Love handles?

arinamargarina

Hello:)

I'd like to start a routine for my love handles - they're not big, I just need them all toned up. I can't seem to find a suitable exercise, can you please give me some bodyweight ideas?

ajnb88

Not sure the 'proper' name for it, but stand up, hold something heavy (dumbell,kettlebell,shopping bag etc) down by your sides, lean as far as you can sideways (letting the weight go down towards the floor), then stand up straight again. Rinse and repeat.

It may feel very easy, but whenever I do it my muscles remind me it was worth it a few days later.

Edit: didn't see bodyweight only, but you can do this with pretty much anything that gives you a weight to lift - as I said, shopping bags are a good one, but you could use anything that you can hold. Even if it's just filling a bucket with water or something.

arinamargarina

Not sure the 'proper' name for it, but stand up, hold something heavy (dumbell,kettlebell,shopping bag etc) down by your sides, lean as far as you can sideways (letting the weight go down towards the floor), then stand up straight again. Rinse and repeat.

It may feel very easy, but whenever I do it my muscles remind me it was worth it a few days later.

Edit: didn't see bodyweight only, but you can do this with pretty much anything that gives you a weight to lift - as I said, shopping bags are a good one, but you could use anything that you can hold. Even if it's just filling a bucket with water or something.

That sounds helpful! I'm definitely going to try it when I get home. It's ok, I can find something heavy enough around the house.
Thanks so much!:)

randomtai

You cannot spot reduce. Once you lower your overall BF% they will go away.

LivingtheLeanDream

planks...side planks....they work AWESOMELY on love handles :-D
I know lots of folk would say you can't spot reduce but with planks and strength training mine are gone..gone gone

of course reducing weight overall also helps

randomtai

planks...side planks....they work AWESOMELY on love handles :-D
I know lots of folk would say you can't spot reduce but with planks and strength training mine are gone..gone gone

of course reducing weight overall also helps

You contradicted yourself. :laugh:

arinamargarina

planks...side planks....they work AWESOMELY on love handles :-D
I know lots of folk would say you can't spot reduce but with planks and strength training mine are gone..gone gone

of course reducing weight overall also helps

You contradicted yourself. :laugh:

I don't want to spot reduce, I just need to tone my side muscles:)

randomtai

planks...side planks....they work AWESOMELY on love handles :-D
I know lots of folk would say you can't spot reduce but with planks and strength training mine are gone..gone gone

of course reducing weight overall also helps

You contradicted yourself. :laugh:

I don't want to spot reduce, I just need to tone my side muscles:)

You do know what spot reducing means??? You can't pick where the fat leaves your body. :noway:

TavistockToad

You cannot spot reduce. Once you lower your overall BF% they will go away.

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arinamargarina

planks...side planks....they work AWESOMELY on love handles :-D
I know lots of folk would say you can't spot reduce but with planks and strength training mine are gone..gone gone

of course reducing weight overall also helps

You contradicted yourself. :laugh:

I don't want to spot reduce, I just need to tone my side muscles:)

You do know what spot reducing means??? You can't pick where the fat leaves your body. :noway:

Honey I need muscle.

TavistockToad

Honey I need muscle.

then you need a calorie surplus and some heavy lifting....

LiftAndBalance

You cannot spot reduce. Once you lower your overall BF% they will go away.

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Honey I need muscle.

then you need a calorie surplus and some heavy lifting....

this.

Also, and please note that I haven't done any additional research on this, according to Bret Contreras at least, excessive ab/oblique training can make your waist look broader, which I'm assuming is not what most women strive for.

erickirb

You cannot spot reduce. Once you lower your overall BF% they will go away.

This. And

Honey I need muscle.

then you need a calorie surplus and some heavy lifting....

this.

Also, and please note that I haven't done any additional research on this, according to Bret Contreras at least, excessive ab/oblique training can make your waist look broader, which I'm assuming is not what most women strive for.

The last point would be true if you were in a caloric surplus and lifted heavy enough to increase the size of ab and oblique muscles. That said, the amount of size gain would be very little, unless also adding fat

JONZ64

You cannot spot reduce. Once you lower your overall BF% they will go away.

This

My issue is the name! They should be called "Gettin No Love handles" :sad: I hate mine and I am looking forward to having them gone. They showed up in my mid to late 40's and I have not liked them at all!

DWBalboa

Just ramp up your core exercise adding exercises that target your oblique's. Good core exercises that target the O's are stability-ball twist (make it harder with a medicine ball), also with the stability-ball do "roll and curls," side planks and side crunches, Russian twist w/med-ball, and side bends w/kettle bells or dumb bells.
Just Google oblique or core exercises and you'll get a wealth of information. A really great site for information and training videos is :

http://www.bodybuilding.com/

You can enter exercises or targeted body areas in a search and it will give you exercises based on your search criteria.

Just remember to eat correctly, drink plenty of water and exercise hard!

Have fun and good luck.