Learn how to trick your body into burning more love handle fat by carrying out some effective exercises. This piece illustrates some exercises to get rid of love handles.

Love Handle Exercises

Are those ugly love handles constantly haunting you and stopping you from putting on sexy bikini or sporting a two-piece cocktail dress? Are you following a regular exercise regimen yet fail to get rid of the love handles? Want to know how to lose love handles and get a perfectly-shaped stomach? Here it is. The area on the lower side of the external oblique abdominal muscles which when stores excessive fat is referred to as love handles. Though most people believe it is due to the excess fat that accumulates around this area, experts indicate it could be due to the gravity that pulls the fat down from the sides, thereby creating a more bulging appearance. Nonetheless, with some valiant efforts and simple exercises, you can burn those unwanted kilos gluing to your belly. Follow these exercises to reduce love handles and achieve a perfectly toned and shaped belly.
 
Exercises To Get Rid Of Love Handles
 
Leg Flutters
Lie down on your stomach and slightly lift your head up. Keep your arms straight by your side or fold them with the elbows resting to your side. Lift your feet and knees from the ground and flutter the legs back and forth. Continue for 20 seconds. Take a break of 20 seconds and repeat again. Follow regularly to create a balance in your torso and trim down the love handles.
 
Twist Crunches
Workout your internal and external obliques and force the love handles out of your body. Lie on your back and bend your knees. Keep your hands behind your head and lift up your head without locking your fingers together. Twist to the left bringing your right elbow to the left knee. Stretch out your right leg straight. Come back to the starting position and repeat on the other side. Twist to the right with your left elbow touching the right knee. Extend your left leg out. Repeat this exercise 25 times.
 
Reverse Crunches
Lie on the floor with your legs bend and hands locked behind your head. Lift up your knees and bring them inwards towards your chest till they form a 90 degree angle. Your legs should be parallel to the ground with your feet crossed. Lift your head up the ground and contract your legs inwards with your hips moving up the floor. Lower your hips and head. Repeat 10-15 times in sets of 3.
 
Standing Trunk Twists
Apart from burning calories in your stomach, this exercise will shoot up your heart rate. Stand with your feet at a foot’s distance and knees slightly bent. With your hips and legs in their position, twist your body to the left and cross your right arm in front of your chest in a punching position. Twist back to the front position and bring back your right arm to your side. Repeat on the right in the same manner with your left arm outside. Do 10 repetitions.
 
Cardio Exercises
In order to tone your waist line and get rid of love handles, spot exercising is not sufficient. Apart from stretching your tummy muscles, you have to increase your metabolism to lose the desired weight. And what better than cardio exercises be to achieve this goal. You can indulge in any fat burning activities, such as walking, jogging, running, jumping, treadmill, climbing stairs, or step aerobics. They burn the unnecessary flab and tighten the abdominal muscles, including love handles.
 
Bid good-bye to love handles with these fat-burning exercises. Combine them with a healthy meal plan and flaunt a gorgeously shaped figure in few days. Happy love handling!

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