Thin legs this way! 2 Yoga poses for beautiful legs and firm lines

Do the thick saddlebag flesh on the inner thighs make you afraid to wear shorts or short skirts? In fact, it is not difficult to swing your thick thighs. In addition to controlling your diet and increasing your activity level, experts suggest that people can make use of the winter time to do gentle yoga movements to stretch their leg muscles before bedtime or in their spare time. This is a good way to make your legs longer and straighter!

There's a reason why women have thick thighs! Congenital + acquired factors lead to lower body obesity

In fact, the reason why women's thighs tend to be loose and thick is mainly because the female estrogen secretion is mainly stored in the pelvis, inner and outer thighs and buttocks; and estrogen can easily increase the amount of subcutaneous fat in the human body and accumulate in the body. Therefore, it causes women to naturally have thicker thighs than men.

Additionally, in a normal lifestyle, the inner and posterior thigh muscles are rarely used. Therefore, if you sit for a long time and lack exercise, fat will easily accumulate in the lower body, making the lower body look heavy and bloated.

There is a set of techniques for sculpting leg lines! 2 Yoga Legs Poses You Must Learn

Mei Zi, an international yoga instructor at the Asian Fitness and Sports Academy, wrote in her book "Do it Right the First Time! The book "Full Illustrated Alignment Yoga Textbook" mentions that if you want to maintain a symmetrical curve of your legs, you can use the "Half Lotus Spine Stretch" and "Side Body Single Leg Stretch" yoga poses to moderately strengthen the posterior thigh ligaments, which is a good choice for tightening the leg lines:

Half Lotus Spine Stretch

Practicing this pose can increase the flexibility of the ankle joints and make the knee joints soft and elastic; strengthen the ligaments on the back of the thigh, stretch the leg muscles, and make the leg lines slender; relax and stretch the spine and nourish the back; massage the abdomen, stimulate the organs in the abdominal cavity, and improve constipation.

practice:

1. Lie flat on the mat, with your legs straight and together, and your hands lightly placed on your sides with your palms facing down. Inhale, bend your right knee, and be careful not to lift your hips and other parts of your body off the ground.

2. Bend your left knee, and use your hands to help place the instep of your left foot on the base of your right thigh to form a half lotus leg. Do not lift your head and keep your shoulders flat on the ground.

3. Inhale, straighten your right leg, and stretch your spine forward along the floor. Exhale, grab your right calf with both hands, bring your right thigh close to your abdomen, and feel the stretch of your right leg and slight stimulation of your abdomen.

4. Inhale, move your hands up and grab your right ankle, open your shoulders, push down to help your right thigh close to your abdomen, your calf close to your forehead, and keep your legs straight without bending.

5. After pausing for 5 to 8 breaths, gently put your legs back and practice the other side. Beginners or practitioners with insufficient leg flexibility can use a yoga belt as an aid.

▲Example of incorrect posture

The mistake in the picture is that the left foot is not placed at the base of the right thigh, so the half lotus posture is not formed, and the right leg cannot be close to the chest. Instead, the hips are raised, the head is lifted forward, and the spine is bent and lifted off the ground. Such a posture may cause harm to the practitioner.

[Single-leg side stretch]

This pose can stretch the ligaments and muscles of the legs, beautify the leg lines; at the same time, it can balance the autonomic nervous system; fully stretch the back, hip muscles and the muscles on the back of the legs, help eliminate waist and abdominal fat; it can also promote digestion and absorption, and maintain a light body shape.

practice:

1. Start from side-lying position and breathe naturally. Inhale, bend your left hand and support the ground with your palm, holding your head and supporting it at your left ear; place your right hand on your right thigh, and when viewed from the side, your body should be in a straight line.

2. Exhale, bend your right leg, grab your right heel with your right hand, keep your body balanced, and don't rock back and forth.

3. Inhale, pull your right leg upwards, bringing it as close to your side as possible, open your shoulders, straighten your back, hold for 5 to 8 breaths, and feel the stretch on the diagonal side of your right leg.

▲Example of incorrect posture

The most common mistake when practicing this pose is that the knee of the leg on the ground is bent, which will cause all parts of the body to lose their correct position. The thigh that is pressed down towards the body will be pulled forward, making it impossible to move the muscles on the side of the waist, and the spine will easily become bent and deformed.