Easy Figure Shaping Workouts For Women

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Figure shaping is the correct utilization of specific fundamentals of working out and exercising, health and planned nutrition to bring about desired rectifications in the body shape.

Ever so often, we see that women blindly follow specific exercise and nutrition programs, not realizing that they are not even created for their particular body type. Such work outs can bring more harm than good to the body.

Different Goals For Different Women

Different women can follow the same exercise and workout regime while planning separate diet plans for them. Such diet plans should be specifically for their own body type, their metabolism rate etc. But the caution lies in the fact, such a wellness program should consist of very basic and general exercise routines.

Figure shaping should never in any way be confused with losing weight. They are two very different things. Yes, in the process of body shaping, you may lose or some may even gain a little weight, but the ultimate goal of such work outs is not bringing about any sort of change in the pounds gained or lost.

A person, who wants to shape her body through the process of losing fat, will have to work harder at cardio vascular workouts. At the other end of the spectrum, a person who has no desire to lose weight or fat but wants to build certain areas of their body (e.g. waist, hips or arms), will spend fewer minutes on cardio. Let us now learn a few basic exercises aimed at shaping different body parts.

Figure Shaping Workouts For Women

Abdomen

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You would already know that crunches are the time tested workout for stomach shaping. But the trick is to get maximum benifit from one movement, therefore, to help tone your waist as well, a little twist to each side as you lift yourself will work you sides as well. It is very important to look directly at the ceiling and not at your knees when you bend.

The wrong posture of your neck could strain your neck and upper back. The lifting effort should be made by your chest and stomach and not neck and back. Do not attempt more than 10 repetitions the first day. Slowly increase over a week.

Hips/Glutes

These are one of the simplest areas to work out and can be done even while watching television! Perform lunges by extending one foot about 2.5 feet in front of the other one and then bending the front knee, stretch as far as comfortable for you. After the first few days, can add lightweight dumbbells and hold them with our arms straight out at the level of your hips.

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Squats should be done with great caution, as they are the most likely to cause back injuries. Spread your feet the width as your hips and make a sitting motion very carefully. Hold each time for 5 seconds and straighten up. Repeat 10 times, gradually increasing over a few days, 5 counts at a time.

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Legs

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Legs are greatly benefitted by using leg extension gym equipment. But, for someone working out at home, there ways of performing these work outs with such professional machines.

For your thighs, sit on a chair and balance a lightweight dumbbell on top of your feet. Then just bring them up and slowly put them down. You can gradually the number of repetitions and the weights. Perform calf raising exercises on a step or low chair, buy doing the same movement as a lunge.

Arms And Shoulders

To work you upper arms and back, you can perform two exercises with 10-15 repetitions. First, place your hands on your shoulders and rotate them clockwise and then anti clockwise. 10 of each should be done. Second, place your arms behind your head and bring your elbows in front of your face, making sure that they both touch each other. The trick is to stretch as much as you can when they go back. Repeat 10 times. Who knew looking beautiful was just a few steps away?

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