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jogging is an excellent exercise because it let you lose weight

evenly throughout your whole body. If you want to lose weight in

specific areas, you should target them with exercises. If they are

your problem areas, they will be very difficult to tone. You will have

to work double on them. The best approach is this:

1. Lower/control your daily calorie intake (control for normal

weight, lower for overweight).

2. Run/jog to lower your overall body fat percentage.

3. Target your problem areas with exercises.

an excellent exercise you can do it at home in front of your TV:

Attach a couple of ankle weights to your ankles.

Lay down on the floor or any other hard

surface. Use an exercise rug so as not to bruise your spine off the

floor. Put your hands behind your head, or spread them wide. Lift

your legs perpendicular to the floor, stop for a second. Lower the

legs down. Repeat ten times, stop. Turn on your stomach, raise on

your hands, with the lower part of the body on the floor, as if

trying to look at the ceiling. Turn back, do another set. Do three

sets with ten repetitions every day. In a week, you should see the

results. Once you are used to the exercise, and your muscles won't

get stronger anymore, add weight to your ankle weights. Remember:

repeating the same easy exercise many times won't help. Do it only

with the weights. Simple leg raises do not work. Use weights,

they do wonders. Stretch your spine between repetitions. Be careful

not to go for too heavy weight at once. Do not increase the weights

continuously, stop when your abs are defined - too heavy weights

will lead to injuries.

sit ups and crunches are the best way to work lower abs. Try doing them on a small rubber ball that you get at like Wal-Mart for about 2 dollars. Good luck

Leg lifts, or the "bicycle" exercise