Jessica Simpson's Hot Pants Plan
Most mere mortals can't expect to look like Jessica Simpson in the recently released film The Dukes of Hazzard, but you can take steps to achieving legs fit for hot pants, even if you are not brave enough to ever wear them. By following the hot pant plan, carefully devised by Simpsons personal trainer on the set, Mike Alexander, you can make your legs more luscious and your bum look better, whatever you're wearingHot pants squats and lunges
This will raise your bottom and sculpt your thighs:
Stand with your feet approximately two feet apart. Then turn your feet outwards, keeping them in line with your knees. Hold your arms out in front of you and slowly lower yourself down until your thighs are parallel with the floor. Keep your bottom tucked underneath you and your stomach pulled in. Hold this position for three seconds before slowly standing back up. Do 20 repetitions.
For sleek calves:
Stand on a step, and then back up until your heels are off the step and you are supported only by the balls of your feet. Raise yourself up on your toes, and then slowly lower your heels until they are level with the step. Do 20 repetitions.
To tone both your bottom and backs of thighs:
Lie on the floor face down. Put your forehead on your forearms. Bend one knee and point your toes toward the ceiling. Hold your stomach in and squeeze your buttocks together, and keeping both hips on the floor, lift your thigh off the ground and hold for one to six seconds, then slowly lower it down again. Do 20 repetitions on each leg.
To tighten the whole thigh and buttock area:
Stand with feet hip width apart. Put your hands on your hips. Step forward with one leg and bend from the knee until your thigh is parallel to the floor. Squeeze your buttocks as you slowly return to the starting position. Do 20 repetitions on each leg.
Hot pant home treatments.
Brush those pins! Dry brushing stimulates circulation and gets rid of dead skin cells, revealing smooth sleek skin. Use a natural-bristled body brush and make circular motions from your toes to your buttocks. Don't scrub or you will make your skin sore. A healthy pink glow is the desired result. Do this every day for five to ten minutes.
After brushing, treat yourself to the best-kept celebrity secret for combating cellulite - coffee! Don't drink it - rub it in! Warm fresh coffee grounds are messy but brilliant at getting rid of those lumpy bits. Just use as you would a body scrub.
Hydrotherapy treatments are especially good for legs. Do one at home by turning the shower to as hot as you can stand it for one minute, then as cold as you can bear for twenty seconds. Carry on alternating for ten minutes, finishing with a blast of cold. Alternating the temperatures help to boost circulation, and will also help relieve your legs if they are aching from all the exercises you have done.
Follow this plan for four weeks and soon your will be baring your pins with pride! Eat your heart out Daisy Duke!
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Created: 05/09/2005 Updated: 05/09/2005
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