You’ve done a million squats, monthly leg challenges and countless tracking of your walking miles, but no matter how many lower body exercises you do, you still feel frustrated with your inner thighs. Our social media culture has made the “thigh gap” misguided standard beauty ideal to look fit, healthy and attractive.
There are some important things you need to understand about the inner thighs and body fat before you take on another mega squat challenge!
Why Do I Have Inner Thigh Fat?
The body needs some body fat to be healthy and function optimally. Fat on the body helps to protect organs, bones and helps hormones do their job. Excess body fat can form when you take in more calories than your body can use or burn off from exercise. When the body stores fat in places, it really depends on factors such as genetics and the shape of your body (height, structure etc). Generally, women do tend to store extra body fat in the lower body – hips, lower belly and thighs. This can be largely due to the female body being designed to reproduce, create and carry a baby. Having enough fat around the hips and stomach helps to carry a baby and protect the mother’s body.
How Do You Get Rid of Inner Thigh Fat?
Unfortunately, you can’t spot train away fat on your inner thighs. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news! There are certain exercises you can do to help strengthen the muscles of your legs, but they won’t necessarily get rid of the fat on your inner thighs. By simply focusing on squats, lunges, and leg presses, your legs will benefit from building strength, balance and co-ordination. However, to lose fat on your inner thighs, you will need to focus on the whole body which will help to lose body fat everywhere, including the thighs.
How Long Does it Take to Get Rid of Inner Thigh Fat?
There are many factors to consider when you are focused on losing fat from the inner thighs. As mentioned above, you can’t spot-reduce fat in one specific area, so there are no specific diets or exercises that will help you to lose inner thigh fat. When you focus on the whole body and implement exercise and diet to help the body lose fat. you will lose overall body fat. This will help the thighs reduce over time. There is no set time frame in doing this, focus on being consistent with exercise and nutrition to help your body be healthy.
Does Walking Reduce Inner Thigh Fat?
Walking is an excellent form of exercise with numerous health benefits, including strengthening the leg muscles, improving stamina and endurance, and helping the mind to relax. At first, you might be heavily focused on reducing inner thigh fat, however, for the purpose of health and sustainability, create a goal for long term benefits. Steady state cardio exercises such as walking are a great way to reduce overall fat on the body, therefore it can help reduce fat in the inner thighs. There is no guarantee for this result, but the overall health benefits of walking are positive for body fat, mindset and the cardiovascular system.
What is the Best Exercise for Inner Thigh Fat?
There are no specific exercises to help inner thigh fat reduce. Focusing on a healthy diet and moving the body consistently will help the whole body to lose fat. Combine a mix cardio exercises such as walking or riding a bike, and strength exercises such as squats and lunges to create an overall plan for the thighs (and body!) to be healthy and fit.
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Rebecca is a personal trainer and health & wellness coach who is passionate about helping women to feel healthy, happy and LOVE life. As a coach with a huge passion for vegan nutrition, holistic health, enjoying exercise and self care, Rebecca is on a mission to help women thrive!
