Effective for slimming stomach and thighs!
A massage is for when you feel stiff in your daily life or when you want to relax your tired muscles after exercising.
Did you know that massage can help you lose weight? Massage is very effective for losing fat around the stomach and thighs, which are said to be particularly difficult to lose weight even on a diet!
This time, I will introduce you to an effective massage method as a diet that is easy to incorporate at home.
Why is massage effective for weight loss?
Massage is mainly the use of hands to massage, rub, and tap the skin and muscles to improve blood circulation, restore muscle and nerve functions, and relieve tension to recover from fatigue. Refers to the treatment that is given.
Those who are on a diet by restricting their diet or exercising may think that massage alone cannot make them lose weight, but in fact, massage can enhance the diet effect.
This is because massage promotes the action of lymph. Lymph has a function to excrete waste products and an immune function that prevents colds and illnesses, but massage stimulates lymph nodes, makes it easier to discharge unnecessary waste products and enhances the effect of fat burning.
In other words, when the flow of lymph improves, the flow of blood also improves, the body becomes more active, and the basal metabolism improves.
Therefore, it can effectively burn the fat accumulated in the body, so it is also effective for dieting.
Benefits of massage diet
Massage has several benefits besides being effective for weight loss.
Here are three main benefits:
Effective for losing weight in areas such as the stomach and thighs:
- The stomach and thighs are areas where fat and waste products called cellulite to tend to form, but by improving the flow of lymph through massage, the fat and waste products that cause cellulite can be flushed out.
Removes swelling and has an anti-aging effect
- Massage also has the advantage of improving the flow of lymph and making it easier to discharge waste products, thereby improving swelling and sagging.
- Puffiness and sagging not only make you look fatter, but they can also make you look older than you really are.
Therefore, it can be said that massage has benefits in terms of anti-aging.
A massage after taking a bath improves the effect and has a relaxing effect.
- It is recommended to have a massage after taking a bath.
- It is said that after taking a bath, muscle tension is loosened and blood flow is improved, and it is easy to improve lymphatic flow by massage.
- You can also expect a relaxing effect from a massage after taking a bath. When you go to sleep in a relaxed state, the secretion of growth hormones advances, so it is also effective for dieting.
What is the effective massage method for weight loss?
Here are three effective ways to do a massage diet.
Intestine massage
Is effective for improving constitution and relieving constipation. Many people may not be familiar with it, but it is a massage method that can be easily performed at home in just 3 minutes and can be expected to balance the autonomic nerves and relieve constipation.
Method
- Grasp the area under the left rib with the left hand and the area around the right hipbone with the right hand.
- Take a deep breath in through your nose for 4 seconds and exhale through your mouth for 8 seconds, while slowly massaging your intestines with the image of activating the movement of your intestines.
- Swap left and right, grab the area around the left hipbone with the left hand, and the bottom of the right rib with the right hand, and massage in the same way. Massage for a total of 3 minutes and you’re done.
Thigh massage for beautiful legs
Fat tends to accumulate in the thighs, and since they already have large muscles, they tend to become thicker if they become fat as they are when the muscles are lost.
In addition, the legs are far from the heart, and if the lymphatic system is not working properly, the ability to send blood and lymph back to the heart weakens and swelling may occur.
Therefore, it is effective to improve the flow of lymph with a massage.
How to do it
- Push up from the soles of your feet to your ankles and calves. Let’s drain the lymph fluid by rubbing it from the bottom to the top.
- There are lymph nodes on the back of the knee, where waste products tend to accumulate, so carefully stimulate them.
- The place where you feel pain is considered to be a place where the lymph fluid is clogged. Even if you feel some pain at first, the pain will disappear as it loosens up, so let’s massage firmly.
- Massage the knees, thighs, and base of the feet a little stronger.
- Finally, the ankle and thigh are rubbed again, and the lymph fluid is drained to the inside of the groove at the base of the thigh, called the groin.
- The exercise ends when the tiredness of the whole leg is relieved by stretching.
Make your stomach look neat! “Stomach massage”
It is easy to accumulate fat around the abdomen, and on the contrary, it is difficult to gain muscle, so it tends to look loose.
Get a slim waist by massaging your abdomen while working your abs.
Method
- Hold your hands lightly and make a fist, then lightly slap your entire stomach.
- As it is, press the entire abdomen evenly to loosen and soften the skin.
- Open your fists, firmly grab the belly meat evenly with both hands, and rub it.
- Next, use your fingertips to strongly press the area around the navel in a clockwise direction.
- This time, using the entire palm, gradually increase the size of the circle.
- Strongly push toward the navel to wash away the flesh on the side.
- In the end, push down from under the navel and let it flow down to the groin.
By using oils and creams, you can not only reduce the friction of the massage but also increase the relaxation effect, so please try to incorporate a massage after bathing as a daily habit.
Massage diet summary
We introduced the reason why massage is effective for diet.
Even if you work on a diet, you can’t lose fat or weight as you think. At times like that, the flow of lymph nodes may be bad, and the efficiency of the diet is falling.
By incorporating massage, it is possible to improve the flow of lymph nodes, make it easier to feel the effects of dieting, and get a slimmer body. If you want to lose weight more effectively, try a massage diet.
If you feel that there is a limit to dieting alone, please come to free counseling once. I will do my best to support your diet.