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Thigh help

  • 04-02-2009 8:48pm
    #1
    northdubgal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 744 ✭✭✭


    Hi guys,

    Just wondering if you could advise me or point me in the right direction...

    I am losing weight + inches through cardio and I have started to introduce strenght training into my routine.

    My problem is my inner thighs, they are huge... A pure build up of soft & hard fat that actually wont budge.. I know it isnt possible to spot reduce but I am wondering if there are any workouts/resistance machines or anything that will help in that area..

    Since the start of this year I have lost 4lbs + 6" but none from my thighs yet..


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  • #2
    maxxie
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 949 ✭✭✭maxxie


    northdubgal wrote: »
    Hi guys,

    Just wondering if you could advise me or point me in the right direction...

    I am losing weight + inches through cardio and I have started to introduce strenght training into my routine.

    My problem is my inner thighs, they are huge... A pure build up of soft & hard fat that actually wont budge.. I know it isnt possible to spot reduce but I am wondering if there are any workouts/resistance machines or anything that will help in that area..

    Since the start of this year I have lost 4lbs + 6" but none from my thighs yet..

    hey, what kind of cardio workouts are you doing? resistance exercises that would normally be used on this area such as leg press and squats would increase muscle size, making the leg bigger!


  • #3
    EileenG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,775 ✭✭✭EileenG


    Squats, deadlifts, step-ups, lunges etc will help a lot but you can't spot reduce worth a damn. (The Danish study which implied you can is impossible to reproduce in real life).

    Also, chances are your inner thighs are not as bad as you think. Everyone, especially every woman, has some bodypart that she fixates on and imagines as much bigger than it really is. Keep going with the cardio as well as the weights and eventually, you'll see results.

    Oh and take a look at this. www.stumptuous.com/cms/displayarticle.php?aid=157 The cross section of the thighs is eye-opening.


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
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    EileenG wrote: »
    Oh and take a look at this. www.stumptuous.com/cms/displayarticle.php?aid=157 The cross section of the thighs is eye-opening.

    Eeww people meat!! I really, really wish I hadn't seen that. :(


  • #5
    northdubgal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 744 ✭✭✭northdubgal


    I do a lot of squats, lunges etc and use the abductor/adductor when in the gym.

    I do loads of kickboxing type of cardio and when in the gym I use the threadmill & cross trainer mostly..

    So I am a bit confused, should I or shouldn't I be doing squats and lunges??

    EileenG, yea my thighs are actually really bad. It's the only place on my body that never reduces in size..


  • #6
    northdubgal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 744 ✭✭✭northdubgal


    Anyone :o


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  • #7
    EileenG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,775 ✭✭✭EileenG


    northdubgal wrote: »
    So I am a bit confused, should I or shouldn't I be doing squats and lunges??

    If in doubt, squat. Apart from the effects on the muscles in your legs, squats and deadlifts tend to increase your growth hormone, which is a powerful fat burner. Make sure you are NOT taking any sort of sport drink during your workout, or you'll blunt the GH spike. Water during, whey after.


  • #8
    northdubgal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 744 ✭✭✭northdubgal


    EileenG wrote: »
    If in doubt, squat. Apart from the effects on the muscles in your legs, squats and deadlifts tend to increase your growth hormone, which is a powerful fat burner. Make sure you are NOT taking any sort of sport drink during your workout, or you'll blunt the GH spike. Water during, whey after.

    Thanks


  • #9
    Brian?
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    EileenG wrote: »
    If in doubt, squat. Apart from the effects on the muscles in your legs, squats and deadlifts tend to increase your growth hormone, which is a powerful fat burner. Make sure you are NOT taking any sort of sport drink during your workout, or you'll blunt the GH spike. Water during, whey after.

    Sports drinks blunt the GH spike? Not doubting you, but I've never heard that before, if its proven its handy to know.

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  • #10
    EileenG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,775 ✭✭✭EileenG


    There was a long long piece on this in Muscular Development about a year ago. This was one of their conclusions, with about six references.

    Condensing what they said, it seems to me that a good way to get a real GH spike is to liftt weights (compound lifts) until you cross the lactate threshold, then do moderate intensity cardio for as long as possible. Drink water until you are are finished everything. Then whey as normal. Go to bed early that night. Repeat once a month or so.


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