{Day 24} Losing Love handles

{Day 24}

New here? Make sure to check out day 1  and my introduction to my 

31 day of Health and Exercise series for the month of October

Thank you for reading and coming along with journey with me

I hope to inspire and motivate you through this series  

 Today I am going to talk about 

exercises that can help you lose those blasted love handles

I had a baby 9 weeks ago and am still trying to get rid

of the love handles those are always what stay on me the longest 

after having a baby and seem to be the hardest to get rid of 

so here are some exercise I put together in this post to help me 

and you get rid of them

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
do 3 sets of 10

 Roll and Curl

 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
do 3 sets of 10

 Medicine-Ball Twist

  Lie face up 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

do three sets of ten

Side Crunch

 Lie on the floor, on your right side, legs straight

 Squeeze your bottom and pull your belly button back in towards your spine

 Rest your head on your arm

 Place your left hand on the floor in front of you for balance

Flex your feet Keep your left leg straight and raise it in line with

 your body until you feel your obliques tightening,

 and hold for a couple of seconds

 Lower your leg with control

 Do 10 reps on each side

 Oblique Crunches  

Lay down on the ground Get your legs in a 90 degree angle 

The hard part right here, is to lift your feet off the ground 

Place both of your hands behind your head

Contract your stomach muscles and touch your left knee with your right elbow

 (Hold this position for 20 seconds) Get back to the rest position

Touch your right knee with you left elbow this time

Make sure to do a minimum of 10 repetitions for each side

Abdominal Bicycles

 Lay down on your back, while both of your hands are holding the outside of your head

 Keep your  knees bent and both feet just above the floor

Bring your left elbow and right knee towards each other, 

while at the same time extending your left leg straight forward and holding it in the air

Try to simulate riding on a bicycle by doing this love handle workout

 while switching sides again and again

Trunk Twists

 Start off in a seated position with your feet extended out 

and the medicine ball or weight at your chest heights 

Tilt back with your back straight and chest out to around 45 degrees from the floor

Once in the start position rotate to one side, 

touch the floor with the medicine ball or weight

 and then rotate to the other side and touch the floor

To ensure that you are maximizing the exercise and getting a full trunk rotation,

 have your head rotate with you’re the rest of your upper torso

 Be sure to breathe out with each touch and keep your back straight at or around 45 degrees

Oblique T Twist

Lie on your side, staying on your side push up so you are
leaning on one arm, your body is straight and your other arm is up in the air making a T
  Sweep the arm down, across and under your body and reach as far back as possible
 Keep your hips high and your body straight
 Untwist and take your arm back to the start

Upright Side Oblique Crunch 

While on the ground utilize your right arm as a post

 and hold yourself up with your hips barely off the ground, 

legs straight, and feet together

Place your left hand behind your head and while maintaining a neutral spine, 

breathe out while thrusting your hips toward the ceiling

 Hold for one second, and then return to the starting position

 Complete a full set on one side before moving to the other

Standing Oblique crunch 

Stand with feet slightly wider than hip-width apart,
with your weight on your right leg and a 3- to 5-pound dumbbell in your left hand
Stretch your left hand up and overhead to the right so you feel a stretch in your left side waist
  Crunch your torso to the left,
 bringing your left knee up and left elbow down toward each
 other as if trying to crack a nut between your ribs
Return to previous position Do 12–15 reps, then switch sides and repeat

I Challenge you to try these lose your love handles exercises
and let me know what you think

 Come back tomorrow for another Health and Exercise Tip

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