8 Exercises to Reduce Love Handles and Belly fat

By Aadhaya | April 6, 2018

6. Crunches:

Crunches are old school, but the key to using them is to keep going until it burns!

How to Do:

Lie down on your back with your knees bent at a 45-degree angle.
Place your hands across your chest and crunch upward, lifting only your upper back off the ground.
Leave your lower back on the ground.
Then come back down, but just before your shoulders touch the ground, crunch upward again.
Throughout the movement, do not relax your abdominal muscles but keep them consistently tense.

7. Flutter Kicks:

Abdominal flutter kicks predominantly targets your abdominal muscles, working the lower abs in particular. They are also a superb workout for your hip flexors, where a large extent of the effect is felt when you are performing repetitions. Your middle and upper abs will also feel stimulation from this exercise and you will get a great overall workout by including this movement into your overall abdominal training routine. Performing the abdominal flutter kicks near the end of a workout will also improve your endurance levels.

How To Do:

Lie on your back with your head and shoulders lifted off the floor and your hands behind your head.
With both legs extended and toes pointed lift your right leg off the floor.
And raise your left leg just a few inches off the ground.
Drop your right leg swiftly down so that it hovers a few inches off the ground.
And simultaneously raise your left leg up towards the ceiling.
Without pause, alternate back and forth.
Up and down on each leg is one repetition. Aim for 6 – 8 repetitions.

8. Leg Raises With Hip Lifts:

How to Do:

Lie down on your back with legs extended and hands by your side.
Slowly raise your legs up until they reach vertical.
Once they reach vertical, continue lifting until your hips also come off the ground.
Then slowly bring your legs back down, but before they touch the ground, raise them back up again.
Make sure you keep pushing your back into the ground so that it does not arch during the movement,
and keep your abs tense throughout the whole set.