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Losing belly fat/love handles

  • 30-09-2015 4:30pm
    #1
    scuderia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 87 ✭✭


    Hi

    Recently after a year of dieting and running I have lost quite a bit of weight.

    However, I still have belly fat and love handles(or whatever you call them).

    I am 6 ft 4 inches and weigh about 90kg.

    Everywhere I read online, it says that doing crunches and other abdominal exercises won't get rid of fat because you cannot target one single area. All that is true, fat falls of your body in different places and not from one place.

    So my question is what is the best way to get rid of love handles without losing any more weight. I would like to remain 90kg as it is already below my ideal weight but get a slim body without love handles (fat on the sides). Could anyone that has solved this for themselves please give me a heads up.

    Any help is appreciated greatly!

    Thanks


Comments

  • #2
    b_mac2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 454 ✭✭b_mac2


    Cardio and compound lifts, topped with a clean, high protein calorie deficit diet.


  • #3
    fermanagh_man
    Registered Users Posts: 810 ✭✭✭fermanagh_man


    I'd swear by this method, you can mix it up if you want, sometimes I just pick 7 other weeks do the 12

    The routine involves the following twelve exercises performed for 30 seconds each with 10-second rest/transition periods before the next move:

    Jumping jacks
    Wall sit
    Push-up
    Abdominal crunch
    Step-up onto chair
    Squat
    Triceps dip on chair
    Plank
    High knees/running in place
    Lunge
    Push-up and rotation
    Side plank


  • #4
    Zillah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,371 ✭✭✭✭Zillah


    Your bmi at those stats is borderline overweight (24.1) - you are by no means at your ideal weight. That said, body composition is more important right now than total weight for you. You'd want to gain more muscle and lose body fat. You could stay the same weight but have no belly at all. I'm actually very near your stats, 6'5" and 89kg, but I've barely a scrap of fat on me.

    Do less running, do a lot of weight lifting. That way you can lose fat, gain muscle, and stay roughly the same weight.

    Total calories also isn't the only thing that matters. If you're carb heavy and low protein it doesn't really matter what you do, you're going to end up flabby even if not overweight per se.


  • #5
    juicydublin
    Registered Users Posts: 19 ✭juicydublin


    fermanagh_man wrote: »
    I'd swear by this method, you can mix it up if you want, sometimes I just pick 7 other weeks do the 12

    The routine involves the following twelve exercises performed for 30 seconds each with 10-second rest/transition periods before the next move:

    Jumping jacks
    Wall sit
    Push-up
    Abdominal crunch
    Step-up onto chair
    Squat
    Triceps dip on chair
    Plank
    High knees/running in place
    Lunge
    Push-up and rotation
    Side plank

    Do you do this every day? sounds hard core but I like it!


  • #6
    designgirl
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭designgirl


    fermanagh_man wrote: »
    I'd swear by this method, you can mix it up if you want, sometimes I just pick 7 other weeks do the 12

    The routine involves the following twelve exercises performed for 30 seconds each with 10-second rest/transition periods before the next move:

    Jumping jacks
    Wall sit
    Push-up
    Abdominal crunch
    Step-up onto chair
    Squat
    Triceps dip on chair
    Plank
    High knees/running in place
    Lunge
    Push-up and rotation
    Side plank

    Like this, thanks!


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