The lovely love handels...

[JLoOks]

Hey there,
Just a post on behalf of the g/f , she wants to know a few good exercises targeting those love handels. Thanks in advance

[Laurie]

diet

diet

diet

is 80% of any weight training program. Basically, up the protein, lower the carbs...and eat more whole grains, veggies instead. Cut any sugars and drink plenty of water. Have 5-6 smaller meals spread over the day instead of just three.

Secondly, there aint no sich thang as "spot reducing"

Thirdly, three day split lifting moderately heavy weights 4 sets of 10-12 reps for an hour. A minute's rest between sets. Cardio can be used on days not lifting. Basically a program not much different from yours ..only start off with lower weights for her body to get used to it and to learn proper form.

Fourthly, time, patience and determination will see her through all this.

This how she will eventually lose those "love handles".

[TigerAngelLeigh]

Love handles are simply fat stored on the hip/midsection: you can only lose them through cardio and diet. There's no such thing as spot-reducing and some people argue that targeting the muscle underneath the fat (mainly the obliques in this case) will just make it look bulky, but I think that as long as your gf takes care of her diet and does cardio to lose the fat, she won't notice any bulking if she did include a few obliques moves in her workouts. It won't make her love handles smaller, but once she loses the excess fat, they will look harder and her midsection will be more defined. Search for abdominal exercises which target the sides of the torso through a 'crossover' action (such as what I call knee-to-elbow cruches) under the exercise section on the main site.

[JLoOks]

Thanks for your quick reply's , i had heard from different people that it need to be worked off and not targeted with a certain exercise. I have a program for her , she is actually very patiet but just has a little bit of fat on her love handels and want's it gone. Thanks a lot again