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December 26th, 2009 | 
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What’s the first body part most women focus on when they look in the mirror? Hips, thighs, and butt—and they almost inevitably say they are too big. While dieting can, of course, result in a relatively uniform weight loss over the whole body, the lower half still tend to appear disproportionately large to most women since they are essentially the female body’s fat repository of choice for most women.
To streamline hips, thighs, and butt, exercise is the best way to go to firm and tighten these perennial problem areas. To improve the appearance of hips and thighs and butt, however, it is crucial to choose the right kind of exercises. Most women don’t want to add bulk to these areas, but they do need to find the right exercises to tone and tighten.
The following three exercises are exactly the kind of exercises that help shape and define the lower body without adding bulk to these problem areas.
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A new twist on lunging can be performed by following these steps:
* Take a large step forward wit the right leg so that it is almost directly in front of the left.
* Bend the right knee until the knee is directly over the right foot. Hold for one second, then step back so that legs are together.
* Repeat the two movements as quickly as possible, maintaining balance.
* After five repetitions, change legs.
* Increase speed, add repetitions, and add weights as you become more familiar with the exercise.
This exercise is renowned for its bottom-firming effects. It also tones the thighs and, with one arm extended, replicates the classic pose of a fencer in attack position.
Many of us admire those with super lean thighs especially when in swimsuits or bikinis. It may seem like a mirage but you too can get similar thighs with the correct set of exercises.
These exercises don’t have to be complicated but very simple ones that you can complete in the comfort and privacy of your own home. They include:
• The seated pillow squeeze
You will require a sturdy chair to sit on. Place your feet flat on the ground and have a pillow in between your thighs. Squeeze the pillow steadily with your thighs while exhaling then hold that position and let your breathing return to normal. Stop after a minute. Start with a single time, then work your way up to five times to give your inner thigh muscles the best exercise.
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When you think about toning and exercising you may not always think of the hip muscles first, but maybe you should. There are so many different activities, for which we rely on our hip muscles, that we just could not perform without the strength of our hip muscles. Walking is only one of them.
Could you imagine if you could not even take a stroll with ease? We owe it to ourselves to include hip exercises in our exercise routines and these simple exercises are just the trick. Do what we already know we rely on our hips to do. Simply take a walk. You don’t have to spend hours on the tread mill just go outside and walk the block, go to the mall and walk from anchor store to anchor store or even the grocery store.
Have you ever thought of how far you actually walk from shelf to shelf in a department or grocery store? Take a pedometer with you next wee. You will be amazed at how far you have walked. Do a series of lunges throughout the day. Lunges strengthen your hips and increase you overall flexibility at the same time.
