Lose Your Love Handles in 3 Moves
Try these oblique-targeting exercises to lose your love handles and whittle your waist.
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.
- 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.
- 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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8/10/2011 09:41:52 AM Report Abuse@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 AbusePlease 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 AbuseI 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 AbuseThese 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
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