Comments on: How can you get rid of love handles? http://www.loselovehandles.org/lose-love-handles/how-can-you-get-rid-of-love-handles.php Learn how to lose love handles fastest way possible Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:03:25 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Shannon D http://www.loselovehandles.org/lose-love-handles/how-can-you-get-rid-of-love-handles.php/comment-page-1#comment-4027 Shannon D Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:14:07 +0000 http://www.loselovehandles.org/lose-love-handles/how-can-you-get-rid-of-love-handles.php#comment-4027 You cannot just do sit-ups to help get rid of love handles or make your stomach flat, and you cannot get thinner thighs by just doing workouts for your thighs. If you were to look at a muscle anatomy picture, you will find that what we call love handles are simply our gluteus medius which goes up and connects to the external obliques and goes down to and forms the gluteus maximus which is connected to your lats. Doing the following will help with the entire area to tighten and tone up your muscles and help burn the fat around them. Hope all of this helps do lunges, step-up kickbacks, walking downhill, running, leg raises without weight or very light weight, yoga, push ups, lat pull downs, pull ups rowing, and deadlifts. All of this combined with a proper diet full of lean protein and carbs, and you should be in business. If you need anymore help email me. Do 3-4 sets and 15-20 reps of light –no weights at all. Stomach Bicycle Reverse sit-up Seated knee lift Pelvic Tilt Scissors open crunch Low Back Stiff legged dead lift Rear leg raise Swan Superman Stomach and Low Back Lower body toner/ stability ball Side plank Plank Knee in, leg push back Legs Pile squat Step up and downs Standing still lunges Inner leg raises Outer leg raises These are good for the lower ab area to help bring in the pouch that most people have. Lower ab exercises Hanging leg raises Scissor crunches Reverse crunches Laying down leg raises Bicycle Pike and extend Pilates 100 Seated knee lift Pelvic Tilt Bridging Seal / a Pilates move Any Pilates because it works on core stability Stability ball pelvic roll My workout routine I do a push pull workout on most days. 3 days a week i do strength training and the other 3 I do 65 minutes cardio moderate speed (3.5- 3.7) on an incline of 10-13. I take Sundays off to rest and relax. Push pull for example is doing triceps extension with or without a break then doing biceps curls and adding reverse or regular crunches in there to make sure I get abs in and it cuts down on time. I do abs a lot to keep my core strong. I try to get all of the muscles in that area to work together on the same day. Do the amount of weight for what you want to accomplish. Say for toning, lightweight and high reps (15-20) and 3-4 sets. To build muscle, 2-3 sets and 10-12 reps. All beginners need to start with 1-2 sets and 8-10 reps with lightweights. Remember to stretch after your workout to keep from cramping up.10-15 minutes of stretching is optimal. This workout can be done all at once or like you would do 2 a days. Monday- biceps triceps and shoulders/ cardio for 65 minutes Tuesday – cardio 1hr and 15 min/abs Wednesday - chest back and abs/ cardio for 65 minutes Thursday cardio 1 hour and 15 minutes Friday- legs/ cardio for 65 minutes Saturday- cardio hour and 15 minutes/ abs Sunday- off This routine has helped me lose 70 lbs of fat and 16 inches off my entire body and gain 45 lbs of muscle after having a baby. I was 180 in March of this year and now I am 140 lean and solid at 5'1"(do not look it though). Still losing fat and gaining muscle. You cannot just do sit-ups to help get rid of love handles or make your stomach flat, and you cannot get thinner thighs by just doing workouts for your thighs. If you were to look at a muscle anatomy picture, you will find that what we call love handles are simply our gluteus medius which goes up and connects to the external obliques and goes down to and forms the gluteus maximus which is connected to your lats. Doing the following will help with the entire area to tighten and tone up your muscles and help burn the fat around them. Hope all of this helps do lunges, step-up kickbacks, walking downhill, running, leg raises without weight or very light weight, yoga, push ups, lat pull downs, pull ups rowing, and deadlifts. All of this combined with a proper diet full of lean protein and carbs, and you should be in business. If you need anymore help email me. Do 3-4 sets and 15-20 reps of light –no weights at all.

