Has anyone tried/used . . don't laugh . . the Thighmaster?

The reason I ask is i cannot seem to tone the inner part of my thigh. The rest of my legs are pretty toned - i have strong legs - but that upper inner thigh I can't seem to find the right excercise for. I remembered that I picked up a Thighmaster at a garage sale a few years back, so I dug it out tonight and thought I would give it a try.

Has anyone had this work for them??

Well ... I also own a thighmaster. I have never used it consistently enough to tell if it made a big difference (it's just so awkward!!) but I could definitely feel it on my inner thighs the days after.

I personally find squats, leg presses, and weighted lunges more effective for that area; the thigh master claims to 'target' muscle groups, and maybe it does, but squats and lunges get to all of those muscles and use your full body weight as resistance.  I'd say, in combination with other leg exercises, the thigh master may contribute to slimming the legs.

Great, thanks. I have been doing squats, lunges, leg lifts etc. Maybe all these together will help tone that inner thigh area.

Plie squats are a good way to target the inner thigh.  Don't need anything to do them, although you can add weights if you want.

Oops, double post...

what is a plie squat? i will look it up - thanks!

It's a squat where you're feet are a little more than shoulder width apart, and your feet/knees are pointed out about 45 degrees,  

I tried to find a good video, but seems like all the vid sites have ads up or it's part of a routine, I couldn't find a good video by itself.

Like this, but I'm not sure how good his form is... he seems to be leaning forward a lot.

I use the stablility ball for inner thigh exercises.  Lay on your back with the ball between your knees & squeeze & rotate your legs. 

I found that deep squats did the trick (a la this).  As long as you keep your knees out and hit that depth, you should be engaging your adductors.  Maybe you're form is off?  Then again, maybe it's just stubborn fat...

I bought a Thighmaster a few weeks ago and LOVE it. It's very effective. It mimics the exercise of this inner thigh weight machine at my old college gym. When you use it though, don't just squeeze and let go, the trick is to squeeze and hold it in that position for 10 seconds and then slowly let out. Do about 10 of those and you'll feel it. I'm sure the squat exercises that other suggested work well too however, you already have it so you might as well use it.

There was one exercise in Stage 3 of New Rules of Lifting for Women that really got my inner thigh - maybe the partial single-leg squat? You can't spot burn, but if you could, my inner thigh would be concave from those.

Original Post by stillwatergirl:

The reason I ask is i cannot seem to tone the inner part of my thigh.

What do you mean by 'tone the inner part of my thigh"? do you want the muscles there to get bigger? to get smaller? to lose fat from that area?

i want the muscle there to be defined, and lose some of the flab. i know you cannot spot burn fat, but you can spot tone.

awesome, thanks!

great, thanks for the tip! that makes more sense than doing 30 squeezes as fast as i can!

Original Post by stillwatergirl:

i want the muscle there to be defined, and lose some of the flab. i know you cannot spot burn fat, but you can spot tone.

If your definition of 'tone' is 'more defined' which requires a loss of body fat, then no you can't spot tone. 

Original Post by stillwatergirl:

great, thanks for the tip! that makes more sense than doing 30 squeezes as fast as i can!

Is the resistance adjustable?  If you can do more than 15 or so squeezes in a row, I would think you've stepped out of the realm of any real muscle building and into the realm of cardio...

I do 2nd position plie squats... 1st set with my feet pointed forward and 2nd set with them out ie "correct ballet 2nd position". When I build up to 3 sets I'll start with toes inward.

I always feel it in my inner thigh. I use 6lb freeweights (12lbs total). Building up to 10lbs (20lbs total).

Original Post by crazydiamondchrysalis:

I do 2nd position plie squats... 1st set with my feet pointed forward and 2nd set with them out ie "correct ballet 2nd position". When I build up to 3 sets I'll start with toes inward.

I always feel it in my inner thigh. I use 6lb freeweights (12lbs total). Building up to 10lbs (20lbs total).

I may get corrected here, but I believe you *always* want to make sure that your knees stay aligned with your toes.  I'm not sure what you mean when you say "1st set with feet pointed forward"...

Correct 2nd position actually has toes rotated out more than I would think comfortable.  Of course, I know *I* can't rotate my knees out enough to keep them aligned with my toes if my toes are rotated out that far... 

And I think trying to point your toes in when squatting might be a really bad idea.

Original Post by karozel:

Original Post by crazydiamondchrysalis:

I do 2nd position plie squats... 1st set with my feet pointed forward and 2nd set with them out ie "correct ballet 2nd position". When I build up to 3 sets I'll start with toes inward.

I always feel it in my inner thigh. I use 6lb freeweights (12lbs total). Building up to 10lbs (20lbs total).

 

I may get corrected here, but I believe you *always* want to make sure that your knees stay aligned with your toes.  I'm not sure what you mean when you say "1st set with feet pointed forward"...

Correct 2nd position actually has toes rotated out more than I would think comfortable.  Of course, I know *I* can't rotate my knees out enough to keep them aligned with my toes if my toes are rotated out that far... 

And I think trying to point your toes in when squatting might be a really bad idea.

 

 Really??!! I will check this out immediately!