You can take inches off your outer thighs with an isometric exercise. Not every individual is meant to belong to a gym. Isometric exercises are meant to be done anywhere and performed any time. This specific isometric exercise I personally perform first thing in the morning while brushing my teeth. I am a busy business professional and I multitask whenever I get the chance.
Stand tall facing your bathroom counter. One hand is holding your toothbrush and one hand is placed on the counter for balance. Both of your hips are facing forward and so are your feet. Slowly lift one leg directly to the side. The idea is not to see how high you can lift your leg but how efficiently can you work your muscles. As you lift your leg to the side make sure that your foot is still facing forward. If your foot is angled even slightly to the side you will be pulling in quadriceps muscles. (Front of your upper thigh verses just outer thigh muscles)
Once you are in position you should have your foot only 6-8 inches off the ground. You will feel a tightening in the outer thigh area. Hold this isometric position for 5 slow deep isobreathing breaths or about 30 seconds. Relax your leg for one single inhale and exhale then go back into this isometric position and repeat 2 more times. Then you will switch legs.
If you find that this is not intense enough - you can place an isoband or exercise band around your ankles. This will limit your foot height off the floor but the intensity will be increased. Your opposite leg is also performing an isometric exercise and will fatigue. As with all isometric exercises the longer you hold this position the more intensely you will be working muscles.
I encourage you to take a measurement of your upper thigh and then perform this exercise everyday. In one week you will start to feel a tightening of your muscles and you will start your inch reduction. Along with the isometric exercises do not forget that you will need to perform some kind of aerobic activity to burn calories along with smarter, healthier and portioned sizing with your foods.
Article by Ellen Miller the originator of the IsoBreathing program. Ellen is a certified fitness practitioner and personal trainer changing individuals lives one day at a time. She has been teaching for over 20 years. Ellen can be reached at Ellen@isobreathing.com and her website is http://www.isobreathing.com
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