Destroy Your Love Handles With These Two Exercises!

One of the hardest areas on the body to lose weight is around the hips and abdomen; affectionately referred to as "love handles". If you have love handles, you should know that there is absolutely nothing to love about them. These areas are something that almost everyone deals with and are seemingly impossible to get rid of. However, there are certain exercises that can work for you, if you are determined to get rid of love handles.

However, all the exercises in the world will not help you lose your love handles if your diet is of poor quality. Start eating more fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, lean meats, while getting rid of processed foods and fast food from your diet. Also, do not skip breakfast. Experiment with different fresh food options for your first meal of the day. Drink a lot of water. These quality choices will give you the nutrients, fiber and energy you will need.

Below are two of the best exercises to get rid of your love handles:

One of the best exercises that you can use if you want to know how to cure love handles is trunk twists. This modified sit-up exercise is really great as it focuses directly on the problem area.

For trunk twisters, you need to lie down on your back. Hold your hands together behind your head. Crossing your ankles you need to raise your legs so that your feet are slightly higher than your knees. As you lift your head and shoulders up off of the floor slightly, focus on contracting your stomach muscles and twist your upper body to the right so your left elbow completely twist past the trunk of your body to the right. Ensure that your head and shoulders are slightly off the ground. Relax and return to the starting position. Repeat the exercise now with the opposite side. Perform 10 to 15 repetitions of this exercise.

The other exercise is oblique crunches. Oblique crunches are a next step exercise after your body is warmed up with trunk twists or some light cardiovascular exercises. The three layers of abdominal muscles are targeted with this oblique exercise.
You can do these exercises by lying on the floor with your legs bent on about a 90 degree angle, and you want to have the bottom of your feet vertical. Now, place your hands on the back of your head, then lift your shoulder blades off the ground and do this until your right elbow touches your left knee.

Now you want to squeeze your abs for a full minute, and make sure that you really focus on this if you want to get rapid results. Slowly return to the starting position and repeat the steps again.