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When it comes to losing fat and toning muscles, especially around your hips, the right combination of diet and exercise can make a difference. However, since you can’t spot-reduce fat in one area of your body through diet or exercise, it’s important to focus on losing overall body fat. Once you start losing weight, you can focus on exercises that can help tone the muscles in and around your hips and core. Having less fat and stronger lower body muscles may give your hips a leaner, more sculpted appearance.

Plus, having more muscle and less fat will help you burn calories at a faster pace, making it easier to control your weight. Read on to learn more about the best ways to drop inches and tone your hip muscles. Squats are a versatile exercise that target many of the muscles in your lower body. You can do squats with just your body weight. Once you’ve mastered this exercise, you can make it more challenging by holding a dumbbell in each hand, or a kettlebell with both hands, while doing a squat. Stand with your feet a little wider than shoulder-width apart.