Cellulite exercise is all about knowing which areas you need to target, how often you need to work out with a cellulite specific routine and which types of stretching will help the most in eliminating that unwanted dimpling effect or “orange peel” look on your skin. Cellulite forms when excessive fat in adipose tissue cells accumulates the space between the connective tissue layers just beneath the skin. To reduce this effect, you need to perform cellulite exercise routines that will get rid of that excessive fat and tighten the skin over that area, usually the thighs and the buttocks.

Cellulite exercise routines of two chief types are the most effective in reducing and eliminating cellulite.

• Cardiovascular exercise – this is not only the best but also the fastest way to tighten problem areas and reduce the appearance of cellulite. All cardiovascular exercises increase the heart rate and this is effective in burning calories and fat which means that it essentially burns the root cause of the cellulite. Cardio routines may consist of speed walking, aerobics, jogging, running, dancing, bike riding, swimming and basically anything that gets your heart rate up. The catch is that you need to do this routine for at least 30 minutes every day; this might be broken up in to two sessions each of 15 minutes. Sessions of durations less than 10 minutes are not recommended because these won’t get your heart rate high enough to burn fat and increase your blood circulation adequately enough to decrease the cellulite pockets.
• Isometric and strength training exercises – after you have accomplished your fat burning goals with classis cardio routines, you are ready to move on to strength training exercises which are meant to tighten and tone your skin, virtually completely eliminating the appearance of cellulite. This exercise hurts the least and can be done anywhere at any time because it just requires you to contract the concerned muscles. Simply tighten or squeeze the muscles in your buttocks and thighs, hold the contracted state for about 30 seconds and then release. These exercises should be done for at least 5 minutes at a time and three to four times each day.

Two great exercises for the thighs and buttocks are lunges and squats. These are easy to do, tone your body, reduce cellulite and need no equipment to be performed. Ideally you would want to begin with about 10 squats twice a day and gradually increase this number to 25 squats four times a day. For lunges, 10 sets of these two to three times a day should do the trick.