Re: Question on working inner/outter thighs

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I normally do not do these as my normal gym doesn't have the

machines but since I am at another gym this week I thought I would

try them out.... So when I get back to the other gym I won't be

doing them... Not sure about their effectiveness but I can tell

you.... I can definitely feel them.... I am interested in what

others say... Juls

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> I noticed that is working adductors and abductors. BFL LBWO

> don't require you do that but I also did it for my first

challenge.

> What is the opinion of some of you pros on this? I was told on a

> different board I was on 1.5yrs ago, that it's a waist of time to

do

> them. Opinions?

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I posted this on another forum to see what opinions we would get....

this was one of the replies:

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waste of time

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Ofcourse your going to feel it. If I sit there with one of those

hand grip exercisers, after a few minutes " i'm going to feel it " but

that doesn't mean it's doing any good in the bigger picture.

Know on thing....committ it to memory forever....weight training

increases the strength, and subsequently the size of your muscles.

Most of us girls don't want our legs to get WIDER. Adductor/Abductor

machines isolate those specific muscles. Your time is better spent

doing squats, lunges, and leg press which will initiate those

inner/outer thigh muscles as stabilizer muscles....which is

technically what they are and nothing more.

Now if you were a soccer player, hockey player, even a football

player, I would say yes, do those exercises because in a " sports

specific " mentality those muscles are crucial. Soccer players

dribble and kick with the in-step and therefore need a lot of power

when turning the foot out and just railing on the ball. Hockey

players skate by turning the foot outward and pushing. So as you can

guess hockey players have great outer thighs and glutes ;-) And

football players need to jockey side-to-side and change directions

and have explosive speed at a moment's notice (as do soccer players

too), so if you ever notice the SIZE of a football player's legs,

not counting the quarterback who is usually a stick figure with

great arms, they are usually huge.

Get the picture? Not exactly what a girl would want when trying to

achieve a svelt V-taper from shoulder to waist, hip to toe, and

overall from shoulder to toe. Those muscles will naturally

strengthen and grow from training legs, especially squats, lunges,

and leg press. So don't worry about isolating them. Think of them

more as nothing more than " feel good " exercises. When those muscles

are worked women feel that somehow it's the fat that's being " worked

off " . But as true fitness athletes we know that spot reduction is a

myth and fat is burned off our entire bodies by burning more

calories than we consume. And yes, YOU are a fitness athlete too

when I say the word " we " .

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Great points were made!!! Just thought I would pass this along...

>

> I noticed that is working adductors and abductors. BFL LBWO

> don't require you do that but I also did it for my first

challenge.

> What is the opinion of some of you pros on this? I was told on a

> different board I was on 1.5yrs ago, that it's a waist of time to

do

> them. Opinions?