weights to try to get rid of leg fat. You don't want to bulk up muscle there. For some people it's just not in their shape, but I would suggest running and workout DVDs. No More Trouble Zones is great for those types of exercises.

    A woman is not going to bulk up - unless she is taking steroids. Weight lifting is good for everyone, even us weak little chickies. We won't turn into bulked up he-women.
  • legnarevocrednu
    legnarevocrednu Posts: 467 Member
    I've noticed a slight difference in that area along with my lower tummy (my two trouble areas) since I started jogging.
  • DeeJayTJ
    DeeJayTJ Posts: 355 Member
    definitely get cardio and weight training in, and dont worry about "bulking up" because its not gonna happen, women dont just bulk up that easy. actually bulking up isnt easy for anyone.
  • hpsnickers1
    hpsnickers1 Posts: 2,783 Member
    No exercise will spot reduce. You can only do that by lowering your overall body fat sadly. I wish there was!

    Squats, deadlifts and lifting heavy weights (for you) will help you with that goal.

    This!! This is genetically stored fat. LIFT HEAVY!!

    YOU WILL NOT BULK UP!! Men have a hard time buidling muscle. For women, it's almost impossible without the help of HGH injections or steroids or testosterone pills. And in a calorie deficit you will not gain muscle anyway.


    No More Trouble Zones did great things for making my muscles stronger (not bigger) but it did very little for my body fat %. P90X made me even stronger (not bigger) but didn't very little for my body fat %. Dropping grains, legumes, milk (I now eat only organic, full fat dairy but still not milk) from my diet and increasing my natural fats (MUFAs and Saturated) is what got rid of the fat on my belly, thighs and butt. And I got to drop back on the amount of exercise I did. But N=1
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,990 Member
    More weight = more bulk. period.
    Up the cardio. Helps with heart health as well as fat loss.
    A lot of people do NOT want bulk, just to tone up what they have.
    If you're implying that "lifting heavy" equals more "bulk", it doesn't happen on calorie deficit. Fat CANNOT transform to muscle. It's physically impossible.
    You tone up muscle by conditioning it and cardio alone doesn't do that. If you don't want to look "muscular", then don't let your body fat levels get too low.

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