Simple exercises to reduce thigh dimples

Discover effective exercises to reduce thigh dimples and combat cellulite. Target trouble areas with simple workouts for smoother, firmer skin.

Dimpled skin, usually on the thighs, hips, buttocks, and abdomen, is called cellulite. Cellulite is caused by pockets of fat, and women tend to have more of it than men because a higher percentage of their body is made up of fatty tissue. Cellulite is not a serious medical condition, but it is unsightly and can cause self-consciousness.

While many manufacturers tout the benefits of creams and gels, there is no credible scientific evidence that topical preparations effectively treat cellulite; instead, a regimen of diet, exercise, and lifestyle changes can control, but not eliminate, your problem.

As we age, cellulite, the bane of women everywhere, often appears on the buttocks. In women, cellulite typically appears after puberty. Major changes in the body such as pregnancy, breastfeeding or menopause can increase the amount of cellulite throughout the body. In order to remedy this situation, people often resort to a variety of creams, exercises, diets and treatments.

1. Suspended Stability Lunge:

How to Do:

• Start standing with a weight bench or TRX straps behind you.
• Elevate one leg behind you so your leg is lifted to thigh height.
• Place the foot of the lifted leg in the TRX strap or on the bench.
• Now lower your body weight into a lunge position, maintaining your balance as lower and lift.
• Do 7-10 reps on the right leg, then repeat on the left.  Add 5-10 pound dumbbells for a greater challenge.

2. Side to Side Plies:

How to Do:

• While looking straight ahead, stand with feet wide apart.
• Your toes should point about 45 degrees outward.
• Rest your hands on the hips. Bend knees and lower hips as low to the ground as you can.
• Keep shoulders and back straight. Hold this position for 30 seconds.
• Now slowly straighten legs and slide left heel towards your right.
• Then squeeze inner thighs together for 30 seconds.
• Next, take a big step backward to the left and repeat the plies, sliding your right heel in. Repeat 10 times.

3. Squats:

How to Do:

• Stand with your feet slightly apart. Now bend in a sitting position until your thighs are parallel to the floor.
• Straighten your hands parallel to the floor, in front of your body and hold this bent position.
• This almost appears like an air-sitting position.
• Stay in this position for 30 seconds and repeat 10 times.

4. Pivoting Curtsy Lunge:

How to Do:

• Standing with feet hip-width apart, step your right foot diagonally behind you and into a 7 o’clock position.
• Bend both knees so you’re in a lunge stance.
• Lean your torso forward 30 degrees and pulse up and town 10-15 times.
• Straighten the body and pivot 180 degrees so your right foot comes to the front. Again, lower into a lunge.
• Pulse up and down 10-15 times on each side to complete one set; do 3 sets.

5. Shifting Side Lunge:

How to Do:

• Stand normally with feet together, and holding the dumbbells by your side.
• Take the right foot wide out, and lower into a side lunge, keeping the dumbbells on either side of your left foot.
• Bend the left knee with maintaining the position, but shifting the weight to both legs and lowers into a wide squat, reaching for the floor in front of you.
• Now, extend the alternate leg for side lunge, and perform the same that you did with your right leg.
• Bring both legs together and stand up for the rep.