As ladies we often look down at our legs and dream that they had more shape, less cellulite, more muscles, less fat, and the list goes on. But we can have all of this, we just need to learn a few moves, and get committed to practicing them.

Here are our top 5 exercises to tone & shape your thighs and the bonus is, they will even help burn fat in other areas of your body as well.

Add these strength exercises to your cycle, walk, run or whatever other training you do, 3 times/week and you will start to see amazing results.

1. Bridge

How to do it: Lie on your back with knees bent and soles of the feet on the ground nice and close to your bottom.  and facing up. Raise the buttocks off the ground until your back forms a straight line from the knees to the shoulders. Hold for 1 second before lowering down slowly. Ensure you roll up and down 1 vertebra at a time to support your back.
~ Repeat for 15 reps.

2. Chair Squats

This is a perfect move for beginners, and with the only equipment needed being a chair, Im pretty sure you have one of those in your home or office.

How to do it: Begin standing with your back to a chair, feet hip-width apart. While keeping your weight centered on your heels, draw in your abs and hinge forward at the hips slowly lowering your butt toward the chair. Pause right before you would sit down and return to standing while keeping the core engaged.
~ Do 3 sets of 10-15 reps

3. Stair run/walk

Find yourself a set of stairs, it doesn’t need to be a stadium set, any set even if it only has 5 stairs. Chose your pace, either walk or run (depending on your current fitness level). Focus on lifting up from the knees and powering up, slowly down. This will increase your heart rate very quickly and help tone and shape those thighs. Expect to feel the burn.

4. Leg lift

How to do it: While you stand facing a chair, raise your right leg, knee facing up, foot flexed and place your heel on the seat. Make sure not to lock your standing knee as you lift your right foot off the chair and straighten it out until you feel your quadriceps engage. Keeping your lifted leg in the air, bend the leg on the floor slightly and then straighten it again.
~ Do 10-15 reps, then switch sides and repeat for 1 full set; do 3 sets.

5. Lateral lunge side kick

Up for a challenge? This move is challenging, but you can do few reps until you get toe hang of it and strength to continue with more reps.

How to do it: Stand with feet together, arms at the sides. Step the right foot out to the side and bend the left knee at a 90-degree angle to come into a side lunge. Push into your left foot and come to standing with the knees slightly bent. Immediately kick the left foot strongly out to the side (make sure it stays flexed). Return to starting position.
~ Do 3 sets of 12-15 reps and repeat on the opposite side.

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