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Once your front thigh muscles are firm, you'll look great in those new pants
The front thigh muscles participate in all movements associated with squatting or extending the shins forward. For these muscles I make the following exercise:
I stand with my feet about shoulder width apart. My back is upright and straight, not bended at the waist. My abs are tightened. I squat slowly, while breathing in and taking care to keep my back straight, I rise and breathe out. The important points in this exercise for front thigh muscles are:
- Warm up your knees first.
- Control your motions, i.e. do not squat quickly by letting your body weight bring you down. It is important to feel every inch of moving down.
- Hold your back straight and your abs tightened throughout the exercise.
- Breathe: breathing properly will allow you to make more repetitions and you will have firmer thighs.
Here is a squat exercise that will tighten your front thigh muscles:
Squat 20 times, rest 90 seconds and complete another two sets of 20 squats.
Make this exercise in the evening (rest during the weekend) and you will have good-looking front thigh muscles.
You can make this exercise also in the morning but you will have to spend at least 5 minutes to warm up your knees. This is how you warm up your knees:
Lie on your back. Place your hands under your butt. Raise your legs straight up. Bend your knees and then push shins up until legs are straight. Make 3 sets of 20 with 30 seconds’ breaks in between.
If you got out of bed only a while ago, do the warm-up from a standing position. Stand up, grab onto something sturdy (a chair or a wall) and raise your heel backwards and kick - 20 times. Alternate for 3 sets of 20 repetitions on each leg.
Lie down for another 3 sets of 20 repetitions but this time kick hard so that you feel the tension in the muscle above your knee. You are now ready for the squat exercise.
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