Thighs...

[Aodhan]

I swim laps. It's not instant thin thighs, but I think if you do it, it helps you get trim and smooth (vs. big and bulky) limbs (arms and legs)! Plus, it really doesn't seem like a workout. . . . (I don't swim too many laps).

It's also a great low impact, full body movement. I swam competitively for a lot of years.

One thing to be aware of, especially in typical gym pools. They are kept very warm, and you will sweat, and not get much cooling from it. You have to really be careful of hydration in those bathtubs....excuse me, gym pools. (I used to train in 75 degree pools....85 degrees really does feel like a bathtub to me!)

Aodhan

[CapitalKarate]

Actually aodhan what you spoke about is what I'm saying is false. No matter how hard women lift weights, they will never get bulky unless they intake an insane amount of protein, have abnormal hormones, or take supplements. It just won't happen cause they don't have testosterone. It's better for both genders to perform high weight low rep movements (not the isolating body building time wasting movements) PLUS bodyweight high rep movements (don't waste your time doing low weights, if you want repetition, do repetition body weight exercises).

Also powerlifting isn't doing the absolute most weight possible all the time. The difference between the three kinds of lifts (body building, power, and olympic) is body building tends to lift just for looks, they do isolation exercises to get large and normally intake a lot more protein and supplements as to build the muscle. Power lifting is basically three movements; Bench press, Squat, Dead lift, and routines for powerlifting normally are built to help the user increase as much as possibly the weight he's moving using whatever techniques prove to be useful. Olympic lifting is essentially two major lifts, the snatch and the clean & jerk, and I think almost ten minor lifts designed to help you build up to doing the major ones or to help you lift more when doing the two major ones, minor ones would be, overhead squat, cleans, jerks, front squats, back squats, push presses, that sort of thing.

If what you really want is to get rid of fat deposits in your inner thighs, do lots of cardio, both exercises that last an hour as a steady slow pace, and high intensity inverval exercises. The latter have been proven to get rid of fat and increase both aerobic and anaerobic endurance while also not losing strength which often happens with long endurance exercises (running for an hour, swimming for an hour, biking for an hour. etc...)

[Aodhan]

Actually aodhan what you spoke about is what I'm saying is false. No matter how hard women lift weights, they will never get bulky unless they intake an insane amount of protein, have abnormal hormones, or take supplements. It just won't happen cause they don't have testosterone. It's better for both genders to perform high weight low rep movements (not the isolating body building time wasting movements) PLUS bodyweight high rep movements (don't waste your time doing low weights, if you want repetition, do repetition body weight exercises).

Yes, women do have testosterone, just as men have estrogen. I agree, women will not get as bulky as men do, however, they will get relatively bulky when compared with other women. Even a little bit of bulk is anathema to some women, however.

Also powerlifting isn't doing the absolute most weight possible all the time. The difference between the three kinds of lifts (body building, power, and olympic) is body building tends to lift just for looks, they do isolation exercises to get large and normally intake a lot more protein and supplements as to build the muscle. Power lifting is basically three movements; Bench press, Squat, Dead lift, and routines for powerlifting normally are built to help the user increase as much as possibly the weight he's moving using whatever techniques prove to be useful. Olympic lifting is essentially two major lifts, the snatch and the clean & jerk, and I think almost ten minor lifts designed to help you build up to doing the major ones or to help you lift more when doing the two major ones, minor ones would be, overhead squat, cleans, jerks, front squats, back squats, push presses, that sort of thing.

Agreed. I was speaking in the broadest generality, as I stated. I didn't feel it was necessary to overburden her with the minute differences between the styles. I know that powerlifting is core movements, bodybuilding is isolation, etc. What interests us, bores other people to tears.

If what you really want is to get rid of fat deposits in your inner thighs, do lots of cardio, both exercises that last an hour as a steady slow pace, and high intensity inverval exercises. The latter have been proven to get rid of fat and increase both aerobic and anaerobic endurance while also not losing strength which often happens with long endurance exercises (running for an hour, swimming for an hour, biking for an hour. etc...)

Good advice. Also, people need to be aware (Not sure if I stated this already in the thread or not) that ROB is right, spot reduction is a myth. Fat comes off first from the last place it was put. So, if you put on fat on your thighs first, butt next and face last, it will come off from your face first, then butt, then thighs.

Aodhan

[CapitalKarate]

True, compared to other women ones who lift will be more built (barely), and sculpted, but still only on the lean side. And if they really are afraid of getting "larger" all they have to do is add more long distance cardio and there ya go, a bit of the size in muscles will go away. Personally, I wish women would not care as much how they look and just try to get fit.

BTW aodhan, congrats on your belt promo.

[Hudson]

Back on topic, increasing the cardio and doing hamstring curls and leg extensions should do the trick. Squats too. Squats are the best leg exercise period.

[CapitalKarate]

Leg extensions and leg curls are not important at all, in fact they're a waste of time. And they've been proven to be damaging to the knees. They were mostly created for body builders, just stick with compound weight movements and increasing cardio activity.