What types of exercises are best to tone abdominals, hips, and thighs?
Spot reduction doesn’t work! Aerobic exercise is still the best type of exercise to reduce fat. It has been well established that one cannot “spot reduce” fat by exercises that work specific areas (e.g. abdominal crunches will not reduce the fat covering these muscles). Unfortunately, we are limited to our own personal genetic pattern of laying down (or removing) fat. The “last-on-first-off” concept still tends to hold true. Fat is lost in the reverse order it is put on, often leaving those problem areas last to go no matter what type of exercise you do! Isolating one muscle group at a time burns very few calories compared to aerobic activity where a number of large muscle groups are contracting continuously for a sustained period of time. Muscle Endurance (toning) Exercises have LIMITED Benefit in Shaping Muscle. Muscular endurance is the ability of a muscle group to exert force or maintain a degree of force over a long period of time. This component of fitness is best developed throu
