5 Hints in Leg Toning With Adductor Machine


by Jesse Miller - Date: 2008-08-26 - Word Count: 444 Share This!

Exercise is fun but a lot challenging especially when training the most stubborn parts. Among these difficult areas to firm and tone are your adductor muscles in your legs. It takes a long while to tone them, even longer than how you do your abs and arms.

Fats are stored in the legs other than belly, hips, buttocks and arms. No wonder, cellulites can develop mostly in legs. This truth is making it harder to shed off and tone your legs. These 5 hints in leg toning with adductor machine can be of great help to you:

1.To tone the adductor muscles in your legs, you have to make use of a pulley machine. Standing cable adductions are beneficial not only in toning but also strengthening your legs that are used in other strenuous workout routines and sports activities. You r body must be held accordingly in this exercise so that coordination and stability are achieved.

2.Place some weight into the pulley machine before rendering the standing cable adductions. Try to lift a weight that you can handle for 10 repetitions. If you can do so, then that's the appropriate weight to place in your machine. Do underestimate or overestimate your loading of weight as you might not be able to tone effectively if you choose the wrong weight.

3.Connect an ankle cuff to the pulley machine and then wrap it around your calf. Stand up with your feet spread apart and face far from the machine but your attached leg being close to the cable. Balance your body using your unattached leg. Strike a sweeping motion to bring the weight up and down. This must be controllable by you, otherwise you will be off balance and stumble.

4.Redo the sweeping motion over and over for at least 10 counts for each of the legs. Sometimes, adductor exercises are being missed out by many workout buffs. It's recommended that you treat them as regular as any other routines you have.

5.In case a pulley machine isn't available, you can utilize a resistance band to be attached to your ankle for your adductor exercise. You can wrap it around your ankle and tie it around a sturdy object like chair or table. Stand up straight and render the same motion like you're standing by the cable adduction machine.

Doing these adductor machine exercises will help you prevent injury, soreness and muscle aches as you do your other workout routines. More than that, you can gain stability and strength by being attuned to the steps. It's important to do your warm up routines by stretching or low-impact cardio before rendering the adductor exercises and make sure you tone down afterwards.


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