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A common question when it comes to weight loss is “how can I rid love handles?”
Unfortunately, there is no such thing as spot reducing. When you burn fat you can’t tell your body where to take if from. In other words, no matter how many sit-ups or crunches you do, you will not get rid of love handles. The only way is burning off more calories by eating a healthy diet, resistance training and doing short hight intensity endurance activities. You can do these at home without the high cost of a gym membership.
Total body fitness, not just spot toning one area, is the key to rid love handles.
The best and simplest exercise to get rid of love handles may surprise you. It’s not the traditional sit-up or ab crunch. It’s not leg thrusts or trunk twists either.
It’s walking or jogging. Yes, it’s that simple.
Here’s the point: if you’ve found that your stomach is a little more flabbier than you’d like it to be, it’s likely there are other parts of your body that have unwanted weight as well. It’s just that the stomach is often times the most noticeable.
Your body cannot just eliminate fat in one area. So if you are trying to crunch your way to a flatter stomach without exercising the rest of your body and reducing your fat intake, you’ll never see results.
Start by doing cardio exercises to get that heart rate up and boost your metabolism. A good fast-paced walk or jog three times per week is a great way to accomplish this. I like to rollerblade which gets my heart rate up pretty fast. Cycling for several miles going as fast as you can for bursts at a time burns calories. Some experts say that an intense cardio workout increases your metabolism for up to 24 hours even when you are at your desk or sleeping.
Along with a healthy diet, walking and/or jogging is one of the best stomach exercises you can perform because it raises your metabolism enough to burn excess calories all over your body.
