Doing some sport, whether it’s in the gym, at home or at the park, is a great idea to keep fit all year round and especially in summer.
In fact, during this season the dreaded swimsuit test awaits us and, moreover, the clothes we wear show a few more strips of skin. So, everything lightens up and we would like our body to adapt to this change, combined with the desire for toning.
The belly is usually one of the areas that accumulate the most fat and appear flaccid. In particular, being particularly difficult to counter, we try to train the lower stomach and at the same time reduce the waistline.
In addition to this, however, staring in the mirror, a flashing alarm signal could also appear in another area, the buttocks-thighs-legs trio. This is why we could always give ourselves in with fitness and with an easy exercise, to be performed even at home and above all hasty.
To slim your thighs, have slim legs and firm your buttocks here is 1 exercise you can do at home in 2 minutes
The exercise that will become our “never again” for the lower body is a variety of lunges. We can call it walking lunge, forward lunge or moving lunge.
It is, in fact, a relatively dynamic exercise, which enhances the classic steps we take from about nine months of age. A simple walk around the room becomes, therefore, a real fitness exercise, intense and that would be able to:
- streamline the legs and tone the calf;
- lose weight in the thighs and inner thighs;
- firm and lift the buttocks;
- stimulate and strengthen the abdomen;
- reduce the love handles in the hips area.
To perform it, a moderate resistance would be needed, a certain constancy in repeating it 3-4 times a week, but very little time.
In fact, 3 sets of 10 of walking lunges, usually recommended amount, with respective pauses, would steal about 2 minutes of our time.
The execution
To carry out this exercise we must, first of all, be able to take as many steps in a row as possible. For example, if we decide to train at home we could do it in the largest and longest room or in the hallway.
Once we have chosen our location, we assume the starting position, that is a position:
- erect;
- feet slightly apart;
- arms extended at the sides or with elbows bent and hands on the hips / hands clenched in fist in front of the chest.
At this point, we bring one leg forward, as if we wanted to take a step, and flex the corresponding knee. At the same time, we also flex the knee of the leg that is left behind, bending downwards.
Finally, we return to the starting position and repeat the movement, starting it with the opposite leg and moving forward.
Extra tips
So, this would be the right exercise to slim your thighs, have slim legs and firm your lower back. In doing it, we should carry out each movement with a certain slowness, contracting the abdomen and trying not to lean forward.
Finally, we could make the lunges more intense by holding a weight or a dumbbell, one in each hand, and keeping the arms outstretched.
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