Do You Do The Right
Love Handle Workout?

Love handle workout, a right one, effectively melts away the stubborn fat clinging around your belly and waistline.

And reduces your potential risks of diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure.

I'm going to show you effective love handle workout you can do on your own, to zap away the fat and replace it with tight, toned, sleek mini-muscles, in record time.......

No...Not in record time....I'm kidding......but slowly and surely, you'll see fabulous results in about 8-12 weeks.......

How's that for a bargain?

They're the grab-able bands of fat on the sides of your body. And depending on your particular tendency to store fat, you could have love handles in a band all around your back, just above your waistline.

They stick out of your jeans, make your waist look twice its size. They show through your shirt - you can’t hide them!

They're like extra jelly that cling stubbornly, frustratingly around your belly......

They look bad and cause problems as you're at greater risks of having heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes, to name a few........

Even if you've a 6-pack abs, you won't look sexy with the handles attached......

Hee....Hee....Hee.....

You aren't sure whether you've love handles?

Here’s a quick way to find out.

Do you have a lump on the side of your body between your waist and your ribcage? In some cases, it almost looks like a circle of fat or a “fat belt” around your waist.

Or you could have a lump of flesh that starts at the side of your bra-line and extends all the way around your back, the so-called "bra roll".........

Now, you're sure?

She slims down elsewhere on her body but her love handles - sad to say, refuse to budge.

Her condition sets me thinking: "What could possibly be the suitable love handle workout to lose those dreadful fat around her middle ?"

Do you face the same dilemma? Love handles, they seem impossible to get rid off, you decide. No matter how hard you exercise, you still have them!

Boo! Why oh why?

Don't despair! I'm going to show you a right love handle workout routine that's effective, to bring you closer to a love-handle-less, attractive middle and a sexier waistline......

You work out like this:

1. Burn off your bodyfat by doing 4-5 times of intense cardio workouts per week for at least 60 minutes per session

This kickstarts your metabolism into higher gear, so you've higher fat-burning capacity, to burn off fat from your entire body (and that includes those stubborn fat around your middle too!)

And when you lose weight overall, you also downsize your waistline and the middle.

Generally, love handles begin to disappear on women when they reach a body fat percentage of 20 ; on men, when they reach 12% body fat.

Intense cardio workouts that work your waistline and middle are:

• Belly dancing - average calories burned: 300 per hour
• Cardio kickboxing - average calories burned: 615 per hour
• Race walking - average calories burned: 400 per hour
• Mountain biking - average calories burned: 520 per hour
• Rowing - average calories burned: 430 per hour

These cardio workouts not only torch great number of calories, they also work a grea deal on your obliques and rectus abdominals, the muscles residing underneath the "spare tire".

2. Firm and tighten your waistline and middle with these love handle workouts:

Love Handle Workout - Beginner Routine

Do 1 to 3 sets of each exercise below (8 to 15 reps per set) 2 -3 times per week. Once you can do 3 sets with ease and good form, move on to the intermediate level.

The Sweep

Position

Stand tall, your feet wide apart, bend your knees a few inches.

Bend elbows up and in front of you so that they're at waist level and both of your palms are facing toward the right.

Pull your abs in tightly.

The Exercise

Keeping your abs pulled in tightly and the rest of your body still, twist to the right and sweep your arms as far across your body, pushing the energy, as you go.

Immediately turn your palms toward the left and, by twisting from the waist, sweep your arms to the left.

Continue alternating twists left and right.

The Basic Twist

Position

Sit up tall on the edge of a chair with toes on the floor, heels lifted.

Bend your elbows, place your hands behind your head without lacing your fingers together.

Pull your abs inward, lean back a few inches from your hips.

The Exercise

Maintaining strong abs and a slight backward lean, twist left and right from the waist until you've completed all reps.

Side Bridge

Position

Lie on your right side, your bent knees slightly forward of your body, with your feet tucked behind you.

Bend right elbow, rest your forearm along the floor so that your right hand is out in front of you and place your left palm in front of your chest for balance and support as needed.

