Nobody actually "loves" their love handles...a.k.a. muffintops.

So what can you do to get RID of them?

Obviously, losing extra fat is the first step...

...however, those love handle fat deposits can be EXTREMELY stubborn on many people (maybe you?)...

...and sometimes simply losing some extra fat just doesn't deliver the results you want...no bulging rolls hanging over the sides of your pants!

The solution to reducing your love handles is tightening up the muscles UNDERNEATH the extra fat.

And I'll tell you right up front...ab exercises won't burn fat directly from that area. What they WILL do is tighten up the muscles UNDER the area so the fat doesn't bulge out as much, giving you the immediate APPEARANCE of smaller love handles.

For a tighter waist, this approach flat-out WORKS.

My favorite exercise for accomplishing this is the Trunk Twist with a Twist.

The setup for this one is simple. Put a bar or stick across your shoulders with your hands over the top and arms stretched out to the sides. Stand with your feet about a foot apart.

Now begin to twist your upper body around to the left side.

Here is the key...while you are twisting, keep your head facing STRAIGHT FORWARD instead of turning your head along with your torso as you normally would. This is extremely important! If you turn your head, the exercise will be useless!

The idea here is to imagine like you're trying to touch your left hip bone to your right shoulder while rotating the shoulders and keeping your head forward. It's almost like wringing out a wet towel.

It's a good idea to do this exercise in front of a mirror (if you have one available), so you can see exactly what is going on. Look straight at yourself in the mirror and DO NOT move your head while you twist your torso (in fact, for a little extra squeeze, you can try to look as much as you can the OPPOSITE way).

Keep twisting all the way around until you've turned as far as you can. When doing this twist, I like to try to tilt the bar down a bit towards the side I'm twisting to. This helps to increase the activation of the obliques by bending the torso over to the side a bit.

At the maximum point of the twist, squeeze the oblique area (right where your love handles are), contracting it AS HARD AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN and holding it for 3 to 5 seconds. This is the "money" part of the exercise. The actual twist only serves to get you into that position!

You should tense it up like somebody is about to punch you in the side, right under the rib cage and you have to brace for impact.

When you've squeezed everything out of the left side, rotate around to the right side and do the same thing.

It's a simple exercise mechanic...keeping your head and your hips forward will make a HUGE difference in how this exercise feels and works.

Here's the side view. You can see in the first picture how I'm bringing my left knee forward a bit to help keep the hip forward.

 

To get the best results out of this exercise, perform it at the end of every single workout you do. Do just one or two sets of between 15 and 30 reps, squeezing the obliques HARD on every single rep.

You WILL notice a difference in the tightness of your waist very quickly.

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Now, if you want a COMPLETE PROGRAM for addressing your love handles, my friend and colleague, Todd Kuslikis, has the exercise solution for you...

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And just so you know up front, when you do pick up his LH5 program, (and at $1, that's DIRT CHEAP), you'll also get a 14-day trial membership to Todd's "Bodyweight Physique Academy" site where you'll get a ridiculous amount of information on how to build muscle and strength and get LEAN using bodyweight training methods. If, at any time, you feel it's not for you, you can easily cancel, no questions asked, and never get charged an additional dime.

Todd is good friend of mine...and a MASTER of effective bodyweight training...exercises and programs that you can do at home or when travelling for GREAT results.

Bottom line, if you want to shred those Love Handles of yours, for just a buck, you really can't go wrong with his LH5 program.

Nick Nilsson
The "Mad Scientist of Muscle"