“Love handles:” A cute name for a not-so-cute thing.
Unfortunately,getting rid of love handlescan be a challenge because they’re often quite stubborn.
Combined with a healthy diet and lifestyle habits, you’ll start toslim down your waistline.
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The best way to drop those handles is to use heavier strength exercises.
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Keep your chest high and elbows up and squeezed together.
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Stand shoulder-width apart with your toes slightly out.
Start the movement by sitting backward and spreading your knees apart.
Descend below parallel while keeping your lower back flat.
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At the bottom, drive through your heels and keep your knees apart.
Keep your chest high and elbows up and squeezed together throughout.
Grab two dumbbells, and hold them by your shoulders.
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Keep your core tight and your glutes squeezed, and push the dumbbells directly overhead.
At the top, your biceps should be next to your ears.
Don’t lean back or arch your lower back.
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Trap Bar Deadlifts
Deadlifts are just as great as squats.
Unfortunately, some people struggle with traditional barbell deadlifts.
Stand at the center of a trap bar with your feet hip-width apart and your toes straight ahead.
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Keep your knees soft, and bend at your hip, grabbing the handles.
Keep your shins perpendicular to the ground and your lower back flat.
Drive through your heels, and push your hips forward to stand straight up.
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Squeeze your glutes at the top.
Reverse the movement to lower the weight.
Place one foot on a box or bench.
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Pull all your weight on that foot, and drive yourself up by pushing through your heel.
Avoid pushing off with your bottom leg.
Because that’s where the foundation is.
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Squeeze your shoulder blades together, and keep your body straight like a plank.
TRX Pushups
Regular pushups are already an awesome upper-body exercise.
Face away from the anchor point with TRX handles in each hand.
Get into a pushup position with your hands about shoulder-width apart.
Keep your lower back flat, and don’t let your hips sag.
Lower yourself, and keep your elbows close to your body as you descend.
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Chin-ups
Put away those dinky bicep curl variations!
If you want a huge fat-burning effect, chin-ups are the way to go.
Grab a pull-up bar with your palms facing toward you, and start by squeezing your shoulder blades together.
Pull yourself up, and lead with your chest.
Aerobic Exercise
Aerobic exercise wraps up our list of the best exercises to melt love handles.
This refers to “traditional” steady-state cardio: Jogging, biking, hiking, rowing, etc.
