Hello all!

I have a few questions to ask you all! Here they are:

There seems to be a few different theorys or beliefs that Personal Fitness Trainers have (and they are different from each other). Okay, so not from what you have read, but from what has worked for you; on toning your inner thighs. Do you agree with (from personal experience) using the inner thigh machines at the gym, or performing side lying hip adductor exercise, etc.? Or performing exercises in the saggital plane only (saggital plan means squats, lunges, etc. dividing the body into right and left portions)? Not to build them up, but to tone them and shed any fat in that area. And of course some great cardio exercise.

Next question; for someone who wants to bulid more muscle, but not bulk up (just really tone up and replace fat with muscle), would you agree with high reps and low weight (cause they don't want to bulk up), or say 15 reps with moderate weight?

Thank you all!

cocolove

those machines with high rep sets will give you better leg shape then squats and leg presses if your toning.

those machines with high rep sets will give you better leg shape then squats and leg presses if your toning.
you prob. dont have to worry about bulking up.what a disgusting word.its pretty tough to get big and muscular.i believe that you should come up with a good combination of exercises that include the type of leg machines that you are talking about and some weight machines to give you more overall muscular shape.real hi reps for shaping.those leg machines your talking about will work well with a good program increased protien. and will power
remember if you look real good or real bad it took a long time to get that way.

i poss. used the wrong termenology,and im not going to argue with you guys.bottom line the advice in my reply is correct

Thank you all! I didn't mean to offend anyone with using the word "tone" or "toning up"! What I mean by those words was basically to look great and firm without getting bulky.

Tatyana, do you mean the "girlie" inner thigh machines, outter thigh machines, side lying exercises, etc.? Okay, thats just confimation! I just was told that by someone else who knows there stuff and it seems like you know your stuff too! What do you think of the weight vs. free weights for upper body? Maybe both to change it up!?

Next question: what do all of you think of all the tubes, bands, bars, etc. for changing up the workouts? And what are some good exercises for the behind (booty, "butt")? I know, I know them, but I really want to know the really effective ones!

Thank you!

cocolove

Spot reduction is not possible. Start cleaning up your diet, and build up the muscle in that area so there is actually something to "show off" when you get body fat low enough to reveal the shape of the musculature underneath.

Intersting, but what the Hell is high weight, high rep? That is an oxymoron...

Also, was there anything to indicate how much of a difference there was, and also, if the difference in fat storage in that area remained the same long term?

This is my opinion, although you will probably find this echoed by a lot of amazing trainers.

Go old school with bodybuilding first. Free weights, learn proper form.

There is a place for machines, in particular cables and the smith machine however, free weights rule.

A lot of the machines have been designed for 'health clubs' that want to make people feel better that they are 'doing the right thing'.

Best exercises for the bootie are:

Squats
Lunges (I prefer smith machine), some love dumbell walking lunges
Dead lifts (either straight up dead lifts or stiff leg dead lifts)

You will find some other exercises will also hit your glutes like:

Leg press (especially 45 degree angle one)
Back extensions
Laying leg curls

I am not saying don't use the adductor and abductor machines, it is just that I see so many women using these machines, and the butt blasters.

All you need to do is look at women that use these as the main way they train (most women in gyms) and then look at women that do 'proper' weight training. (Google figure girls).

The difference is really obvious.

Don't ignore your upper body. I do fiind it funny that men often do upper body, ignore legs, women will train legs but ignore upper body.

You might like to start out by training three times a week with a split like:

Monday-lower body

Wed-upper body

Friday-lower body

If you hit the weights with enough intensity, all you need is about 30 min three times a week to see changes (that and a healthy diet)

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