Thigh and Hip Exercises - Tone Inner Thighs and Hips

When it comes to getting the best thighs and hips possible, you need to take a dual course of action:

1. Do cardio workouts to help you burn fat


2. Do specific exercises which will help you tone those thighs

The challenge is how to do thigh strengthening exercises without bulking up. After all, great thighs are lean and toned thighs. But gaining too much muscle tissue can make them look bulky and far from feminine.

So, with any of the exercises I will show you, I highly recommend that you follow an expert lower body toning program like the 2 I mentioned above and make sure to keep track of your progress so that you'll catch any mistake that you're making early on.

Let's start with a short review of the first program of the 2 and then proceed to some exercises, Okay?

Here we go...

The Ultimate Leg Butt Hip & Thigh Makeover is a program by expert trainer Joey Atlas. The entire program is dedicated to helping you and others like you have the sexiest lower body they can have.

Joey Atlas is a noted trainer, physiologist, and nutrition expert. His specialty is in helping women tone up their legs, butts, hips, and thighs.

Despite a slightly pompous name, The Ultimate Leg Butt Hip & Thigh Makeover is a well written and researched program.

What I like about this program is that it's centered on bodyweight exercises so that you don't need any weights or exercise machines to do these exercises. This gives you more freedom which is something that modern women desperately need.

Reviews of Joey Atlas's program are positive and he offers a 60 days money back guarantee on it, so you can try it out for 60 days, see how well it works for you, and if it doesn't simply get a refund.

Another thing that Joey Atlas puts emphasis on is how to make sure you're toning your thighs, not making them look bulky.

Anyway, check out The Ultimate Leg Butt Hip & Thigh Makeover. It can provide you with excellent results.

Let's start with a front thigh exercise. This is the squat and it's highly effective in strengthening those thighs. One of the safest and easiest ways to do this is against a wall.

You start by leaning back against a wall with your feet about a foot in front of your body and shoulder width apart.

Your entire food should be firmly on the floor to provide stability and support.

You perform the exercise by sliding down the wall, slowly, to a squat position, making sure not to go bend your knees lower than 90 degrees.

Then, you slide back up the wall to the starting position.

Do this exercise very slowly, and stop if you're feeling pain in your knees.

One way to make sure you're not over bending your knees in the squat is to do a chair squat.

Instead of leaning against a wall, you place a chair behind you so that whenever you bend your knees, your butt will touch the chair signaling that it's time to return to the starting position.

Squats of all kinds are massive in toning your thighs and strengthening your hips.

For more effective exercises check this page: Thighs and hips workouts.

This is an exercise you perform with a stability ball. You lie flat on the floor with both knees bent and feet planted on a stability ball.

Place both your arms to your sides and full length on the floor. Then, slowly raise your butt off the floor and roll the stability ball towards you with your feet. This works the back of the thighs and also tones your abs and butt.

Do as many repetitions as you feel is comfortable.

Many women swear by the Thin Thigh program, created by Victoria Johnson who is a long time trainer, TV fitness celebrity, author and coach.

What's interesting about Victoria Johnson is her life story, as she was formerly a fat woman who took control of her life and managed to lose all of her excess fat and then some.

She now looks exceptionally well, and decided to share her method of toning thighs, butt, legs, and hips through the Thin Thigh Program.

In the Thin Thigh Program you will learn detailed exercises to tone those thighs and target your lower body trouble spots. You will also discover detailed nutritional guidelines to help you burn more fat and tone up faster.

To read more about Victoria Johnson, and her life story, click here: Thin Thigh Program.

This is a gym exercise since it's done on a leg extension machine.

You do this exercise by sitting with your back pressed against the seat pad. Make sure to keep it pressed tightly throughout the exercise.

You sit straight with clenched abdominals and slowly raise the weight with your feet, straightening them. You reach the top position, hold for a second, and then slowly return to the starting position.

Some people experience problems with this exercise, and to a certain degree the movement isn't natural, as we feel more easy bending our knees than straightening them.

Make sure to not lock your legs when you're straightening them as this can harm your knees.

For more exercises, go to one of these 2 pages:

1. Lower Body MakeOver


2. Thin Thigh Program

If you want to tone your inner thighs, it's not enough to strengthen them, you must also keep them flexible to attain that sexy elongated look.

The inner thigh seated stretch is an excellent way to do so.

You sit on a mat or a carpet, spread both legs as far apart as possible, keeping them firmly on the floor.

Now, you bend your upper body towards one leg, stretching your arms in the direction of the toes, and lowering your head towards the knee.

Hold this position for 10 seconds at least and then do it for the other leg.

You stretching the inner and back thighs with this exercise.

This is a hip exercise and also works the inner thighs.

You lie on your side with a fitness ball squeezed between your shins. You then lift the ball with both legs off the floor, holding it for a second, and then lowering it back to the starting position.

Do 10-20 repetitions before switching sides.

This is another massive front thigh exercise.

You start this exercise by standing with your fee slightly apart. Then, you take one good sized step forward with one leg and lower yourself straight down. When you go down, your back knee will come near the floor. Make sure to not touch the floor as that will signify that you've gone down too deep.

Then, raise yourself up and return to the starting position in one movement.

You can do this exercise while holding dumbbells in both hands, but even when doing it with body weight alone, it's a highly effective workout.

To get more highly focused thigh and hip exercises, go here:

1. Lower Body MakeOver


2. Thin Thigh Program

This version of the squat is meant to work the inner thighs. You do it by standing with both feet far apart and the toes pointing slightly outward.

Then, you lower your body as to a squat, keeping your back straight, and bending your knees. You will feel the inner thighs screaming with strain.

You should know that this is a tough exercise, so don't over do it.

I hope these thighs and hip exercises will help you get the lower body of your dreams.

Of course, don't neglect your cardio workouts as they play a great deal in burning fat and toning your lower body. I like running and cycling myself in that department.

Also, consider trying out one of the 2 programs I've reviewed here. They can give you an extra boost and provide you with much faster results.

Here they are again:

1. Lower Body MakeOver


2. Thin Thigh Program