Top 10 Exercises for Lose Thigh Fat

What are the top ten exercises to lose thigh fat?

Whether you’re looking to improve your confidence so you can finally wear that dress, feel confident in a pair of shorts or are just looking at improving your overall health, losing leg fat can be tricky. Exercises to lose leg fat require commitment as you are not going to see any results overnight. It is important to realise that there is no such thing as a spot treatment. This means that you can not just target your legs in terms of weight loss. What you can do is have an overall fitness regime that will benefit your legs as well and also lead to an increase in muscle.

Despite this, some experts suggest that the best exercises to lose weight in thighs do make a marked difference to how your legs appear. With that in mind, we are going to take a look at 10 of the best exercises to reduce thigh fat.

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What are the best exercises to lose thigh fat?

Certain leg exercises will target different areas of the leg. Here are some of the best exercises to lose thigh fat:

Get on your bike

Cycling is a great way to treat your legs to a workout. This could perhaps be cycling at speed or looking at longer distance rides and building up your stamina. Either way, this exercise is not only great for weight loss, but it will also give your heart a good workout.

Head to the beach

Providing that you live near a beach this is a cost-free way for you to target thigh fat and add some tone to your legs. Walking on sand is much more difficult than walking elsewhere because of the tension and resistance given. Spending 20 minutes a day like this can be of benefit to your thighs.

Do you feel like dancing?

It is a common fact that dancers are extremely physically fit. Not only do they have great overall health and fitness levels but they also have extremely powerful legs. If you’re not quite up to attending a dance class, there are plenty of lessons online that can help you improve the look and feel of your legs.

Using the stairs

Step routines were once big business at gyms across the country. They provided a great cardiovascular workout but they also targeted the muscles in the legs. Simply using your stairs at home can recreate this exercise.

Use resistance training

Muscle-strengthening activities can help to tone your thighs and also burn calories which helps with weight loss. It is worth using exercises such as lunges and doing at least 3 sets of 15 repetitions. Ideally, this should be done at least twice a week.

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What are the best exercises to reduce thigh fat?

If you are looking at ways to reduce thigh fat then there are other exercises that can be considered. Again, no exercise can focus on burning fat in just one area. You can work on toning a set muscle group but when it comes to fat-burning this will affect your body as a whole.

With that in minds, here some other exercises to lose leg fat:

Burpees

Burpees are a great exercise to reduce thigh fat. There is obviously strain placed on the legs whilst doing these but it is the overall body movement that will help to burn calories and ultimately reduce thigh fat.

Reverse plank

This is widely accepted as a great form of exercise to lose weight in thighs. By looking up at the ceiling you form a completely straight line with your body from head to toe. Toes are pointed upwards and arms and legs are kept straight.

Jumping jacks

Perhaps one of the best exercises to lose leg fat as these provide an almost total body workout. Various muscle groups are worked including those in your legs and thigh. Also known as a star jump this is the kind of exercise that many people will have done as children at school.

Frog jumps

Again this is perhaps something that you used to do at school but don’t allow that to put you off how effective this can be. Standing with your legs apart and then squatting and jumping like a frog is a great workout for leg muscles and a great way to burn fat.

Leg circles

Pilates has long been known as a form of exercise to reduce thigh fat and leg circles are one of the simplest moves to master. By laying on your back you need to point your feet towards the ceiling. Raise one leg and make 5 circular motions clockwise and then 5 anti-clockwise.

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How effective are these exercises versus surgical alternatives?

When it comes to the best exercise to lose weight in thighs the problem is one that we mentioned a little earlier. While exercise can target specific muscle groups when it comes to burning fat you can not choose the area where the fat will burn. No exercise can focus exclusively on the fat in someone’s thighs. The issue that some people have with the appearance of their thighs can be down to exercise itself as weight loss can sometimes lead to sagging skin that causes people to be self-conscious.

The easiest way to combat fat in the thighs and the general appearance of your thighs is to consider surgical options. Maintaining levels of fitness after this is important to keep hold of your new look, but exercise alone, while important to overall health, is not sufficient to effectively target all areas of fat in the thighs. The Cadogan Clinic offers treatments such as liposuction in the thighs and also thigh lifts that can be used to remove excess skin and do away with sagging which is often experienced with age. Often the combination of these 2 procedures is what leads to the best results and allows people to regain the self-confidence that they’d previously had. Exercise is still a great starting point to target issues with fat in the thighs but it is the surgical options that will allow you to achieve the look that you are really aiming for.

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