Purpose

This Pilates workout video for the butt and thighs is very effective at toning the lower body. It consists of only thigh slimming exercises that add definition without adding any size to the legs. What all of the moves have in common is that they engage the muscles without any significant weight or resistance.

For an example of the difference between exercises that slim legs and those that might build mass, consider lunges. Lunges require you to tax one leg at a time with the majority of your bodyweight. Even for the slightest person, bodyweight is a significant amount of weight for one leg, which can overtime build (strong, athletic, attractive) leg muscle. If that doesn’t happen to be one of your goals, these Pilates butt and thigh exercises are a great low resistance way to tone legs and build lean muscle because none of them have you maneuvering any significant amount of bodyweight.

This routine is fantastic because of how comprehensively the exercises work your lower body. By the time you’ve finished the workout video, you will have used multiple approaches to target your glutes, inside and outside thighs, hamstrings, quadriceps, and calves.

Another benefit to this Pilates workout video is that the moves engage much more than just the obvious muscle groups. In addition to toning the lower body, you’ll also be using your abdominals, obliques, hip flexors and lower back. Aside from the toning benefits, Pilates also offers the advantage of increasing flexibility and overall body awareness.

Do this lower body workout routine up to three or four times a week, taking more time off in between if muscles are still sore.

Do 5-15 minutes of cardio before starting the routine in order to warm up muscles and increase range of motion.

The number of calories burned during any given kind of physical activity is always going to depend on a complex set of variables, but we estimate that this 19 minute video would burn roughly 140 cals for a female weighing 135 pounds, and 200 for a male of 185 pounds. If you weigh more than either of the numbers used in this estimation, you will likely burn a higher number of calories doing this workout.

Once you are familiar with the video, feel free to turn down the volume of our narration & turn on your own music!

Exercise Buzz

Thanks for creating a great and challenging workout.

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lynn

Does that work for hips? I really love this workout, simple yet effective
thanks guys, you're perfect

puppet83

Yes Puppet, a lot of the exercises in this routine also address the glutes and upper hip region.

fitness blender

Hi, first I'd like to say I LOVE your videos. I've used to have a hard time sticking to my workout because it lack of variety. I can't buy another workout DVD every time I get bored AND it eventually gets less challenging, so thank you for the videos.

Now I'm trying to figure out my routine schedule. This workout sounds great, but this other workout I like too, 33 Minute Butt Lift Workout. They both uses some of the same muscles, so my 1ST question is would I be over doing those muscle groups by doing BOTH workout... and which would you suggest, doing both on the same day or consecutive days??

2ND question, the Butt Lift Workout consist of using own body weight, so would that add bulk to the legs overtime??

chana24

Charia24 - to answer both question at once; both workouts are similar in that they are primarily for toning and will only build muscle for the first month or two that you do them (that is if you don't already have strong legs in which case it will only tone) so you don't have to worry about adding any bulk (even if you were using ankle weights, you would have to use a significant amount of weight to see a large increase in size) so once you are used to dong both routines you could easily do them two days in a row. Just be sure to switch up your routines often. I would suggest using this routines every other day with a upper body or core routine in between.

fitness blender

Appreciate all the help, and thanks for clearing that up :)

chana24

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