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Abdominal Exercises: Exercise Your Oblique Muscles to Get Rid of the Love Handles
31 March 2009 9:30 pm
Truth be told, no amount of abdominal crunches will get rid of your love handles. Spending 30mins on a treadmill will do more for that spare tyre than 30mins of crunches. If you want to lose the annoying flab around your middle, first determine is it fat or muscle. If you bear down and grab the loose skin around your belly button, that is not muscle, it is fat (and skin). Dig deep with your fingers and you will feel the muscle. Does that feel firm or flabby? In fact most of us have a pretty good six pack, it’s sometimes just hidden under a doona of body fat!
The core abdominal muscles underneath our bodyfat are extremely important for stabilising our entire body and protecting our backs from injury. They can certainly affect the shape of our torso even if there is excess bodyfat around them. So just because you can’t spot
reduce fat, doesn’t mean you skip your abs session, you still should be doing some strengthening of your core. Your internal and external oblique muscles (see diagram) are responsible for any twisting movement your torso makes. They stabilise the trunk and help protect the back. Well defined obliques help to narrow the waist giving men the V shape they want and women their sexy hour glass figue. Follow these five effective oblique exercises and your sides will be aching tomorrow!
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