The Love Handle Workout: How to Zap Your Spare Tire Fast
The Importance of Aerobic Exercise
The most important part of the love handle work out is the practice of aerobic exercise. Because you are looking to shed your love handles, you are going to want to do exercises that give that area plenty of work. To do this, try incorporating items such as running and jumping rope in your routines. Aerobic exercise like this burns calories. Try to include at least 30 minutes of pure aerobic exercise 3-4 times a week. The objective here is to burn more calories than you take in to shrink your love handles.
Situps and Crunches
Both achieve about the same results but it is said that crunches are easier on the back. By incorporating situps and crunches into your love handle workout, you are targeting your mid section. There are many variations on different types of crunches and situps. The best one to use for the love handle workout is the twist crunch. For many, this crunch is much more difficult; so it may be best to start out doing basic crunches until you build up stamina in your ab muscles. Crunches and situps can be considered an aerobic exercise as well If you are consistent in doing them and rest very little between sets.
Back Exercises
Lower back exercises are another great way to get rid of love handles. Try doing the Roman chair exercise. For doing this however, you will need to either purchase the gym equipment or get yourself a membership to a local gym. The roman chair exercise or back extensions can be seen as a type of “reverse situp”. This exercise is very effective in strengthening all muscles in your mid-section. This exercise again may be difficult when just starting out. However, you may adjust the incline/decline level of the chair to give more resistance. Start with the lowest setting to build form, and then make your way to the top.
The Combination
The situps and crunches are exercises that will help you build muscles in your abdominal region along with the rest of your mid-section. The back exercises will help you build muscles in your lower back along with the rest of your mid-section. If done quickly and efficiently enough, both can give you a slight aerobic workout. Lastly adding on the aerobic exercises such as jumping rope and running will burn the fat in these areas along with other areas of your body. Gain muscle in mid-section front + gain muscle in mid-section back + burn fat in these areas = no more love handles.