Love can be an amazing thingunless you’re referring to love handles.

There are many reasons why this happens.

Well, those are no longer good excuses.

man performing dumbbell exercise to get rid of love handles for good

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you’ve got the option to get a great workout in much less time than you’d think.

However, yourexercisesshould be challenging so that you might maximize your workout time.

All of your movements should be full-body and engage your core muscles.

reverse lunge press

Tim Liu, C.S.C.S.

Keeping your chest tall and core tight, step back with one leg until your knee touches the ground.

Do this exercise for as many reps as you’re able to within a 45-second interval.

Return the dumbbell back to the ground, and then perform a row with the other arm.

trainer doing dumbbell renegade row

Tim Liu, C.S.C.S.

Perform this for as many reps as you’re able to within a 45-second interval.

Keeping your core tight, lower your legs down to about an inch off the ground.

Use your core and lats to bring it back to starting position before performing another leg lift.

dumbbell pushups to shrink love handles for good

Tim Liu, C.S.C.S.

Perform this for as many reps as you could within 45 seconds.

leg lift pullover shrink love handles for good

Tim Liu, C.S.C.S.