Thu 17 Dec 2009
Lose Your Love Handles With These Great Exercises
Posted by Jo Northwood under weight lossNo Comments
We all have fat in places that we don’t want it. Typically this is around the mid area, such as the stomach, side of body and lower back just above the trouser line. We can not choose where fat gets deposited, this is all down to genetics. Although it is believed that fat gathers around the mid section to give extra protection to the vital organs. To help shift the fat in this area, we can all watch what we eat and do some exercises to help tone up.
When exercising to get rid of love handles, the muscles that need concentrating on the most are, the obliques and abdominal muscles. Here are some simple exercises that you can do at home that will work these muscles.
Seated russian twist – Sit on the floor with your feet together and knees bent. Place your hands in front of your stomach and keep them together. Lean back until you feel like your abdominal muscles are having to work to keep you in that position then slowly rotate from side to side. Focus on rotating the whole of your upper body.
Side plank – You need to use your forearm in this exercise to keep your body off the ground. Lie on your side, keep your body straight as you do this, use your forearm to lift your body away from the ground. Keep everything as straight as possible and feel your abs getting pulled. Hold for 45 seconds then swop sides.
Slow bicycles – This is a great exercise to do when you are watching the TV. Lie down on your back. Place your hands behind your head and lift slightly off the floor. Bring your right knee up to your chest then reach across with your left elbow to touch it. Keep your other leg as straight as possible. Alternate this and feel how it pulls across your stomach muscles.
Those are great exercises to get your started on for now. If you find these too easy or are looking for something a bit more challenging, then start using some free weights. These are great as you need to use more muscles to stabilize the weight than if you just use static machines. To keep it more interesting if you are doing exercises at home, then you can incorporate using the swiss ball and resistance bands.
Carry on doing these are you will notice great results.
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