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stomach and thighs.
are there any effective excercises that make your stomach and thighs smaller? or toned?
-thanks
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i can give a remedy for legs
1. To improve calves –
stand absolutely straight with your hands on your hips and your legs together. Now keep your spine straight and bend only the knees until you assume a squatting position. Hold it there to the count of four and rise slowly, keeping your spine as straight as possible. Repeat this exercise at least ten times.
2. To slim your thighs –
firstly lie flat on the floor and then draw your knees up towards your chest. Now push your legs up in the air and keep them as straight as you can. Slowly start moving your legs as if you are riding a bicycle. Do this about 5-6 times and then repeat the movements at a fast speed for another 5-6 times. Repeat the whole routine 5-6 times, including the slow and fast movements.
3. To improve leg muscles –
firstly sit straight in a chair. Your back should be absolutely erect. Keep your feet on the floor and slowly stretch your legs out as far as is possible. The feet and knees should be together. Now raise your legs until your feet are off the floor and your knees are completely straight. Keeping this position, bend the feet towards you, pushing your heels out as far as possible and then point the toes down as much as you can. Do both these movements about six times each. Now relax. For the next step, raise your feet once again, and keeping them together, turn them outwards until the soles support each other. Then turn them inwards until the ankles and big toe joints touch each other. Repeat each of these movements six times and relax.
Before you know it, you will have the best legs in town
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if you want to be toned or be smaller, i would suggest taking yoga/pilates. your mind and body will appreciate it. yoga helps you become relaxed and less stressed. pilates works your muscles and really tones your body. you can download podcasts for free at itunes of yoga and i think pilates as well. or look into taking a class or two. most dance companies offer pilates.
i hope this helps you out.
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woahh sorry to the person below but don't do sit-ups....They've been proven to do nothing to your stomach, they only cause back problems etc. Firstly you can't just tone an area, you have to burn the fat away from it by doing cardio exercise 30-45 mins 4-5 times a week, for example running, biking, cross-training, swimming or anything else you can think of.
After you begin to burn the fat and start seeing that your stomach and thighs are getting more shapely, you start toning them by doing exercises like crunches
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This combined with a good healthy diet and drinking plenty of water should see you tone up and lose weight off all areas.
Hope that helps:)
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regular sit ups
scissors: lay down, keep your legs 6 inches off the ground and move leg up, and the other down
another, keep your legs up and pick your head up and make it as if your trying to move your face towards the ceiling
plyometrics help a lot also
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