Question:
What can I do to tighen my inner thighs?

I am 4 wks post-op and I would like to work my inter thighs. I need to work other areas also but I still have a little while before I can really get with the gym. Could anyone recommend a good work out for my inter thighs? I have the apple shape w/ small legs but flabby inter thighs. I feel that since I am 28 yrs old, I can do something to help them now. Any advise will be very much appreciated.    — Tammy B. (posted on August 27, 2001)

August 27, 2001
Good question! I am pre-op, but I already know that my thunder thighs will inevitably always be my flabiest spot and the hardest to shape up. I was wondering if anyone out there thinks that in addition to walking and swimming if something like the ThighMaster would actually work?
   — PaulaM

August 27, 2001
Hopefully at your age, your skin will have some elasticity -- squats are the best thing to do -- I did them every morning and night -- I did them in the elevator (when I was alone) and everytime I went to the bathroom. I did improve them a bit -- when when you can grab handfuls of skin and pull it out, you know that there's no way it'll ever tighten up that much. So, save your money, my friend. I had my thigh lift three weeks and three days ago, and my legs look great -- even though still a little swollen. No amount of exercise would have ever done it for me -- but I'm not 28 either.
   — Audrey M.

August 27, 2001
I recommend Yoga. Many of the yoga stretches, poses and strength builders work the inner things. This can help you tone and strengthen those muscles, plus it feels good. However, it only works so much, for the flabbier cases, there's no amount of exercise that can bring in the skin. I have some pictures of me doing yoga at my heaviest, email me if you're curious.
   — kcanges

August 27, 2001
When you are able (I would give it a few more weeks) try lunges and squats. These target mostly the quadriceps in the front of your leg, but will help pull up most all of your upper leg. To isolate your inner thigh you can do this: Sit on the floor with you legs out straight and a kitchen chair at you feet. Put your feet on the outside of two chair legs, and push in like you are trying to crush the chair legs together. Hold this for a count of thirty. Take a break and repeat two more times. Try to build up the length of time you can hold the press. Be sure to really concentrate on your inner thigh muscles and sqeeze as if your life depended on it.
   — blank first name B.

September 3, 2004
Lay on the floor on your side. Take your upper leg and put your foot in front of the lower leg, bending the upper leg so that your foot is near your hips. I usually hold onto this foot with my upper arm as I do this excercise. The inner thigh of the lower leg is the one you are working on, move your lower leg up and down. Maybe 20-30 times, you can do circles one way and then circles the other way. We do this excercise in a pilates class I take and I always feel it the next day.
   — Abear2