Thinner Legs, Please

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jessica robin

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Hi everyone!
Are ya'll frozen yet? I live in Alabama and it is pretty COLD! Not good to do a workout outside.
I was wondering how to get my legs thinner. I do alot of step, I'm sure that is why they are so big. Is there any cardo that will help get them thinner? Any type of weight trainingthat would help? I am sure somebody can help. THANKS for such a great site! HAVE A BLESSED DAY!
 
Hi Jessica,

I really don't have any help for you but I wanted to ask you where in Alabama do you live? I live in Birmingham. It's so unusual to see anyone from this neck of the woods.

I have heard some give advice that running will slim you down. I am sure that others can give you some help.

Kelly
 
It is vary odd to hear from someone way down here. I live in Coosada. I is about as big as a crumb on a map. Coosada is about 20 min. away for Montgomery. Thanks for the post!!
 
I have found that running is good for slimming the legs.
The other thing that works well is isolation work on the inner and outer thighs, and butt.
I am assuming you work out at home?
Deep squats are great for that whole area- you don't even need to use weights. If you get a DynaBand, you can do some great isolation work. If this sounds like something you are interested in and want more details, let me know.
 
My 2 cents...

...not on Dynabands, but on tubing that is sold through Spri Products(800-222-7774). They have and excellent book called "Rubberized Resistance Exercises," and you use them with their Xering, Xertube, and Ultratoner, and it offers LOTS of different workouts. This is great vacation gear because it can be thrown in a suitcase. I like their products because they have a good range in resistance options.

What I especially like them for is leg work, such as leg extensions and leg curls, which are hard to do if you don't own big gym equipment.

I'll go into more detail if you want, just ask.
 
My best description.....

The Ultratoner looks like a figure 8 and the Xering is just that, a rubber ring that has foam pads on it. You can mimic the execises of a leg extension machine, leg curl machine, and what they call in my Y, "Bertha Butt" very easily. You stabilize one end of the figure 8 with one foot, perform the exercise with the other foot pulling back the other end of the 8 for the leg curls. For the donkey kick (for the butt) you get down on all fours and put one knee in figure 8 with one knee, and kick back with your foot in the other end of the 8. It's hard to describe, but, believe me, it's VERY effective.

They'll be glad to send you a catalog, and you don't have to buy the book. Each piece of equipment (I call them rubber bands) comes with a flyer which pictures and describes several exercises. They also have an Xercuff which also allows you to do leg extensions, plus lateral moves and lunges. The color of the product determines the amount of resistance. Black is the strongest, and that's what I use.

Their stuff is not very expensive, either, so you can have a cheap gym that doesn't take up a lot of space. PLEASE CALL THEM FOR A CATALOG!!!!! I can't say enough about how pleased I am with their products. :D :D

One more thing....they also have a door attachment which allows you to do pull downs for your back, and some really good tricep and bicep exercises. Then the rubber bands mimic cable equipment in a gym.
 
Workout stuff

OK, honeybunch gave you a book which is great. NO matter what resistance band you use, these work. In all cases with a loop, you just tie the band to create the desired resistance.
I normally do about 3 sets with 15-25 reps per set. You should start really feeling it the last 5-8 reps of each set.



Lie on your back, legs straight up to ceiling. Band around upper thighs. Slowly extend legs away from eachother and back together. If this hard on your back, you can keep knees bent.

Just sitting on the couch watching TV, wrap the band around uppers thighs and do the "thigh master" movement. Try to concentrate on keep your muscles tight on the return move as well.

Stand up (you can use wall for support) band around ankles, feet together. slowly extend leg out to the side and back.

For inners, change this to cross one leg in front of the other, sweeping it back and forth.

On all fours, the band goes around the base ankle, and hooks on the sole of the lifting foot. You push the foot straight up to the ceiling and back down (donkey kicks). For variation, when you bring the foot down, cross is diagonally over the base leg and back up.

All fours again- lift the leg straight up to the SIDE. Band goes thigh to thigh. You can do this on your side- base leg straight on floor,lifting leg perpendicular in front of you. YOu keep the lower leg parallel with the floor when you left. For variation, keep leg lifted at shoulder height and pulse.

Standing straight- use wall support- one knee bent in front, slowly rotate the bent leg to the side and back. band goes thigh to thigh. Keep leg at same height

Same starting position- slowly extend foot forward to straight leg position and back to bent leg. Band is held with your hand and looped around foot sole

Static lunges- add the band around the ankles to add resistance

SQUATS- no band. If you do deep squats, these are really good of the whole upper legs and butt. Be careful of your back. It is very hard to push back up, you might not be able to do that many at first. As you get stronger, add a barbell held on the back.(NOT NECK)

Variations- slighly wider feet, point toes out instead of straight. Works more inner thighs.


If you need more let me know. Check out Honeybunches book, I am sure it has tons more ideas.
 
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Their site is under construction. You best call for a catalogue for now. Other sites sell their products, but I don't know how the price compares. One I came across is http://www.simplefitnesssolutions.com

I've also seen workouts for dynabands and tubing that you can print out on the web...I have to look up where I found them.
 
I have no advice since my legs are bigger than I would like. I just wanted to say that I live in Huntsville, AL. I have lived here all my life. It is cool to know that there are Cathe fans EVERYWHERE.
 
Hey, RBurke!

I moved from Huntsville to Destin, FL about five years ago. I had lived there my entire life as well. It's a small world!
 
Hey, I live in Huntsville, AL. I've been doing Cathe tapes for
a little over 3 years and this is the first thread where I've
read about people from Alabama, much less Huntsville!
 
Hey, CindyS!
It is great to see fellow Huntsvillians (or in my case former Huntsvillian) posting. I love Florida but there are some things about Huntsville I really miss; like family! Are the cherry trees blooming at Big Spring Park, or is it too early still?

Take Care!
 
The best thing I've found for thinning the legs is spinning.
Don't use real heavy resistance when doing it though.
 
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