Exercise DVDs offer an inexpensive and practical alternative to the gym when you want to tone and tighten your leg and hip muscles. The best workout videos for your legs strengthen, tone and shape the outer and inner thighs, hips and butt. Choose between full-length workouts for your lower body and shorter toning sessions you can add on to a cardio or full-body strength-training workout.
Calorie Blasters
Burn calories, get a cardio workout and tone and tighten your legs in a single step with one of these DVDs. Try the "Fitness" magazine-recommended "Gilad Total Body Sculpt Plus: Peak Performance DVD," choosing between a workout that tones arms and legs or one that works your thighs, butt and abs. "Fitness" also liked the "Bob Harper Inside Out Method Pure Burn Super Strength" for a circuit-style workout that tones your legs and the rest of you too, while burning 572 calories in a little over an hour and recommends you fit a cardio-sculpting routine into just 30 minutes with "Personal Training with Jackie: Xtreme Timesaver Training."
Traditional Toning
Toning DVDs rely on classic calisthenic moves, like lunges and squats, to tighten and shape your legs. Recommended by "Fitness" magazine, the "Tracie Long Training: Better Burn...Better Buns" integrates a medicine ball into your workout, while the "Physique 57 Express 30 Minute Full Body Workout" uses a standard child's playground ball to add a challenge to your lower body routine.
Yoga and Pilates
While yoga and Pilates exercises tone the core, they can also trim and tone your hips, thighs and calves. The "Exhale Core Fusion Lean & Toned" DVD combines elements of yoga and Pilates, while the "Barre3 Total Body Lift Workout" integrates yoga, Pilates and ballet barre work in one DVD. While these DVDs work your entire body, according to "Fitness" magazine, individual exercises focus attention on your legs, hips and thighs.
Quick Workouts
If you'd like to add a lower body toning workout to your usual cardio routine, a shorter video may be in order. Try the 15-minute lower body workout on the "Woman's Day" recommended list, "Denise Austin Body Makeover Mix" to firm and tighten your legs and butt. Grab a resistance band and try the "10-Minute Solution: Tone Trouble Zones!" recommended by "Fitness" magazine for an easy-to-use quick fitness option.
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