"Love handles"...what a "lovely" term, right? Then why is it that love handles actually aren't lovely at all? Even a downright embarrassment?
During my long career as a fitness professional, I have had thousands of desperate people contact me, hoping to learn the secret of how to get rid of love handles fast and forever. For most of these people, contacting me seemed to be a last resort after failing to lose their love handles with traditional methods.
Most people think there is a simple, easy way to rid yourself of love handles...basically, do more cardio and high repetitions of oblique exercises (including side-bending and rotational movements) and eat less.
Unfortunately this simple plan may seem logical but in reality it yields very few results. This article will help to explore why this supposedly "simple" plan is so ineffective.
Typically, a weight loss regimen will require you to eat less while exercising more. When following a plan like this, you will more often than not lose water weight and lean muscle yet see very little fat loss.
Additionally, working the sides of your waist directly will not burn the fat that lies on top of the muscle. The human body simply doesnt work that way! And even worse, many of these ill-advised abdominal exercises actually cause the oblique muscles to build up. This leads to an even wider waist, which is the exact opposite effect that we are looking for.
The best way to lost stubborn body fat is to create a protocol to encourage the building and maintaining of lean muscle while stimulating the metabolism. I know that love handle fat is the MOST stubborn fat of all, but throughout many years of trial and error research, I have created a fool proof plan to attack love handles once and for all!
1) Perform intense sprint training- Sprinting is the best cardio activity to burn body fat, ignite your metabolism and simultaneously work your waist.
2) Engage in a properly designed resistance training program- Resistance training is of the greatest importance in any fat loss protocol. But be very careful not to use a high rep approach exclusively. This is very popular among some well known fat loss experts, but is the kiss of death for anyone who truly wants permanent fat loss results.
When you are using only high reps you can actually lose LEAN muscle during the fat loss process; when this happens there is a negative effect on your metabolism slowing down your fat loss.
Resistance training is very important when creating a powerful fat loss program. For optimal results the best way to do this is to mix higher rep exercises with lower rep exercises.
3) Make sure you have a variety of calories. When you wan to lose fat you need to create a "caloric deficit" which will (over time) cause your matabolism to slow down. Unfortunately this slowdown is something you cannot avoid when using following these regimen.
To prevent this negative effect, you must not stay in a caloric deficit for longer than 5 consecutive days. So I suggest that you decrease your calories for 3-5 days and then eat up for one or two days to replenish your glycogen stores and give your metabolic rate a much needed boost.
The most critical thing to remember when you want to lose stubborn body fat is keep your metabolism in check. You'll notice that each aspect of this program has a metabolism-boosting effect to ensure adequate fat-burning.
Now that you have this newfound knowledge of how to create the lean midsection you've always wanted--get to work? What are you waiting for? - 15255
During my long career as a fitness professional, I have had thousands of desperate people contact me, hoping to learn the secret of how to get rid of love handles fast and forever. For most of these people, contacting me seemed to be a last resort after failing to lose their love handles with traditional methods.
Most people think there is a simple, easy way to rid yourself of love handles...basically, do more cardio and high repetitions of oblique exercises (including side-bending and rotational movements) and eat less.
Unfortunately this simple plan may seem logical but in reality it yields very few results. This article will help to explore why this supposedly "simple" plan is so ineffective.
Typically, a weight loss regimen will require you to eat less while exercising more. When following a plan like this, you will more often than not lose water weight and lean muscle yet see very little fat loss.
Additionally, working the sides of your waist directly will not burn the fat that lies on top of the muscle. The human body simply doesnt work that way! And even worse, many of these ill-advised abdominal exercises actually cause the oblique muscles to build up. This leads to an even wider waist, which is the exact opposite effect that we are looking for.
The best way to lost stubborn body fat is to create a protocol to encourage the building and maintaining of lean muscle while stimulating the metabolism. I know that love handle fat is the MOST stubborn fat of all, but throughout many years of trial and error research, I have created a fool proof plan to attack love handles once and for all!
1) Perform intense sprint training- Sprinting is the best cardio activity to burn body fat, ignite your metabolism and simultaneously work your waist.
2) Engage in a properly designed resistance training program- Resistance training is of the greatest importance in any fat loss protocol. But be very careful not to use a high rep approach exclusively. This is very popular among some well known fat loss experts, but is the kiss of death for anyone who truly wants permanent fat loss results.
When you are using only high reps you can actually lose LEAN muscle during the fat loss process; when this happens there is a negative effect on your metabolism slowing down your fat loss.
Resistance training is very important when creating a powerful fat loss program. For optimal results the best way to do this is to mix higher rep exercises with lower rep exercises.
3) Make sure you have a variety of calories. When you wan to lose fat you need to create a "caloric deficit" which will (over time) cause your matabolism to slow down. Unfortunately this slowdown is something you cannot avoid when using following these regimen.
To prevent this negative effect, you must not stay in a caloric deficit for longer than 5 consecutive days. So I suggest that you decrease your calories for 3-5 days and then eat up for one or two days to replenish your glycogen stores and give your metabolic rate a much needed boost.
The most critical thing to remember when you want to lose stubborn body fat is keep your metabolism in check. You'll notice that each aspect of this program has a metabolism-boosting effect to ensure adequate fat-burning.
Now that you have this newfound knowledge of how to create the lean midsection you've always wanted--get to work? What are you waiting for? - 15255
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