For you who don’t know what ‘love handles’ are, it’s the portion around your waist that tends to bulge over your belt.
Belly fat, tires, etc. are other names for this unpleasantness, love handles being the most endearing term. If you enjoy a
lot of junk food and beer, it’s very likely that you have your own set of love handles.

How do you really know if you have love handles? Just give yourself a pinch at your waist. If you find yourself pinching
into a flabby roll of fat, then it’s safe to say that you do have an inch or two of sag around your midsection.

Getting rid of love handles is not just a matter of doing a couple of exercises. You can lose the flab, but it’s going to
take some time. The accumulated fat area around the waist is the last area your body will pay attention to losing. It’s also
the toughest area to target for losing this fat.

These two love handle exercises are going to involve targeting the oblique muscle areas. The oblique muscle group is the
waist area.

Twist crunches are very effective to target the obliques and abs. They are a lot like sit-ups, but with a twist thrown in.
1. Lie on your back with your knees bent slightly about half way in.
2. Lift your head slowly, placing both hands behind your head.
3. Twist to the left, bringing your left elbow to your right knee while at the same time extending your left leg out.
4. Repeat step 3, but reserve this whole process to the other side, twisting to the right side.
5. This is one repetition. Do twenty repetitions daily.

You might want to take a breather now. Drink a little bit of water and recover from shocking your muscles. Now move on to
the other exercise.

Another good exercise that targets the obliques is the Standing Trunk Twist.
1. Stand up with your feet about a foot apart, knees slightly bent.
2. Twist your upper body to the right, at the same time crossing your right arm out in front of you in the same direction
you are turning. Keep your feet still during the whole exercise.
3. Repeat, twisting to the left.
4. Repeat this action 100 times daily.

Twist Crunches and Standing Trunk Twists are two great exercises that target your love handle area to strengthen and tone.
When incorporated into your daily workout regimen along with your ab exercises, you will soon have a handle on the love
handles.

It’s important to combine your exercise program with an aerobic workout. This will boost your metabolism and burn off the
fat. A 30 minute daily cardio program, combined with the love handle exercises will really help you lose the rolls of fat
bulging over your belt.

It’s also important to include a proper, balanced diet of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats and whole grains into
your program. With the right exercises and proper diet, your results for losing your love handles will be more impacted.
This combination will give you much quicker results overall.

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