Love Handles How to Rid Them in 3 Easy Steps

XANDER · **Posted:** Tue Feb 10, 2009 12:10 am

Love Handles
How to Rid Them in 3 Easy Steps

Love handles are a growing problem (pardon the pun) for many men and women these days. Love handles is basically a nice way to address the fat that accumulates around the mid section and sides of waist, just as the term cellulite is a nice way of suggesting there is trapped fat under your skin.

You do not necessarily have to be out of shape to have love handles. Look at some of the bodybuilders' off-season. They are still in shape and holding good muscle mass, just added body fat. These nasty little detriments can be a result of age, slower metabolism, inactivity, and overeating.

Media Deception about Love Handles

Many people are unaware or misinformed on how to successfully banish those annoying love handles. Abdominal machine manufactures know people's desperation and play upon this heavily. Once you receive the product you will notice in fine print in the accompany booklet that a healthy diet should be used with the item for optimal results. Obviously!

Bodybuilders in the past never relied on fancy gadgets to get that six-pack. It has always been, and will always be about nutrition, cardio, and abdominal training.

Effective Program for Love Handles

The accumulated fat that widens your waist never seems to dissipate no matter how many crunches or how much abdominal work you do, right? I can let you in on some little secrets on how to rid those saddles that have been weighing you down. Trade them in for a leaner and harder midsection.

Step #1 - If yoiu are an avid reader of my forum and newsletters, you know the first thing I am going to preach is quality nutrition. Since love handles are an accumulation of body fat, you have to clean up your eating habits. For some it will be simply omitting the obvious junk food and for others it will require lower calories. Others will reap benefits from carb-rotation.

Step #2 - Increase your cardiovascular exercise. I'm not suggesting hop on the elliptical and tear into it for two hours a day. Simply increase what you are currently doing a small amount, and challenge yourself weekly.

Step #3 - Train your abdominal's. Abdominal work will strengthen the muscle under the fat. With the addition of developed abdominal's comes increased circulation, and it aids in burning fat indirectly.

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The Don'ts for Love Handles

* Don't Twist - Twisting with a stick or anything in this category can WIDEN your waist.

* Don't Do Side Bends - Side bends, weighted or not, can add size to your waist, making it thicker.

* Don't Do Hanging Leg Raises or Knee-Ups - These do not even come close to targeting the lower abdominal as many believe. These actually work the Sartorius muscle that runs down the leg.

* Don't Add Resistance Unless You Genetically Have a Small Waist - Some people can add resistance to their crunches (rope crunches), if their waist is genetically small. Those who lack natural symmetry and have blocky shapes should avoid abdominal resistance.

The Big 4 for Love Handles

Forget all the fancy abdominal variations that leave you more confused then when you began. Focus on the Big 4 and you will target the entire abdominal muscle fully.

Stomach Vacuums - The Stomach Vacuum is an effective exercise for working the abs muscles that are rarely targeted. Stand up right and pull your stomach in and hold for as long as possible. Repeat three times.

Lying Torso Lifts - Lie flat on your back and put you legs in the air so that your body is in the "L" position. Slowly, and in a controlled manner raise your hips off the floor an inch or two and return to starting position.

Butterfly Crunches - Lie on the floor with legs crossed Indian Style and crunch.

Elbow to Opposite Knee Crunch - Lie on the floor with knees in bent position and crunch your elbow to the opposite knee.

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Love Handles How to Rid Them in 3 Easy Steps

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