Stomach

Bicycle

Reverse sit-up

Seated knee lift

Pelvic Tilt

Scissors open crunch

Low Back

Stiff legged dead lift

Rear leg raise

Swan

Superman

Stomach and Low Back

Lower body toner/ stability ball

Side plank

Plank

Knee in, leg push back

Legs

Pile squat

Step up and downs

Standing still lunges

Inner leg raises

Outer leg raises

These are good for the lower ab area to help bring in the pouch that most people have.

Lower ab exercises

Hanging leg raises

Scissor crunches

Reverse crunches

Laying down leg raises

Bicycle

Pike and extend

Pilates 100

Seated knee lift

Pelvic Tilt

Bridging

Seal / a Pilates move

Any Pilates because it works on core stability

Stability ball pelvic roll

My workout routine

I do a push pull workout on most days. 3 days a week i do strength training and the other 3 I do 65 minutes cardio moderate speed (3.5- 3.7) on an incline of 10-13. I take Sundays off to rest and relax. Push pull for example is doing triceps extension with or without a break then doing biceps curls and adding reverse or regular crunches in there to make sure I get abs in and it cuts down on time. I do abs a lot to keep my core strong. I try to get all of the muscles in that area to work together on the same day. Do the amount of weight for what you want to accomplish. Say for toning, lightweight and high reps (15-20) and 3-4 sets. To build muscle, 2-3 sets and 10-12 reps. All beginners need to start with 1-2 sets and 8-10 reps with lightweights. Remember to stretch after your workout to keep from cramping up.10-15 minutes of stretching is optimal. This workout can be done all at once or like you would do 2 a days.

Monday- biceps triceps and shoulders/ cardio for 65 minutes
Tuesday – cardio 1hr and 15 min/abs
Wednesday – chest back and abs/ cardio for 65 minutes
Thursday cardio 1 hour and 15 minutes
Friday- legs/ cardio for 65 minutes
Saturday- cardio hour and 15 minutes/ abs
Sunday- off

This routine has helped me lose 70 lbs of fat and 16 inches off my entire body and gain 45 lbs of muscle after having a baby. I was 180 in March of this year and now I am 140 lean and solid at 5′1″(do not look it though). Still losing fat and gaining muscle.

]]> By: Health Guy http://www.loselovehandles.org/lose-love-handles/how-can-you-get-rid-of-love-handles.php/comment-page-1#comment-4026 Health Guy Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:33:22 +0000 http://www.loselovehandles.org/lose-love-handles/how-can-you-get-rid-of-love-handles.php#comment-4026 Everyone has a problem spot. It can be around the stomach, thighs, arms or chest. No matter where your trouble spot is, the solution is exactly the same. You need to eat less and exercise more. The reason why there's only one solution for all of these problems is because it's impossible to tell your body where to burn the excess fat from. When you eat too many calories, your body stores the excess energy as fat in different areas around the body. To lose this fat, you need to create a calorie deficit (eat less than you burn) to force your body to start burning that fat for energy. There is absolutely no way to control where your body goes to find this extra fat. The larger your calorie deficit (a bigger calorie deficit means a bigger difference between what you eat and what you burn) the faster your body will burn excess fat and the quicker your body fat percentage will start to decrease. You can increase your calorie deficit by cutting your daily intake and exercising more. Sit ups will do nothing to target the fat around your abs just like squats will do nothing to target the fat around your thighs. You can read more about fixing your trouble spots at the Guide to Reducing Body Fat - Everyone has a problem spot. It can be around the stomach, thighs, arms or chest. No matter where your trouble spot is, the solution is exactly the same. You need to eat less and exercise more. The reason why there’s only one solution for all of these problems is because it’s impossible to tell your body where to burn the excess fat from.

When you eat too many calories, your body stores the excess energy as fat in different areas around the body. To lose this fat, you need to create a calorie deficit (eat less than you burn) to force your body to start burning that fat for energy. There is absolutely no way to control where your body goes to find this extra fat.

The larger your calorie deficit (a bigger calorie deficit means a bigger difference between what you eat and what you burn) the faster your body will burn excess fat and the quicker your body fat percentage will start to decrease. You can increase your calorie deficit by cutting your daily intake and exercising more. Sit ups will do nothing to target the fat around your abs just like squats will do nothing to target the fat around your thighs. You can read more about fixing your trouble spots at the Guide to Reducing Body Fat -

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