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ckavsinba Posts: 50 Joined: 2002/07/17	2004/03/04, 01:59 AM i've been working out and trying to loose some lbs around the waist...i've lost some weight within the last month but i notice that my lovehandels are still there and havent gotten and smaller...:cool: is there any specific exercises that one can do to target this area...
jplatz Posts: 196 Joined: 2002/10/08	2004/03/04, 09:25 AM CK, I know the feeling. Unfortunately you cannot spot reduce any part of your body. You can strengthen your obliques by exercise, oblique crunches and twists, but fat has to come off through it's own design. -------------- Pain is but a threshold to greater strength.
ckavsinba Posts: 50 Joined: 2002/07/17	2004/03/04, 02:44 PM ahhh...i get what ur sayin....thanks... gonna hit those oblique crunches and twists even harder this month...wish me luck......:cool:
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2004/03/04, 09:07 PM Your diet..i.e...calorie deficit will loose those love handles. Unfortunately, all the oblique and twists in the world will not affect them. At the most, it will indirectly with more work performed(more calorie burn), but it will not directly affect them. You will be better served by increasing intensity of your workouts, such as more supersets, this will in essence aid your caloric deficit, a supersetting workout can be almost as good as a HIIT cardio workout if done correctly. Work with your diet, this is the main culprit. 99% of the time, this is why you still have love handles. In order to tap into your fat stores, you must create a caloric deficit. ============ Quoting from ckavsinba: ahhh...i get what ur sayin....thanks... gonna hit those oblique crunches and twists even harder this month...wish me luck......:cool: ============= -------------- If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything.... bb1fit@freetrainers.com
tikka_04 Posts: 3 Joined: 2005/03/19	2005/03/20, 12:14 PM hey how do you do an oblique crunch? i realli realli realli need to get rid of these lovehandles....what kind of exercises can i do which doesnt involve weight cuz i dont have any....someone plz help me!!!!:(
philip1986 Posts: 12 Joined: 2005/03/07	2005/03/23, 05:52 PM id recommend workin all of it into ur scheduele, a descent diet, abs muscle strenthening, and a descent cardio workout either 30 mins of joggin, or sumthing like an hour of swimming, (my personal favourite, 5 times a wk, before work, neva felt so gud) good luck m8 :dumbbell: -------------- Women are great, time is short, but we all find a way through the mist. dont we?
snugglbug19 Posts: 5 Joined: 2007/04/16	2007/04/16, 03:19 PM Okay, you all mentioned diet to lose the lovehandles, what if some ppl such as myself just CAN'T stick to a diet to save their life? how do you get rid of them then?? or am i/we doomed to a life of a not so perfect tummy? :laugh::laugh:
jonshez Posts: 273 Joined: 2007/01/14	2007/04/16, 06:20 PM Well... I hate to be negative, but if you can't stick to a diet, I'd say you don't want to lose that baby pouch anything like enough. It's all about goals, if you want to lose it, you'll stick to the diet. It's the only way I'm afraid, a calorie deficit.
msmogreen Posts: 717 Joined: 2006/04/22	2007/04/16, 09:31 PM You are doomed--there is just no other way.
wrestler125 Posts: 4,619 Joined: 2004/01/27	2007/04/17, 12:47 PM I can't believe that question was just asked. Everybody wants to go to heaven, but no body wants to die. -------------- Mortal by birth. Strongman by the grace of god. Blood Guts Sweat Chalk