how do I get red of my love handles-- what exercises is the best?
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Answers:
You are looking to target your obliques.
Crossover:
Lie on your back with your knees up and your feet on the floor. Cross your left leg over your right leg. Your left ankle should rest jus below your right knee, making a triangle between your legs. Put you right hand behind your head, with your elbow extended to the side. Rest your head and elbow on the floor. Place your left hand on your right obliques or at your side.
The Action:
Use your right obliques to raise your right shoulder and cross it toward your left knee. Then, in a controlled manner, slowly lower your shoulder back to the starting position. As soon as your shoulder blade lightly touches the floor, repeat. After you are done on your right side, switch to your left side. Do the same number of reps.
*Make sure that your entire torso twists up and toward your knee. Don't just move your elbow or shoulder. Don't move your knees toward your shoulder.
Move up and down slowly; don't use momentum to finish your reps.
Feel the squeeze in your oblique muscles on the sid that you're working. You'll probably also feel it in your upper abs on that side, which is fine.
Oblique Crunch:
Lie on your back with your knees up, and let your legs fall to the left. Keep your shoulders flat on the floor. Keep your head and neck relaxed, with your hands behind your ears.
The Action:
Use your right obliques to raise your rib cage toward your pelvis and lift your shoulder blades off the floor. Hold for a second. Then, in a controlled manner, slowly lower your shoulders back to the starting position. As soon as your shoulder blades lightly touch the floor, repeat.
Once you finish your reps on the right side, switch to your left. Do the same number of reps.
*If your top leg won't go all the way down when your legs fall to the side, let it rest in a comfortable position as close to your bottom leg as possible.
Keep or try to keep your shoulders parallel to the floor.
As you get tired, you'll tend to lead off the movement by lifting a single shoulder off the floor. Focus on starting the movement with your abdominals and getting both shoulders off the floor.
One more.
Weighted Side Bend:
Grab a dumbbell in your right hand and let your arm hang straight down from your shoulder. Put your left hand on your left hip, and stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and your knees unlocked (bend them slightly).
The Action:
Bend slowly to your right, lowering the dumbbell down your right leg a few inches until you feel a comfortable stretch in your left side. Then, in a controlled manner, use your left oblique muscles to slowly straighten your body back to the starting position. Repeat. When you finsh all your reps, switch the dumbbell to your left hand and do the same number of reps.
*This is one exercise where you don't want to progressively increase the weight you use. You might start with ten pound dumbbells, go up to fifteen's, then maybe go up to twenties and stop there. Why? Because you don't want your oblique muscles to get big and blocky. Some muscles on your sides will look good, contributing to a tapered, athletic look, but if you keep building them, your oblique muscles con over whelm the rest of your torso.
Don't let your torso sway backward or forward; bend straight over your leg.
Well im a chick and i am in love with my love handles...
I don't see why you want to get rid of them...
They make who u r i mean girls might not like it but fuk em' if they don't like you for who u r they aren't worth ur time.
oblique Abs series
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