Women have very specific weight loss and toning concerns. Women struggle with their abs, thighs, and butt. Traditionally, women are on the lookout for effective exercise routines that target these areas. No woman likes feeling her thighs rub together or seeing saddlebags in her pants. Women who have caught sight of their muffin tops in a dressing room mirror or photo are disgusted.

Many women feel insecure about "love handles," "saddlebags," and that uncomfortable feeling of their thighs rubbing together when they walk or run. A good exercise program can help you transform those problem areas into sexy, lean, toned body parts, but you must include a cardiovascular workout as well. Without cardio, all of your well-intended work will go unnoticed.

Cardio is very important, you should aim at getting at least 3 sessions a week, these do not need to be simply a boring walk or a jog, although these are both good cardio activities, you can spice it up with dancing or kick boxing, something that is great at relieving stress at the end of a hard day or working through some anger!

Here I will list a few exercises that will help you shape up with the help of cardio. To begin, lunges and squats are perfect for melting away fat on the thighs and butt. Using weights will accelerate your metabolism! The results are lean, sexy muscles without the masculine bulk!

To focus on your thighs, lunges and squats are a great exercise again, there isn't much better for shaping your thighs than to do lunges and squats, use some weights to boost the workout, as a women you do not need to worry about bulking up because we simply do not have the hormones for it, instead you will just boost your metabolism and speed up weight loss.

Just don't forget your cardio! That's the key to effective body sculpting.