How To Burn Fat Off Your Thighs

Can you burn fat directly off your thighs? No, but there is a bunch of other possibilities available to you that can improve your thighs.

Spot Training?

Spot training does not work; it does not melt off cellulite on thighs. This is the cold, hard truth we all hate to admit. No amount of leg lifts or hip adductor work can truly give us women the thin thighs we desire. According to Dr. Glenn A. Gaessar PhD, that is because this region of a woman’s body contains an abundance of lipoprotein lipase enzyme, which causes the cells to store fat easily – and also, give it up very begrudgingly.

Fitness trainer Matt Jones contends that estrogen dictates fat storage in the thighs, while testosterone encourages more fat storage in the stomach. “The inner thigh is considered a poorly circulated area, which means there are trapped toxins in there,” he adds.

Beautiful thighs are a top priority for many women

According to Covert Bailey, author of Smart Exercise, breast feeding and getting down to 18 percent body fat are two factors that are known to reduce thigh fat. And while we may not be able to control where we store fat, we can certainly build more muscle, trim our diets down and sculpt our bodies over time – which is not only good for tackling cellulite on thighs, but for improving our overall health and fitness levels too.  

How To Burn Fat With Cardio

Cutting calories through exercise is one of the best ways to ensure fat loss. Consider this: to lose 1 pound of fat per week, you need to cut 635 calories per day through diet or exercise. The more calories burned, the more your body will need to dip into those fat storages for the energy it needs. A good rule of thumb is to participate in rigorous exercise at least 3 times per week (every other day). Find something you love – whether it’s cycling, running, an elliptical machine, rollerblading, or swimming.

The best proven method of fat burning is something called “high intensity interval training,” where you engage in several minutes of highest-intensity level exercise, followed by a minute of lower intensity recovery. Many cycling classes, home fitness DVDs and exercise machines incorporate this type of training because it not only gets your heart rate up and encourages greater fat loss, but it also gives your metabolism a boost for the next 24-48 hours so you burn more calories while at rest.

How To Get Thin Thighs With Weights

Some people mistakenly get hung up on cardio and wonder why their weight loss has hit a plateau. Weight exercises for thighs are valuable because they help you build some muscle, which burn a bit more calories while at rest than jiggly fat.

The squat exercise trains the thigh muscles

Yet it’s important that you choose the right type of exercises for thighs, though. “Girls tend to gravitate toward inner thigh machines, leg extensions, and other machines and exercises that aren’t so useful,” says Chicago strength coach Brian Gasso. Instead, a better thigh workout would be to to concentrate on squats, lunges, and dead-lifts with a straight bar, which are more effective at creating an aesthetically pleasing shape. Adding resistance bands to a cardio DVD can help tone thighs quicker.

How To Lose Thigh Fat With Diet

Reducing your total number of calories will help you reach your goal of burning thigh fat and losing weight in general, although you can’t pinpoint where exactly the fat will come off from first. Check this article to find out how many calories you must eat each day to maintain your current weight and use the calorie calculator to find out how many calories you have to cut. Furthermore, add drinks and switch to foods low in calories, such as: asparagus, water, chicken breast, eggs, fish, oat bran, whole wheat. On the other hand, avoid foods high in calories, like butter, cheese, candy bars, alcohol, and fast food.

Learn To Love Yourself, Saddlebag Thighs And All…

In the meantime, while you work on getting your body fat percentage down and improving your overall fitness levels, you can take some comfort in  knowing that thigh fat isn’t necessarily that bad for you. A new review published by University of Oxford and Churchill Hospital researchers in the United Kingdom suggests that people who primarily carry their body fat in their thighs are more protected against diabetes, heart disease and other obesity-related conditions. Besides, people with thin thighs die sooner.

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