best excercise for toning abs and thighs?

[JBalways2000]

i lost around 3 1/2 stone 18 months ago and only needed to loose around another 1/2 stone, but the last year has been a very hard one and i ended up gaining 1/2 stone instead of losing it! so now i have another stone to budge(which i know il do through diet, especially now im going vegan and dont have all that yummy chocolate and cakes to tempt me! lol i actually ate my last milk chocolate last night-yay!)

at the moment the only excersise i do is on a treadmill and rowing machine(i suffer from agoraphobia so this is the only equipment i have access to at home) but i know neither of these is really going to help with giving me the flat tummy i once had! is there any other exercises i could be doing at home to help tone my thighs and tum?

[janie]

I think you need to do cardio to get a flat tummy, so you can lose the fat in front of/around the muscle. But someone may come along and correct me if I'm wrong. :)

[Starblossom]

yeah janie you're right. cardio is important to get a flat tummy cuz that's how you burn any fat sitting there. If you want to build up the muscles of your abs, you should do a variety of ab exercises to hit the different muscles there (upper, lower, obliques). I personally like to do crunches, reverse crunches and bicycle. Anyway I'm sure otherh people on here have more fitness expertise than myself, so I'll let them step in and elaborate.

[BeckyHew]

I'd say cardio combined with muscle toning exercises like situps.

I think stepper machines are good for toning thighs and bums. You can get small ones that will fit in the corner of a room.