How to firm up your thighs before summer?
1. The good cosmetics to firm up your legs
In order to obtain the best results of your slimming cream, apply it by doing toning or slimming massages to better dislodge fat cells and eliminate cellulite.
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2. Massages to tone the thighs
3.Cold to beat cellulite
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Finish your shower or bath by a cold water jet. Cold water helps to stimulate blood circulation and to eliminate cellulite. If you swim in a pool, or at sea, do not fear the cold water, it will be your ally for beautiful legs!
4. Which sport to slim down and firm up the thighs?
To lose weight on thighs, nothing better than cardio sports
Cardio sports are all sports in which you start sweating quickly. There is something for everyone, from jogging, swimming, cycling to skipping rope, the most important thing being to give your best!
Cardio sports draw on fats and help refine not only your legs but also the rest of your body. When you practice a cardio sport, keep in mind that if your goal is to dislodge fat, you will need to do sessions of at least 1 hour.
In addition to burning fat and increasing your endurance, cardio sports are good for your health: they reduce your blood pressure, speed up your metabolism and prevent heart disease.
What to do when you cannot practice too intense sports?
In this case, you can always turn to soft sports such as brisk walking. If you want to slim your thighs with brisk walking, bet on sessions of at least 1:30 and keep a steady pace.
If you’re running out of time, turn to HIIT
High-Intensity Interval Training is a series of exercises to be performed keeping a very intense rhythm. HIIT is very effective for slimming because it burns a lot of calories, which is even more useful when you run out of time. Short sessions of 30 minutes are enough but you have to make sure you keep the pace as high as possible so that the training is the most effective.
HIIT increases the metabolism, you burn calories during the effort but also after because your body continues to recover from this intense effort.
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5. Muscular strengthening exercises to shape and contour the thighs
In parallel with a sport to refines the legs, the muscular reinforcement makes it possible to shape and draw pretty legs. It can also be perfect if you do not need to lose weight but just want to get pretty shaped legs.
The best exercise to draw and refine thighs are the lunges. If you also want to work your gluteal muscles in addition to shaping your thighs, do squats.
An easy exercise that you can perform by standing or lying on your bed at any time is the kick. Stand up, lift your leg up and repeat the movement as much as possible. Similarly, while you’re lying on your side, lift your leg up to the ceiling and repeat the movement as many times as possible. The beatings legs gently exercise thighs and refine them.
6. The good stretches for thin legs
Stretch once to twice a week for pretty, slim legs
The stretches have a lengthening effect on muscles and draw you pretty elongated legs. It is very important to stretch well after playing sports.
To go further, do 15-minute stretching sessions and your sports sessions to draw you beautiful legs: this allows you to refine the muscles of your legs and have calves.
Here is a leg stretch to firm your legs: Stand up, spread your legs in the width of your pelvis and lean 30 seconds forward so as to touch your right heel. Come back in the middle then repeat on the other side. Finally, place one leg forward and lean forward to touch your heel. Repeat on the other leg.
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