Strengthening Inner Thighs

Are there any good strethches to strengthen my inner thighs?
I feel like my quads are taking over. I don’t want to have Thunder Thighs. Help!!!

January 29, 2007 | In Questions |

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  1. Grand plie, properly executed, will help your inner thighs. Also if you think of engaging your inner thigh muscles as you close battement tendus and battement jetes into fifth will make your inner thighs work. Your quads take over when you forget about maintaining turnout, especially when your working leg is in the air, for example if, when you developpe devant, you let your working hip go up and out for the sake of height rather than maintaining turnout which must be maintained with the inner thigh muscle (sartorius especially) and the lower hip/rear upper leg muscles (primarily piriformis, gemellus, obdurators, gluteus minimus, adductors).

    Finally, there are a number of excellent pilates exercises that work your inner thighs.

    Comment by Zoe — January 30, 2007 #

  2. its hard to explain but if you lay on your side with your legs bent, lift the top leg and touch your knees together while your foot is in the air and then touch your toes together, keep doing this and it will hurt after a while

    Comment by Ashley — January 30, 2007 #

  3. Ashley,
    I don’t get what your trying to say can you say it again but a little differently?

    Comment by Nancy — February 2, 2007 #

  4. I seem to have the thunder thighs. it feels like i have really big thighs. but some days it feels like i don’t can anyone help me. can any one help me?

    Comment by Nancy — March 2, 2007 #

  5. get into a routine say 10 grand plies a day and 17 releves youve really go to keep at it al the time
    good luck
    love geane

    Comment by geane — March 10, 2007 #

  6. To strenghen the inner thighs i put my legs in second on the wall (siting down obviously) and then try and put ur legs together. Its harder than it sounds

    Comment by Dylan — March 10, 2007 #

  7. I agree with Zoe - proper technique will strengthen your inner thighs, pressing the foot into the floor while closing from a tendu, to increase the resistance and demand more from your inner thighs. And of course holding your turnout. Working for length, always, extending the leg long from the hip, in tendus, frappes, any extension - not allowing the hips to displace, but pulling the leg long. PIlates exercises, if you know any, correctly done, always lengthen. Hope this helps!

    Comment by Dianne M. Buxton — March 16, 2007 #

  8. What happens when you get the monthy thing? What do you do? –New at dance-

    Comment by Sally skolgen — March 24, 2007 #

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