Cardio/Abs and love handle exercise for beginners

brooklinhousewife
brooklinhousewife Posts: 7
edited November 12 in Fitness and Exercise
Hey everyone,
I'm 5 days into MFP and seem to be doing great with the food part of it but am lacking on the exercise part. Need beginner cardio exercises and ab/love handle exercises.
Does anyone have any good exercise plans that I could follow?

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  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    You can't spot reduce...

    Just exercise...when you're doing resistance work, focus on full body movements rather than trying to isolate. Do cardio for your cardiovascular fitness. Watch your diet to burn fat.

    Fat will come off from wherever...the mid section is generally primary fat stores for most people, so it's last to come off...no amount of crunches will speed up that process (and in fact may make your stomach protrude more)
  • meche_narie
    meche_narie Posts: 1 Member
    There are a lot of challenges that you can find on YouTube or even pintrest if you have one.
  • tmm_0127
    tmm_0127 Posts: 545 Member
    The BeFiT 30 Day Fat Burn program on youtube is one of my favorites. https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PL1c41tQdiDhPkUERLFje9twkoHtPkWr1l

    Each workout is about 10 minutes long, so it's super short though they are challenging - they're hiit workouts, so you get a lot of bang for you buck! There's also a calendar that goes along with it so you know which days to do what.
  • mscheftg
    mscheftg Posts: 485 Member
    You can check out Bikini Body Mommy on youtube. Her workouts are high intensity, last only 20-25 minutes (including warm-up & cool down).

    The only way to reduce fat is to burn it off... if you want more tone in that area, you have to get rid of the fat first and do ab exercises.
  • runner475
    runner475 Posts: 1,236 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    You can't spot reduce...

    Just exercise...when you're doing resistance work, focus on full body movements rather than trying to isolate. Do cardio for your cardiovascular fitness. Watch your diet to burn fat.

    Fat will come off from wherever...the mid section is generally primary fat stores for most people, so it's last to come off...no amount of crunches will speed up that process (and in fact may make your stomach protrude more)

    + 1
    I would like to add for someone just starting out
    Cardio Exercise
    1) Walking
    2) Access to gym - StairMaster
    3) No access to gym - use the stairs @ school ground, museum or anywhere you find flight of stairs.

    Good Abs are absolutely made in kitchen. Here is a fantastic link.
    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1161603/so-you-want-a-nice-stomach/p1


    Good Luck
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    You can't spot reduce...

    Just exercise...when you're doing resistance work, focus on full body movements rather than trying to isolate. Do cardio for your cardiovascular fitness. Watch your diet to burn fat.

    Fat will come off from wherever...the mid section is generally primary fat stores for most people, so it's last to come off...no amount of crunches will speed up that process (and in fact may make your stomach protrude more)

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