Waist Excercises.

rhona77
rhona77 Posts: 17 Member
edited September 25 in Fitness and Exercise
Hi all!
I am new on here. I have been using the site to track my nutritional intake and exercise.

Can anyone recommend exercises to help get rid of the"love handles" also exercises to work on thighs?
I am trying to loose weigh and these are the areas i need to concentrate on

many thanks

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  • LOVEthighSELF
    LOVEthighSELF Posts: 104 Member
    cardio--- no such thing as spot reduction.
  • amber_hanners
    amber_hanners Posts: 388 Member
    cardio for sure but beware u might see inches go up at first but they will go back down
  • Vipecap
    Vipecap Posts: 166 Member
    Pretty much what 1TKO said, there are exercises that you can do to strengthen your Obliques but as for getting rid of the love handles, it directly relates to your body fat level and how your body stores fat. Lower your body fat, lower the love handles :)
  • ProTFitness
    ProTFitness Posts: 1,379 Member
    You can not Spot Reduce anywhere. Loosing Belly Fat require good clean eating and hard work in the gym as well as being consistant with your food and working out. Disapline! Again you can do 1000's of crunches but that will not reduce the belly fat simple as that
  • NoAdditives
    NoAdditives Posts: 4,251 Member
    cardio--- no such thing as spot reduction.

    Actually, you can spot reduce once you have very little fat left to burn. Your body will burn fat for energy closest to the area of your body that needs the energy. But, if there isn't much fat in the are that needs the energy your body will burn muscle instead. Your body doesn't burn fat evenly and won't transport fat because it isn't efficient. So, once you're very close to your goal weight you can do lots of varied ab exercises to burn a little more fat from your belly area. But until you get to that point you'll need to do lots of cardio and strength training.
  • audjrey
    audjrey Posts: 360 Member
    Well I won't tell you the need for cardio, because everyone else just did LOL! However, if you are seeking core and inner thigh exercises to help strengthen muscles, I've listed two exercises below to get you started. Befriend me for future exercises if you want.

    CORE

    Standing rotations - will help strengthen your obliques (side muscles). Stand with feet hip distance apart. Holding a weighted object of about five pounds at your chest, bend your knees, tuck your pelvis under slightly and turn slowly to the right. Hold. Now turn slowly to the left and hold. Do this about 16 times (eight times each side) and slowly build up to doing 16 (called reps) 3 times (called sets).


    INNER THIGHS

    Standing Plie Squats - great for the butt too! Just think of a ballerina with her feet and legs out wide, toes pointed in opposite sides of the room. Lower your buttocks straight down and bend your knees no more than 45 degrees. Lower slowly for a count of 4-6 and then come up slow for a count of 2. Play around with the count of how long it takes you to go up & down. You might even hold it at the bottom, or do small pulse movements for a few seconds before standing up. Make sure you drive up through your heels to fully engage the inner thighs. Go up and down 16 times (reps) and build up to 3 sets. If you find this easy, hold between 5-10 pounds in your hands between your thighs.

    By the way, when you add a well-rounded strength exercises to a well-rounded cardio program, not only do you burn fat, but strong lean muscles pull the fat closer to the bone giving you a leaner appearance overall. For now, start with baby steps if that's all you can do.
  • rhona77
    rhona77 Posts: 17 Member
    Thanks everyone.
    I've been doing a fitness DVD 3 times a week, also using a gym ball for sit ups and ab crunches. I have also been using a vibration plate (not too sure if it's making any difference) and zumba once a week.
    I was hoping there might be a way of fast tracking!!
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