So I know you can't "spot lose"

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AmberJslimsAWAY
AmberJslimsAWAY Posts: 2,339 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
But whatever. I need workouts that work these effing LOVE HANDLES!!! Help a girl out! These are my biggest (in every sense of the word) problem area, I just want them gone. I do Russian twists, sit ups, leg lifts, I walk, Squats, lunges. UGH! What can I do?
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  • EmCarroll1990
    EmCarroll1990 Posts: 2,830 Member
    Bump. I'd like to know this as well.
  • shaycat
    shaycat Posts: 980
    You could try 6 week 6 pack. I love that workout.
  • qtiekiki
    qtiekiki Posts: 1,490 Member
    What love handles??? Both of you.
  • UponThisRock
    UponThisRock Posts: 4,519 Member
    Superset fork putdowns with seated table pushbacks.
  • AmberJslimsAWAY
    AmberJslimsAWAY Posts: 2,339 Member
    What love handles??? Both of you.

    mine are huuuuuge!!
  • EmCarroll1990
    EmCarroll1990 Posts: 2,830 Member
    What love handles??? Both of you.

    mine are huuuuuge!!

    Mine are there when I'm naked. I don't like it.
  • Secret_Agent_007
    Secret_Agent_007 Posts: 1,082
    Spinach salad and BBQ'd chicken breasts?
  • AmberJslimsAWAY
    AmberJslimsAWAY Posts: 2,339 Member
    LOL Rock, You're so helpful
  • UponThisRock
    UponThisRock Posts: 4,519 Member
    LOL Rock, You're so helpful

    Just doing my part
  • mrmanmeat
    mrmanmeat Posts: 1,968 Member
    But whatever. I need workouts that work these effing LOVE HANDLES!!! Help a girl out! These are my biggest (in every sense of the word) problem area, I just want them gone. I do Russian twists, sit ups, leg lifts, I walk, Squats, lunges. UGH! What can I do?

    Just keep going.
    Nothing will do just them.

    Get the body fat low.

    Running and swimming are the best.
  • qtiekiki
    qtiekiki Posts: 1,490 Member
    You girls look AMAZING.
  • LifeOnMars_
    LifeOnMars_ Posts: 720 Member
    Bump - I would also like to know
  • sdrawkcabynot
    sdrawkcabynot Posts: 462 Member
    Superset fork putdowns with seated table pushbacks.

    ^^^HAHA! FTW!
  • engineman312
    engineman312 Posts: 3,450 Member
    squats and dead lifts lots of squats and dead lifts.
  • lickmybaconcakes
    lickmybaconcakes Posts: 1,063 Member
    Watch the your salt intake closely and caffeine intake (if it's significant.)
  • sdrawkcabynot
    sdrawkcabynot Posts: 462 Member
    You know... I bet these types of posts from you get the moderators scratching their heads... they come into these guns blazin ready to send you a warning and are like "Oh... ok, she actually isn't being a pervy or inappropriate"
  • AmberJslimsAWAY
    AmberJslimsAWAY Posts: 2,339 Member
    You know... I bet these types of posts from you get the moderators scratching their heads... they come into these guns blazin ready to send you a warning and are like "Oh... ok, she actually isn't being a pervy or inappropriate"

    Probably why posts like these never get responses either. I need to create a new account for my serious business!
  • AmberJslimsAWAY
    AmberJslimsAWAY Posts: 2,339 Member
    Watch the your salt intake closely and caffeine intake (if it's significant.)

    I've started watching this. One of my MFP friends mentioned to watch my sodium, which I never had even looked at, and I don't do a lot of caffeine. Thanks
  • LifeOnMars_
    LifeOnMars_ Posts: 720 Member
    Watch the your salt intake closely and caffeine intake (if it's significant.)

    I've started watching this. One of my MFP friends mentioned to watch my sodium, which I never had even looked at, and I don't do a lot of caffeine. Thanks

    Why caffeine? I drink several green teas a day.
  • AmberJslimsAWAY
    AmberJslimsAWAY Posts: 2,339 Member
    BUMP! I know more than a few people have had success with losing from this horrific area...
  • myak623
    myak623 Posts: 615 Member
    Superset fork putdowns with seated table pushbacks.

    More folks need to incorporate this technique into their routine.
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    what do you do? Be consistent. Do it for a year. You really want 'em gone? Pick something and do it for a year.
  • lickmybaconcakes
    lickmybaconcakes Posts: 1,063 Member
    Watch the your salt intake closely and caffeine intake (if it's significant.)

    I've started watching this. One of my MFP friends mentioned to watch my sodium, which I never had even looked at, and I don't do a lot of caffeine. Thanks

    Why caffeine? I drink several green teas a day.

    I'll try and explain in a non-science way alkaloids are have extremely poor solubility in water (greater than 100 degrees tends to average solubility) so when they form salt it's prettyhard for them to be aqueos (standard) (expect for scopolamine hydrobromide) so the body needs more water at one instance to form with water , which obviously increases water retenention.
  • lizard053
    lizard053 Posts: 2,344 Member
    To lose fat in one place is to lose fat all over. Keep on keeping on and it will melt away. All my fat has gotten more noticeable since I started toning up the muscles underneath, YUCK! But I know it will all melt away as I continue. And I'm enjoying seeing muscle definition where I never used to, due to lifting heavy weights! I'm not doing any serious program, just doing useful push/pull exercises and increasing weight as much as possible. Topped off with training for a 5k, and I'm happy with the changes, even though my weight is taking FOREVER to come off.

    Sodium is another biggie. I had a sodium heavy dinner and wow can I tell it today!
  • Sarahbara76
    Sarahbara76 Posts: 601 Member
    weighted side bends and waist twist with weights . When I am waiting on the copy machine at work I do them without weights , I get in about 4 or 5 sets of 5 each while our old printer groans , moans and spits out my copies..apparently only the computers need to be fast in a computer repair shop :wink: :laugh:
    My love handles are almost all gone!! Good luck dear :flowerforyou:
  • tamerkins2
    tamerkins2 Posts: 212
    What love handles??? Both of you.

    Agreed. I don't see any love handles!
  • Flippiefloppies
    Flippiefloppies Posts: 319
    The BEST thing for those d@mn love handles is diet by far! But, if I was going to reccomend anything it would be hanging leg lifts to the side, windmills and side plank dips.
  • CoderGal
    CoderGal Posts: 6,800 Member
    I absolutely disagree. You can definitely (sort of) spot loose....somehow....How else did my boobs (on the same frame and weight) get like 10 times bigger?

    I've read a lot of studies stating how this and that causes weight around the middle region, might be your diet?

    I don't understand how it works but my sides feel firmer when I hike. I can dance and hoop and stretch and do side strength exercises....but when I hike (up mountains in a lot of rocky areas) my sides feel firmer the next day. My only guess is I'm using my stabilizer muscles more or something?
  • kristen6022
    kristen6022 Posts: 1,923 Member
    I started doing the 30 Day Shred the other day, in the level 2 version (I tried all three to see where I was) she did this cardio move where you twisted from side to side while jumping, so it hit the obliques, I'm thinking this would be the best for love handles. Other than that, I'd say up your cardio a bit, the only way to lose fat...
  • jamiesadler
    jamiesadler Posts: 635 Member
    All exercises work your core muscles. For every exercise you do keep your core tight and the muscles will get their workout. Other than that the best thing for tummy is your diet.
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