Exercises to reduce Cellulite Process

What is cellulite?
It is a functional and aesthetic disorder that primarily affects women, is manifested by the accumulation of fluids and fat in some areas of the body. This accumulation occurs in the subcutaneous tissue (fat) that lies immediately beneath the skin, and compromises the circulation of the area, including the skin above it.




What is the origin and related factors?
Cellulite affects a highly prevalent in women by and star closely related to the important hormonal changes a woman experiences throughout her life. The factors that generate it are multiple such as Pregnancy, weight gain, alterations in thyroid function, liver and gut,bad habits: food, snuff, coffee, certain medications and sedentary lifestyle.

Where is it located and what is your classification?
Localized cellulites, meanwhile, is the most common and preferred location areas correspond to the abdomen, thighs (upper sectors, internal and back), buttocks, knee (inner side), ankles, back (lower and upper) and some other regions.

Beyond distribution, cellulite can be classified according to their consistency in:
a) Hard or compact
Cellulite hard or compact, usually found in young women in good physical condition in obese people, who are under treatment and in patients with weight slightly exceeded. It is called this way for the firm and tender to palpation, being generally of recent onset cellulites and preferred location on hips.
b) Oedematous
The variety oedematous affects women of all ages, but more often young people and adolescents, which speaks of a precocity that makes it worse. Paste consistency is preferably located in the lower limbs.
c) Soft or flaccid
The soft or flabby variety preferentially affects the anterior thigh and arms, the tissue appears spongy characteristics, "orange skin" is very evident and is more common after 40 years in physically active women with low or subjected regimes that have led to a sharp drop in weight. It is usually accompanied by varicose veins.
d) Mixed
The mixed form corresponds to the coexistence of older varieties in different areas, as they all are hard to find in pure form.

Here are some exercises to reduce cellulite process:

Exercise No. 1
Purpose: To strengthen the adductor muscles.
Position: supine position with legs closed and together holding a pillow in the middle with the back straight on the floor and arms at the abdomen relaxed.
Movement: leg raise (adductors) in the centre and contract the buttocks, hips up.

Exercise No. 2
Purpose: To strengthen the buttocks.
Position: in quadruped position, arms on the floor, while a knee is resting on the floor and the opposite leg extended form rises to the height of the hip. Movement: Raise the leg to hip height to contract the buttocks firmly. Avoid: Never lift your leg above the shoulder line and keep your abs firm not to flex the lower back.

Exercise No. 3
Purpose: To strengthen the quadriceps, hamstrings.
Position: standing, one leg in front of the other, to make a small anterior knee half bent. Always straight back from the center of gravity.
Movement: alternating knees half bent movement of each leg, it carries the force toward the centre of gravity, producing the main muscle contraction.
Avoid: flex or bring the eyes down to avoid vitiating the position.

Exercise No. 4
Purpose: To strengthen the quadriceps, hamstrings.
Position: standing, one leg in front of the other, to perform one deep knee bent. Always straight back from the center of gravity.
Movement: alternating knee flexion movement of each leg is almost 90 ° for each leg, it carries the force toward the center of gravity, producing a contraction of the gluteus major muscles in particular.
Avoid: flex or bring the eyes down to avoid vitiating the position.

Exercise No. 5:
Purpose: To strengthen the abductor muscles, quadriceps.
Position: standing, legs spread wider than the pelvis and knees and open toes. Straight Trunk, hands on his hips.
Movement: knee flexion to 90 °, to act quadriceps muscles, groin and buttocks.
Avoid: trunk flexion and not take his eyes toward the ground.

Exercise No. 6
Purpose: To strengthen the abductors, adductors, quadriceps.
Position: standing, legs spread wider than the pelvis and knees and open toes. Trunk straight, hands on his hips.
Movement: flexion of the knee by shifting the weight of the trunk to the knee in flexion, while the other leg remains extended for further change.
Avoid: trunk flexion and not take his eyes toward the ground.