Exercises to Look Great in Your Sandals
Holiday season brings on extra pounds that seem to land everywhere, including on your legs. If you have making a New Year's resolution to look good in your shorts and
sandals this spring and summer, there are some easy exercises you can do to help get your legs into head turning form.
You don't need to devote hours a day to your exercise routine. Just thirty minutes a day at least three days a week will bring results. The more times a week you can devote to your work out, the faster you can tone your legs.
First of all, spend at least five solid minutes stretching and warming up your legs. This will lessen the chance of injury. Next, keep in mind that pain is a signal, if something hurts, stop doing it. It takes far longer to recover from an injury than to do the preventative activities to prevent one.
Good exercises for toning legs include leg lifts. Simply lay flat on your back, keep you legs straight but not locked. Then, lift them off the floor and hold to the count of ten. Do this ten times and for variety you can do it with just your right leg or just your left leg in repetitions of ten.
Another good exercise is to do a cherry picker. You spread you legs slightly standing then lean forward get your hands as close to the floor as you can. Move your hands an inch forward and do not move your feet off the floor. Move forward as far as you can and you will feel a stretch in your calf and thigh area. Brisk walking or jogging is also very good. If you don't live in an area where it is safe to job or walk alone and you have no one to work out with, invest in a treadmill. It's there and there's no excuse not to do it.
Put a little effort into your workout routine and you can have legs that make people say ,"Wow" when sandal weather rolls around for 2007.
posted by Sandals Giant
