How to get rid of love handles, Fast Options

[misskentucky]

I have love handles (the fat on your hips or whatever) and it really bothers me. How do I get rid of it, fast? Like, what kind of excersises. Summer is coming up.

[bananapants]

not true^^
if u use a medicine ball and do certain exercises u can et rid of em first

[Spirited Away]

not true^^
if u use a medicine ball and do certain exercises u can et rid of em first

What? Now that is NOT true.


Medicine ball exercises TONE. You cannot get rid of fat by just using medicine balls. A combination of cardio, strength training, and eating healthy will help to loose weight. THERE IS NO research indicating that spot exercises work, only overall weight loss will lower fat in the body.

[KissMe2408]

What? Now that is NOT true.
Medicine ball exercises TONE. You cannot get rid of fat by just using medicine balls. A combination of cardio, strength training, and eating healthy will help to loose weight. THERE IS NO research indicating that spot exercises work, only overall weight loss will lower fat in the body.

Still, you can help tone certain areas along the way faster then just cardio, strength training, and eating healthy alone. You can get in overall good shape doing those things, but if you want to focus more on your stomach then that helps. Medicine balls are good for resistance, fun as well.

First of all, if you want to get rid of "love handles" I suggest you (a) Pick up your running shoes and run every other day (b) Go get the Taebo beginners dvd. (I suggest you do Workout # 2 since it has abs, and also the 8 mind advanced really gets the hip area) It helps. I've used it and it worked for me, getting that hip area and lower abs. Here is a link: TaeBo 2, Get Ripped Basic Workout © You NEED to eat right, try not eating anything from a package, and start eating more raw foods such as veggies and fruits.
(d) It helps to get a dvd or vhs that focuses just on your abs and obliques. The best tape I found was Abs of Steel 2 advanced. Workout 1 tones that area right under your bellybutton by doing reverse curls and such, and Workout 2 focuses more on the obliques and where your love handles are. Ok understand this tape is from 1991, but still, I haven't found a better one. It's amazing lol.
Abs of Steel 2, advanced

Hope that helps!

[Spirited Away]

Still, you can help tone certain areas along the way faster then just cardio, strength training, and eating healthy alone. You can get in overall good shape doing those things, but if you want to focus more on your stomach then that helps. Medicine balls are good for resistance, fun as well.

Your point being? I'm not sure if you disagree and if so, which part you disagree with.

Toning exercises cannot shed off fat as effectively as cardio and strength training. The author of this topic has a better chance of losing love handles quickly by focusing on cardio and strength training for overall weightloss than using the medicine ball. Yes, they are great for toning... etc, but to lose the handles "FAST"(to quote), cardio and strength and food work best.

"The 'spot exercise' fallacy assumes that if you have fat deposits on your abdominals, exercisingthe muscles underlying the fat will make it go away. A client who does 100 sit-ups a day for a flabbystomach will increase muscle endurance for the abdomen,but will not burn off the fat in that area." (ACE Personal Trainer Manual, p. 308)

The only way to burn fat from your tummy is through prolonged exercise and a healthy, low-calorie diet. That means doing regular cardio exercise, strength training and flexibility training. Don't forget to eat your fruits and veggies too!

Source http://exercise.about.com/cs/abs/a/abmyths.htm

This post has been edited by Spirited Away: May 2 2006, 07:29 PM