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To lose weight in the legs is a challenge most women have to deal with at one time or another during our lives. Fortunately skinny Asian women have practiced painless and easy procedures to get thin thighs without living on a Stairmaster or going without food until we pass out!
Lose Weight in Your Legs - How To Guide
1. Don't lift weights, do squats, or walking lunges, these will actually Increase the problem.
Part of the reason why Asian women are so good at getting "stick legs" is because American health clubs and personal trainers are giving people the wrong advice regarding leg shaping.
The basic fact is that you do not want to do any sort of resistance training with your legs, in particular the powerful quad muscles that make up your thighs. Unless you want to become a power lifter these activities only serve to fortify and build up muscle density in areas you don't want it.
Instead you need to follow the Asian model to victory: High repetition, low resistance.
To do it, pick either walking or biking, and do it three to five times a week on a Flat surface. No hills, no sprinting. Just an ordinary level of effort that you can sustain for a half hour without becoming so tired you can't continue.
Try to do it for 30 minutes at a time and after a few weeks you can expect to start to see your leg muscles actually thinning out, similar to a marathon runner or a competitive bike-rider (ever see Lance Armstrong's bird legs? Exactly!)
Do not forget: No weights or unnatural resistance, just repetitive walking and/or biking.
2. Chop the salt out, water-retention is responsible for adding inches all over your body.
Water retention is generally produced by taking in too much salt or sodium, and since both are literally everywhere these days in ultra-high quantities you're going to have to stay alert to stay away from them.
One gram of salt holds ten times its weight in water, contemplate that. If we want thinner legs we're going to have to eliminate the salt, and drink lots of water. That's right, the more water you drink the LESS water you retain, because your brain believes that you have ample water available so it's not necessary to store any for a serious event.
Salt is on the no-no list, to imitate its flavor in your meals try using lemon juice. It's a surprising taste alternative and of course properly healthy.
