Chic Shaping » legs http://chicshaping.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:00:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Slim down your butt and legs with simple exercises http://chicshaping.com/exercise-of-the-week/slim-down-your-butt-and-legs-with-simple-exercises/ http://chicshaping.com/exercise-of-the-week/slim-down-your-butt-and-legs-with-simple-exercises/#comments Sun, 04 Apr 2010 10:29:25 +0000 cleo http://chicshaping.com/exercise-of-the-week/slim-down-your-butt-and-legs-with-simple-exercises/ Women want to tone their butt and leg muscles as these often become bigger as compared to men. If a woman can maintain a slim butt, then she will really look slim and smart in any sort of outfit that she wears. You can follow any one of the following steps in order to reduce the butt and the muscles in the legs.

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Sprinting – Sprinting is one of the best ways to tone your muscles and legs and you can see that your fat is being burnt extremely well. You can do it better if there is some hill near your house where you can go up and come down.

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Free squats – While doing squat, you can shift the target according to your need as per your need. You may shift the focus to your butt, thighs and hamstrings. This exercise will also make the woman lose the extra weight in the body and help in building the muscles. You can try with various types of squats and you will never feel bored in the process.

Yoga – It is possibly the best form of exercise as many women have confessed of being benefitted by doing a few weeks of yoga. Yoga can be practiced for fifteen minutes a day at home and within few weeks of doing it; you can see amazing results of it. It will be better if you do your leg workouts with yoga as in that case, you will really find the results very encouraging.

]]> http://chicshaping.com/exercise-of-the-week/slim-down-your-butt-and-legs-with-simple-exercises/feed/ 0 Triceps Dips with Straight Legs http://chicshaping.com/exercise-of-the-week/triceps-dips-with-straight-legs/ http://chicshaping.com/exercise-of-the-week/triceps-dips-with-straight-legs/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:33:06 +0000 cleo http://chicshaping.com/exercise-of-the-week/triceps-dips-with-straight-legs/ This week’s exercise helps you strengthen your triceps. The exercise is Triceps Dips with straight legs and is done as the steps shown below.

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  • Start the initial position by placing a chair. Grasp the chair with both your hands. Walk until your hips are slightly tilted, legs and should be erect. For reference just see the figure.
  • Make sure that the feet are hip width apart.

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  • Now bend the elbows slowly first at an angle of 60 degress.

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  • Now again bend the elbows further by an angle of 90 degrees.
  • While doing the above steps inhale.
  • Make sure that your legs remain straight while doing the above steps.
  • Now again slowly go to the start position.
  • While moving to the start position exhale.
]]> http://chicshaping.com/exercise-of-the-week/triceps-dips-with-straight-legs/feed/ 0 How to Survive High Heels Wearing http://chicshaping.com/fitness-tips/how-to-survive-high-heels-wearing/ http://chicshaping.com/fitness-tips/how-to-survive-high-heels-wearing/#comments Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:53:50 +0000 angel http://chicshaping.com/fitness-tips/how-to-survive-high-heels-wearing/ Actually, it is really a problem, until you are not Victoria Beckham (’cause it seems to me that she has no probs wearing them).  So, apart from talking about the harmful effects of such shoes, I’d better tell you how to wear them and:

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  • look great
  • stay save and sound.

Are you ready?

  • rule number one sounds like: DON”T EVEN DARE TO THINK of wearing your new super-cool-amazing-heels for the first time while planning to cover big distances/travelling/dancing etc. Otherwise, you will never ever wear them again.
  • choose heels with the right instep (it is extremely important, otherwise you can sprain your band and it is REALLY VERY painful. Believe me!!!)
  • buy special invisible pads and put them in your shoes, thus, you will avoid calluses;

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  • always carry in your bag plasters and molefoam padding, thus, you’ll always relief your pain;
  • try to buy shoes with wedges and heels.

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Good luck )))

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