How To Lose Your Love Handles

Do you know what are love handles?
Well it is referred to as deposits of fat around the waist, also known as spare tire. The general term for love handles is obliques.

To complete your abdominal workouts, it is important that you work your love handles which run diagonally from your lower ribs to the hipbone. They are responsible for your trunk rotation and lateral flexion of the torso.

Strong obliques not only give proper definition to the abs, but also improves your posture, balance and agility.

There Are Two Types Of Obliques Muscle

1. External obliques

It is a superficial and largest muscle, occupying the sides of the anterior wall of the abdomen. In most people this set of muscle is not visible due to the fat deposits, and due to the small size of the muscle.

2. Internal obliques

This set of obliques muscle creates a V-shape, that runs around the front hip to the lower ribs. It works with the transverse abdominal muscle, to support the contents in the abdominal region.


Only Sit-Ups Or Crunches Don't Tone Your Obliques

To eliminate love handles many products offer spot reduction,which is very unlikely.Doing 200 crunches a day would also not make any difference to your waistline.

In order to tone your obliques you will first need to reduce your tummy fat through cardiovascular exercises and a balanced diet and only then you will see effective results for your workouts, because getting rid of love handles is just the matter of reducing body fat.

Exercises For Love Handles
Note- consult your physician before performing these exercises

• Leg Flutters

This exercise tightens your back muscles which is important especially for love handles. Tighter back muscles helps to create a balance, which reduces fat from your stomach and your back.

1. Lie on your stomach, with your arms stretched out or on your sides parallel to your body.
2. lift both your feet along with your knees with some distance from the floor.
3. Now flutter your legs rapidly for about 20-30 seconds.
4.Take a break for a few seconds.
5. Do 10-15 reps.

• Twisting Crunch

This exercise targets your internal and external obliques.

1. Lie on your back and bend your knees.
2. Put both hands behind the head.
3. Lift your head.
4. Twist your head to the left, while bringing your right elbow to touch your left knee with right leg stretched out.
5. Now twist your head to the right, while bringing your left elbow to touch your right knee with left leg stretched out.
6. Do 20-25 reps.

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