5 Simple Sports to Overcome Stubborn Cellulite

Contents:

• Medical Video: Cellulite exercises: How to reduce cellulite with exercise
  
• Sports that can help overcome cellulite
  
• 1. Step up reverse lunge
  
• 2. Lateral lunges
  
• 3. Plie squat with alternate rise heels
  
• 4. Stability of ball hamstring curl
  
• 5. Squat With Calf Raise
  

Medical Video: Cellulite exercises: How to reduce cellulite with exercise

Cellulite makes the skin become bumpy and uneven. Cellulite usually occurs in the buttocks and thighs. However, do not rule out the possibility that this condition can attack other fatty areas in your body. There are many ways that can help overcome cellulite from the natural way to ask for help from a doctor. If you choose to deal with cellulite in a natural way, there are several types of exercise that can help disguise it.

Sports that can help overcome cellulite

Although it cannot completely eliminate cellulite, certain types of exercise can help tighten fatty and cellulite body parts. That way the appearance of cellulite is expected to be disguised. Here are the exercises that you can try at home:

1. Step up reverse lunge

This one exercise helps tighten the quadriceps, glutes, and hamstrings. If you have cellulite in the thighs, you can practice this one exercise with the following steps:

1. Stand on the floor facing the bench.
2. Step right on the bench then lift your left leg at thigh height.
3. Lower your left leg down while backwards back to the starting position.
4. After your left foot touches the floor, lower your body down with the foot in the back direction while bending.
5. Repeat three sets with each loop 10 times.

2. Lateral lunges

Lateral lunges or side lunges are exercises that target the inner and outer thighs to be tighter. That way, cellulite no longer looks and interferes with your appearance. The way to do it is easy, here are the steps:

1. Stand with your feet shoulder width apart.
2. Hold your hands in front of your chest.
3. Then, tilt your body to the right with the right foot bent and your left foot straight.
4. Try to keep your chest upright and your buttocks pulled back.
5. Then return to the starting position and tilt the body in the opposite direction with the same position alternately.
6. Do 10 to 12 times on each side before moving to the other side.

3. Plie squat with alternate rise heels

This exercise will help tighten your thighs and also your buttocks. Here's how to do it:

1. Stand with your feet wider than your shoulders.
2. Place both hands on each waist.
3. Slowly lower your body by bending your knees until your thighs almost touch the floor.
4. Push the body to stand again and repeat for 15 times.
5. After 15 times, repeat with the same steps but raise your right heel when lowering your body.
6. Repeat the same steps. The difference, lift the left heel when the body is being lowered slowly.

4. Stability of ball hamstring curl

This one exercise requires yoga balls as a medium. With this exercise, the core of the body, glutes, and hips will be much tighter if done regularly. After preparing the ball, do the following steps:

1. Lie down by placing the ball under your feet so that your head is lower.
2. Place your hands next to your body against the floor with your palms facing down.
3. Try to keep your body and legs straight.
4. Press the ball with your feet to maintain balance.
5. Move the ball by pulling the heel towards the buttocks 3 sets with 10 to 12 repetitions each.

5. Squat With Calf Raise

Quoted from Livestrong, squats help tighten the lower body muscles. Besides being able to disguise cellulite, squats also help the body to burn more calories and fat. To do this one squat variation, here are the steps:

1. Open your feet hip-width apart.
2. Bend your knees and hips down to the bottom until the thighs are parallel to the floor with your arms stretched forward.
3. Lift the body back up and slowly lift the heel so that you are in a tiptoe position.
4. Repeat this movement 15 times.