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Help, I've got saddlebags!

Even the slimmest women can find saddlebags and odd hip bulges ruin the line of their jeans. It's a common problem, but easy to deal with if you apply yourself with routine, targeted exercise, plenty of cardio and a calorie-controlled diet.

This exercise is deceptive!
Do it just a few times and you'll find it easy — repeat it 20 times, alternating with an inner thigh exercise, and you'll soon feel the burn.

This is good — it tells you you're doing something, and as long as you never repeat the same movement more than 20 times without swapping to something else, it will get right to the root of the muscle to tone and firm it.

1. Lie as shown, front leg on the floor, both knee and foot resting.
   
   
2. Breathe in then breathe out as you raise the leg, pause, then lower slowly. Do 12, then move to...
   
   
3. Put knee on floor, then extend the leg and hold straight. Pause then return to the floor.
   
   
4. Do 12 slowly, then go back to a full set of the first exercise.
   
   
5. Repeat the second exercise
   
   
6. Put knee on floor, then extend the leg and hold straight. Pause then return to the floor.
   
   
7. Do 12 slowly, the go back to a full set of the first exercise.
   
   
8. Repeat the second exercise another 12 times.
   
   
9. Turn over and do the whole sequence on your other leg.
   

DO THIS PROGRAMME TWICE A WEEK AFTER CARDIO EXERCISE SUCH AS 45 MINUTES JOGGING, CYCLING OR SWIMMING.