| PapaBanucci
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Mamma's in the kitchen stirring the sauce.
If ya don't wanna run, then do something else. All I know is that runners have the sexiest legs.
Pretty much any way ya work your a** of will produce pretty dang hot legs though.
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Thu May 31, 2007 3:04 pm |
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| luvs_torun
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PapaBanucci wrote:
'If somebody wants all-hottie legs, they oughta take up running.'
Could I get that on a singlet?? 8) |
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Thu May 31, 2007 3:16 pm |
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| PapaBanucci
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| Why bother when the legs already say it. |
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Thu May 31, 2007 3:26 pm |
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| LAURELWOOD
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coastal_mom wrote: Is that the only solution? I am not a great runner and dont know if I wanna be to be honest? If it will help in this area I can add it to my list...but not really a fave of mine and I think it is important to enjoy the type of exercise you do...dont know if I could be an avid runner.
I don't really want to be an avid runner myself. But my inner thighs did really lean up when I add some high intensity interval training to my cardio routine. For intervals of just 20 seconds each, I do bike riding or running really rapidly. You don't need to do HIIT every day. Using a heart rate monitor gives me great feedback on whether I'm getting my pulse to the right range.
You could also add some toning exercises. To get results from these, you need to do them really consistently...
Plie Squats
Pilates resistance circle (Karen Voigt's video, "Total Body Pilates" uses this
for alot of good inner thigh work)
Inner thigh lifts |
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Mon Jun 04, 2007 4:32 am |
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| coastal_mom
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| Thank you for these awesome tips laurelwood!!! :lol: I will start adding some of these things today. The things you mentioned are things I could do. :lol: |
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Mon Jun 04, 2007 2:37 pm |
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| LAURELWOOD
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| Hope those help! It's an ongoing challenge. :) |
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Mon Jun 04, 2007 4:55 pm |
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| coastal_mom
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| I am going to try plie squats tonight. wish me luck! :lol: i will let you know how it went! |
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Mon Jun 04, 2007 6:46 pm |
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| Mariaa
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| My lower body is my trouble area also and I have to say I didn't start noticing a visible difference until I starting doing squats and lunges! |
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Fri Jun 15, 2007 6:28 am |
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| coastal_mom
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| Thanks for input...I am thinking I am going to add the lunges again. I had quit those because didnt feel like doing them. Will try tomorrow. How many do you do and how many sets for beginners. I am going to do while holding free weights. 8) |
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Fri Jun 15, 2007 5:28 pm |
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| maltby_gardner
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| If it's been a while, I would hold off on the weights for at least a couple of times. It would suck to hurt your knees and not be able to do anything until they healed. I would start with 1 set of 10-12 reps on each leg, making careful not to go too low in the beginning. |
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Fri Jun 15, 2007 5:51 pm |
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| coastal_mom
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Thanks maltby_gardner!
How often should I increase the sets or the# of reps? or how long should I do the one reps? sorry lotta questions :oops: I just wanna get the full benefit :lol: |
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Fri Jun 15, 2007 6:35 pm |
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| maltby_gardner
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| I don't know how old you are (I'm 52), but I would go at least 2 or 3 times before I increased to to sets and I would do deeper lunges before I did more reps. If you're a lot younger than I am, you could be more aggressive with it. I don't do many lunges or squats because they hurt my knees, but I do sometimes do a modified walking lunge on an incline on my treadmill. |
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Fri Jun 15, 2007 8:38 pm |
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