Love Handle Exercises for Women

Love handle (oops no no, there is nothing that can handle love!) is a slang for the flab around an individual's midsection. It is prominently visible on the sides, on the abdominal external oblique muscle. This flab can be really frustrating as it does not budge easily, you have to slog like crazy to get those perfect abs. Although this issue is as important for both the genders, women tend be a bit more conscious and fussy about it because who does not want a nice, flat waist? Hence, for that, they especially need to work out. Therefore this article is dedicated to all the women who want to have a perfect waist.

Love Handle Workouts for Women

Barbell Twist: For the barbell twist, first stand with your feet apart. The distance should be the width of your shoulders. Then rest a barbell on your shoulders. Now that your torso has tightened turn to your right while anchoring on your left foot to get a full range of motion. Then, get back to the original position and do this in the opposite direction. Repeat this around 5 times or may be more if you can, for each side.

Side Plank: What you need to do for a side plank is:

• Lie on your side and prop yourself on your arm keeping the upper arm perpendicular to the ground and lower arm on the ground.
• Place your feet parallel to the other, one on top of the other.
• Lift the hips up from the floor in a position such that from foot to arm pit your body creates a diagonal line.
• Now the only parts of your body which are in contact with the ground are your feet and forearm.
• Stay in this position for around 20 seconds and change side.

Repeat this for around 5 times for a side.

Side Bend: For your core muscles which have been overlooked, side bend is another great exercise. Stand with your feet shoulder width apart and have a dumbbell in your hands. Now, without moving your legs, bend on one sides as far as you can. While you are bending, make sure you are squeezing your abs all the time and then get back to the first position. Repeat it on the other side and do this around 10 times per side.

Twisted Crunches: I am sure you know what crunches are. Still let us check out how to do this. Lie down on your back and keep your feet a bit apart. Bend your knees keeping the feet on the ground. Now, lift your upper body. After you lift your upper body, stretch and twist it in a manner that you can touch your elbow with the opposite knee. Let your body be slightly raised and keep your waist firmly on the floor and lift only the upper and middle back and not the lower back. Do this a minimum of 15 times for a good workout.

Russian Leg Twist: To do the Russian leg twist, sit on a sturdy chair at the edge. Do not slump, sit upright. Put your right toe on the floor, with heel lifted and bend your left leg, holding it a few inches up the floor. Placing your hands behind your head without lacing your fingers, pull your abs inward and lean back a few inches from the hips. Then hold the strong abs and the minor backward lean twist the left elbow toward the right knee. Now get back to the first position. Hold at the bottom of the movement for a second or so and finally get back to the first position.

Cardio Exercises: Just doing workouts will not work. Primarily you got a love handle because you have unwanted fats and they are deposited in that area. Hence, to get rid of fats, you need to do lot of cardio and aerobic exercises, as they help in burning fat. Now once the fat is burnt, you would automatically lose that unnecessary flab. Any activity like regular martial arts, cycling, jogging, treadmill and similar to these will help serve the purpose.

These are a few effective exercises, there are quite a few other, but I guess this would suffice. Finally, a combined workout of the above mentioned exercises and cardio will help in reducing the fat around your waist. All the Best!