Pull your abs in tight.

The Exercise

Keeping your abs pulled in, lift your torso and hips off the floor and hold for a slow count of 20.

As you hold, focus on letting your abdominal muscles do all the work while keeping your neck, shoulders and lower back relaxed.

Slowly lower to the start, rest briefly, and repeat twice before switching to the other side.

Love Handle Workout -Intermediate Routine

Do 1 to 3 sets of each exercise below (8 to 15 reps per set) 2 -3 times per week. Once you can do 3 sets with ease and with good form, move on to the advanced level.

Crossover Twist

Position

Stand tall, your feet hip width apart, elbows bent and hands behind your ears. Pull your abs in tight.

The Exercise

Lift your right knee as you twist from the waist to bring your left elbow toward it.

P/S: Depending on your balance and flexibility you may or may not be able to touch your elbow to your knee.

Hold a while and repeat with the opposite arm and leg.

Continue alternating until you've completed all reps.

One Leg Twist

Position

Sit up tall on the edge of a chair, your right toe on the floor, heel lifted and your left leg bent and held a few inches up off the floor in front of you.

Bend your elbows and place hands behind your head without lacing fingers together.

Pull your abs in, lean back a few inches from your hips.

The Exercise

Maintaining strong abs and a slight backward lean, twist your left elbow toward your right knee and then return to the start.

Hold a while at bottom of the movement and then slowly return to the start.

Do all reps to the one side and then do an equal number of reps to the left.

Slow Bicycles

Position

Lie on your back, your left knee bent toward your chest, right leg extended and a few inches off the floor.

Place your hands behind your head, fingertips touching; curl your head, neck and shoulders up.

Rotate from your middle so your right elbow is pointing toward your left knee.

The Exercise

Hold the starting position for a slow count of 3, then slowly rotate to the other side by bending your right knee and extending your left leg as your left elbow moves toward your right knee.

Again, hold a slow count of 3.

Continue rotating to complete reps.

Love Handle Workout - Advanced Routine

Do 1 to 3 sets of each exercise below (8 to 15 reps per set) 2 -3 times per week.

The Flex

Position

Stand tall, your feet hip width apart, hands behind your head, elbows bent.

Bend your right knee and lift it up and out to the side so that both your hip and knee are turned outward.

The Exercise

Slowly bend from the waist and lower your right elbow toward your knee.

P/S: Depending on your balance and flexibility you may or may not be able to touch your elbow to your knee.

Hold a while at bottom of the movement and then slowly return to the start.

Do all reps to the one side and then do an equal number of reps to the left.

The Twist Balance

Position

Sit up tall on the edge of a chair with your toes pointed and knees bent.

Raise both feet off the floor a few inches. Bend your elbows and place hands behind your head without lacing the fingers together.

Pull your abs in, lean back a few inches from your hips.

The Exercise

Maintaining strong abs and a slight backward lean, twist left and right from the waist until you've completed all reps.

Ab Circles

Position

Lie on your back, your knees bent and feet hip width apart, flat on the floor.

Place hands behind your head don't lace your fingers together.

Round your elbows outward, tuck your chin slightly, and pull your abs in toward your spine.

To start, lift your head, neck and shoulder blades off the floor and hold.

The Exercise

Make a small clockwise circle with your waist: Bend a small distance to the left, curl a small distance upward, bend a small distance to the right, and then lower a small distance downward. This is one repetition.

Do an equal number of reps in a counterclockwise direction.

3. Start a sensible, well-balanced healthy, weight-loss, nutritious diet !

By the way, these exercises also help you stand up straighter and reduce back pain.

Psssstttt.......

You can't spot reduce your love handles away, meaning selectively melt away the fat from around your middle. But when you tone and strengthen your middle muscles, they would become tighter, flatter and firmer.

So combine these love handle workouts with a whole body toning , to get better results.

Well, for all the hard work you put in, you should see a sexier, slimmer waistline and tighter middle, in about 8- 12 weeks!

And your love handles?

Should disappear by then!

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