Our Top 10 Thigh Exercises

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Our Top 10 Thigh Exercises

Plie

A move to double up on pre-tankini season, the plié tightens that nebulous bum/back-of-thigh region.

Do it:

Stand with your feet slightly wider than shoulder-width apart and your toes pointing out.
Bring your arms out straight in front of you and lower into a squat.
Come back up and repeat. Go as low into the squat as you can without letting your knees move past your toes.
Be sure to tuck your tailbone under and contract your glutes. Keep your torso tall, and don't let your knees creep past your toes.
Do for 1 minute. (After about 40 seconds, pulse at the bottom of the squat for 20 seconds.)

Go deeper: Try the plie with hammer curl