Someone has lush breasts and a thin waist, someone has naturally slender legs and not a flat tummy at all - all women are different. But everyone is united by the desire to have an elastic body, smooth skin and embossed forms. A modern woman has access to all kinds of cosmetic products aimed at combating cellulite. However, do they really help? And what should you do with your body to look perfect? This will be de alt with in this article.
What is cellulite?
The main enemy of the beauty of the fair sex is old age. Its manifestations are not only wrinkles, but also loss of skin elasticity. And since there is a fatty layer under the epidermis, shaped like a set of jelly-like round bodies, the thinner the skin, the more likely the appearance of the infamous orange peel. That is, visible irregularities on the buttocks, abdomen, arms, popularly referred to as cellulite, are the outline of adipose tissue due to age-related decrease in thicknessleather.
The second reason for this phenomenon, which negatively affects the elastic body, is the action of estrogens. It is these hormones that prevail in the female body that block the instant breakdown of fat. Here is the explanation for why cellulite mainly attacks the buttocks of the fair sex. But this does not mean that nature has made life easier for men. Due to the development of obesity in the abdominal cavity, they have a higher risk of death than women with lush buttocks.
Muscle vs fat
A firm and toned body can only be achieved through exercise. No weight loss creams, massages, ill-fated pills, diets will build relief forms. Round buttocks, a flat tummy, posture, pumped up arms and excellent he alth are the result of regular physical activity.
Every day, muscles make many contractions. Thanks to their work, a person moves, breathes, blinks. For these vital actions, the muscles require 10% of all body fat. And where to send the remaining 90%? The answer is obvious: to the forced work of muscle tissue, namely, to physical exercises. During strength, aerobic exercises and with proper nutrition, subcutaneous fat is burned, which prevents you from making an elastic body.
Wraps - true or myth?
Beauty salons offer a chocolate, seaweed wrap, focusing on the crazy effect of the procedure, which provides getting rid of the orange peel. But if we consider this process withfrom a scientific point of view, it turns out that the declared anti-cellulite session is another swindling of money.
The fact is that the throughput of the skin is negligible. The epidermis is not the intestines or the stomach. If the skin could deliver any substances to the body, then a person would get drunk from alcohol-soaked knees. However, this is not the case.
Undoubtedly, after wrapping there is a feeling of tightened skin. Nutrients from kelp or cocoa butter fill small wrinkles on the epidermis, hence the feeling of a firm body. Since the aroma of a sweet treat relieves fatigue and irritation, you can experiment with a chocolate wrap at home.
How to make the body elastic and toned?
Wraps were invented by the lazy, those who didn't want to exercise. Perhaps they are effective in preventive measures as a way to maintain skin elasticity. But if lipodystrophy (cellulite) has already attacked problem areas, then only proper nutrition and sports will help to achieve results.
Group workouts are suitable for active individuals. But what about busy women? How to make the body elastic? In this case, purposefulness should help. Running every other day is a great way to shed those extra inches. In the early days, 10-15 minutes of jogging with breaks for walking is enough. When the muscles get stronger, you should increase the time of the session.
Rope is a cheap and effective home trainer. After half an hour of jumping, 500 kcal is burned on it. As with running, duringworking with a rope involves the muscles of the back, legs, arms and abdomen.
Daily routine
Eight-hour sleep for an adult is not a whim of doctors, but a guarantee of a he althy state. Lack of sleep leads to disruption of metabolic processes, which is the cause of excess weight. A study was conducted in which people who slept less than 8 hours a night for three weeks recovered at the end of the experiment due to a short-term metabolism. They had a strong weakening of insulin sensitivity and a decrease in the level of the hormone leptin. Their beautiful elastic bodies are overgrown with excess kilograms.
Therefore, deciding to achieve a beautiful figure, you should take care of a he althy and good rest at night.
Water
A well-known nutritionist who helped hundreds of people acquire the cherished forms, Svetlana Fus, spoke about the benefits of water in the process of losing weight. And she proved it not only in words, but in deeds. The participants of the experiment, without giving up gastronomic habits, lost 3-4% in two weeks.
The fact is that the causes of excess weight are: a slow metabolism, stress-eating and overeating desserts after the main meal. Found out:
- If you drink 2 glasses of water on an empty stomach, then metabolic processes in the body are accelerated.
- Drinking water 30 minutes after eating reduces the desire to eat extra dessert.
- Mineral water with magnesium fights false hunger (during stressful situations). Magnesium suppresses irritation of the central nervous system. However, regular use of such water requires consultation with a doctor.
Strength exercises
A toned body cannot be achieved by doing cardio only, such as jumping and running. The relief of the muscles gives weighting during sports. Simple exercises that can tighten the gluteal muscles are squats. For beginner athletes, it is better to polish their execution technique in the gym under the supervision of a coach.
But you can try to do squats at home. Weighting take 1-2 kg. Hands shoulder-width apart, back straight. You should sit down to the parallel with the floor, you need to get up slowly, focusing on the heels, while squeezing the buttocks. Number of sets - 3-4 with 15-20 reps.
In between sets, do push-ups 5-10 times. To strengthen the muscles of the whole body after the above exercises, it is advisable to hold the bar for a minute, while controlling the back, which should not be bent.
Summing up: how to make the body elastic at home?
- He althy sleep.
- 8 glasses of water a day.
- Regular physical activity: alternating cardio with strength exercises.
- Rubbing the buttocks with a hard washcloth or towel.
- Applying firming creams.
- No sweets after 3pm.
- Eating lean meats.
- No food after training for 2 hours.
- Meat is only eaten with vegetables, not bread.
In order for the result to last for many years, the listed recommendations should become a way of life, and not a temporary way to make the body elastic and toned.
