How to eliminate love handles?

Love handles are most stubborn & can be pretty challenging to get rid of! Since love handles sit on side of abdominal area, most of us think abs workout is a recipe to burn love handles/side fat. Love handles lies above oblique, specific group of abdominal muscles. Burning love handles requires specific earmarked exercises.

Below workout will give love handles run for their money & would hit your oblique, along with core.

1) Woodchoppers( 3 sets, 20 repetitions each)

Use one hand weight with feet hip width apart. Hold weight with both hands by your left shoulder & twist to make motion down towards right leg. Allow your feet & hip to pivot with the twist. Raise your weight back up to your left shoulder & do 20 repetitions. Next work with your right side.

2) Russian Twists( 3 sets, 20 repetitions each)

  Sit on your but with your knee bent & foot flat on the ground. Keep your torso learning at angle of 45 degree to the floor.Lift your feet from the ground, crossing them at the ankles and balancing on your butt. Then, twist your torso to the right and touch your weight to the ground next to your body. Next, twist back over to the left touching the weight to the left side of your body. You can also do this on a decline bench with legs fixed on the top. 

3) Side Planks( 3 sets, 60 seconds each side)

 Get in to plank position with your left elbow on the ground & legs touching the ground.Engaging your abs and keeping your body in a straight line, raise the lower half of your body up off the ground into a straight plank position. Move your other hand up in 90 degree position & hold this for 60 seconds. Then repeat the same with right elbow.

4) Bicycle Crunches( 4 sets, 25 repetitions)

  Lie on your back with your knees bent & hands on the back of your head. Engage your abs & lift your shoulders and upper back off of the ground. At the same time, move your right elbow toward your left knee so that they meet in the middle of your body. Next, switch your position by bringing your left elbow to your right knee. 

5) Hanging leg raises( 3 sets, 30 seconds hold)

    Grab a bar & hang. Make your abs & lat flexible. Raise your feet to the height of bar & make sure your legs are straight. Hold this posture to the count of 30.

6) Kettlebell Swing( 4 sets, 20 repetitions each)

    Stand straight, with feet wider than hip-distance apart. Grab hold of the handle with both hands, keeping your palms face down and arms in front of the body. Maintain a slight bend to the knee and drive the hips back, lowering the body.Then, drive the hips forward while swinging the kettlebell, keeping the glutes and core engaged.

7) Box Jump( 3 sets, 20 repetitions)

   Stand in an athletic position, with your feet shoulder wide apart, at a comfortable distance from the box. When you’re ready to jump, take quarter squat posture, then extend your hips, swing your arms, and push your feet through the floor to propel yourself onto the box.

8) Jumping Burpees( 3 sets, 12 repetitions)

  Bend at the knees and waist and place the palms of your hands on the ground. Kick your feet backward & then back in, stand back up, and immediately jump in the air. 

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