Lose Your Love Handles in 3 Moves

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Try these oblique-targeting exercises to lose your love handles and whittle your waist.

From the editors of Fitness magazine

Target Your Obliques

Target your obliques by using a stability and medicine ball, says Dana Cahill, personal training director at Sky Athletic Club in Rockville Centre, New York. Work up to three sets of 10.

Beginner: Stability-Ball Twist

Lie back on a stability ball with your feet on the floor. Hold a medicine ball at chest level and extend arms.
Keeping your butt on the ball, slowly rotate your torso to the left until your knuckles are pointing to the wall.
Return to center and repeat on the other side.

Intermediate: Roll and Curl

Begin in a full push-up position with tops of your feet resting on a stability ball, hands on floor shoulder-width apart.
Keeping your abs and glutes tight, bend your knees to roll ball in toward right side of chest.
Extend your legs to roll ball back to start; repeat to the left.

Advanced: Medicine-Ball Twist

Lie faceup on floor holding a medicine ball in both hands overhead, knees bent 90 degrees, feet on floor.
Crunch up, twisting shoulders to the right while bringing ball to right side of thighs; at the same time, bring knees toward the left.
Return to start and switch sides.

Originally published in Fitness magazine, December 2005.

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zbaez001 wrote:

*helps

8/10/2011 09:41:52 AM Report Abuse

zbaez001 wrote:

@daylightcook1 you can do leg lifts lay flat on the floor neck down and head and lift your legs using just your abs up as high a you can without hurting your back recommended mid way hope this way good luck!

8/10/2011 09:40:42 AM Report Abuse

emanchorage1 wrote:

Please explain how to bend your knees 90 degrees with your feet on the floor? I know I'm bad at geometry, but???

6/6/2011 11:36:54 PM Report Abuse

augustine_pamel wrote:

I love how we can't get this information through the email. I'm a Fitness Instructor and I love different ideas to do. Thanks!

10/18/2010 10:44:45 AM Report Abuse

daylightcook1 wrote:

These exercises are all great, but I have had a spinal fusion earlier this year. How can I target my abs without causing harm to my back. I am never to do any cruches. I have to be careful bending my back the rest of my life. I would really appreciate help with exercises that will not harm my back for all target zones. Thanks, Dawn Cook

9/6/2010 04:56:33 PM Report Abuse