12 Best Exercises for Inner Thighs
If you’re looking for the best workouts to tone your inner thighs, you’ve come to the right place! All these inner-thigh exercises are effective and can easily be incorporated into your daily schedule. Just get up and follow this easy plan.
In the morning
1. Scissor lifts
Before you even get out of bed, you can start toning those inner thigh muscles. Start by lying on your side. Without moving your stomach or bending your knees, lift the leg closest to the ceiling up and down, performing 10 repetitions. Switch sides and repeat.
2. Circles in the Air
Flip onto your back and extend one leg straight up in the air. Avoid bending your knees. Draw circles in the air with your leg for 10 seconds. Switch legs and repeat.
3. Knee presses
While on your back, grab a small pillow or ball. Bend your knees, keeping your feet shoulder-width apart. Place the pillow or ball between your knees and, focusing on your thighs, press on the ball or pillow for 10 seconds. Repeat 10 times.
4. Ball-to-Wall Squats
Climb out of bed and grab your exercise ball. With the ball between your back and a wall or closed door, perform 10 reps of squats without dropping the ball from behind your back. For an extra twist, place a small ball or pillow between your thighs as well.
During a break
5. Lunge Repetitions
As simple as it sounds, lunges can easily be performed during a break from work. Just step into the break room or close your office door and perform 10 repetitions of lunges for an easy inner-thigh workout.
6. Superman’s Pose
After that, plant your feet shoulder-width apart. Bend your knees and raise your arms straight above your head. Rise up on your toes and hold the position for 10 seconds. You’ll feel the burn in the best way!
Before Dinner
7. Go for a Jog
Once you’re at home, take the time to get in a more thorough workout. Jogging offers a variety of benefits, including a great inner-thigh workout. Jog at your own pace for at least half an hour for maximum fat burning and other benefits.
8. Step up and down.
One of the best workouts to lose inner-thigh fat is stepping. Stand at the bottom of your stairs or in front of a small platform and practice repetitions of stepping up and down quickly.
9. Dive and Swing
Good for your inner thighs, your arms, and your torso muscles, the dive and swing will burn serious calories and sculpt your body quickly. Start by performing a squat, but don’t go all the way down. Hold your squat as soon as your thighs begin to feel the burn. Grab a dumbbell or something else that is weighted but small.
Hold the item out in front of you as if you’re preparing to dive. But, rather than diving, swing that item under your legs. Hold your squat the whole time, and perform 10 repetitions.
At Bedtime
10. Flamingo Pose
Do relaxing leg exercises before you head to bed to help you de-stress and get ready for rest. Try the flamingo pose, for example, to get your center of calm and encourage your thighs to get strong. Simply plant your feet firmly on the floor, shoulder-width apart. Extend one leg out behind you, bending your knees only slightly. At the same time, extend your arms in front of you. Hold the pose for 10 seconds and perform 10 repetitions. Switch legs and repeat.
11. Leg Swings
Resume the flamingo pose, but this time, have a stable object nearby that you can hold onto for support. Swing your extended leg back to the front as slowly as possible. When you’ve done this 10 times, switch legs and do it all over again.
12. Salutation Pose
Last but not least, say goodnight to your (tired but stronger!) thighs with the salutation pose. Place your feet shoulder-width apart, toes pointed forward. Bend forward, placing your hands the same distance apart, far out in front of you on the floor. Arch your back toward the ceiling and rock your body back with your legs straight so your thighs