Has anyone had one particular exercise to get rid of side fat?

[beauch11]

I have been eating nothing but chicken, fish, and vegetables for the past two months. I do cardio at least 4-5 days a week, I left weights, and play sports 2-3 times a week. I am having a heck of a time getting rid of the stubborn side fat aka "love handles". Anyone have any good exercises that have worked for them?

[sixstring85]

I know a lot of people say you can't spot reduce. That is partially true because you can't isolate single areas to burn fat. Still, when you continue to work certain areas of the body on different days you can tone them up right? If not, guys wouldn't have leg and chest days they would just stick to doing total body workouts everyday. So while that is partially true about spot reducing you can still do exercises to improve it. 90% of you're progress involves diet. Calculate you're bmi https://www.acaloriecalculator.com and simply burn more than what you eat. That website can give you a good estimate of what you should be eating to go into a calorie deficit. Try this guys workout

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixNkUn-9tpM

[candlewax]

Sure, you can tone up those areas, but if there's still fat covering them, they won't show. Spot reducing is a COMPLETE myth.

[Tergeo]

You can't target fat loss, keep up the cardio and the good diet and you'll lose side fat soon enough (:

[beauch11]

That's kinda what I was thinking. I've been dropping fat like crazy all over the rest of my body. I bet this is just going to be the last to go. Damnit!!!

[candlewax]

That area is always the trickiest to get rid of. Spot reducing doesn't do anything, as was mentioned it being a myth.

The main questions are how much cardio are you doing on those days? As long as you're doing 40+ minutes daily, just give it time. It'll come off eventually. The fact that you said you're dropping it everywhere else is a good thing. Give it time.

[DailyAlice]

tough to get rid of love handles with just exercise. Keep dieting. It might be the last thing you lose.
But I've never had love handles so I don't really know, but maybe someone else can answer better than me

[beauch11]

I'm not dieting though. This is how I eat. I decided a few months ago I am going to eat clean and no junk forever. Fads don't work. You have to make lifestyle changes and since I've felt so good since I switched, I can't see ever going back to eating unhealthy again. Sure I'll eat a burger or have a few slices of pizza every once in a while, but those will be special times. I prefer to eat lean with lost of vegetables. It is good, plus you feel so much better!!!

[cheeseysouffle]

You can't spot reduce. It's a myth. You can however reduce weight by diet.

[beauch11]

So you're telling me all the girls that use the elliptical machine don't get toned asses from it? When you increase muscle in a certain area, you increase the fat burn. But take healthy eating out of the equation. I do that anyway. Very few carbs, and only whole grains and brown rice when I do eat them. Or fruits and vegetables of course. All lean proteins. So I figure there's got to be an exercise that would help. No?

[cheeseysouffle]

not just healthy diet, but negative calorie intake. Muscle does increase fat burn, but if you're eating the same amount of calories as you're expending, you can't lose weight.

Girls using the elliptical machine get toned butts from muscle development, it's also because of how female bodies work.

[beauch11]

I know for a fact I take in less than I burn each day. I am losing fat. It's just coming off from everywhere else. I've heard that stomach and side fat is the last to go, so I guess I have a little while to wait!!!

[cheeseysouffle]

yeah, it also depends on what body type you have. The most recent fat you gained is the first you're going to lose.

[beauch11]

I'm just gonna keep doing what I'm doing. Eventually it'll have to come off. It's not like I have a lot, I am just anxious to get my abs well defined. I can start to see each muscle now, just have to keep it going. I love that line between your obliques and abs that makes kind of an arc around them. That is starting to come in nice. Been a few years since I've seen it so it's a nice and welcome change!!! Do you know of any exercises that will make the hip muscle? AKA the do me muscle? You know the one that goes from a guy's lower abs to their groin?

[cheeseysouffle]

are you kidding me? I'm sluggo-supreme. I'm just starting to do weight lifting.

[beauch11]

Thought I'd ask. I can statrt to see those too, but I want them to really stand out. I've always liked how they look. See I am blessed and I am cursed by genetics. I build muscle at a very fast pace. In college when I played football, I had no problem packing on muscle in a hurry. I've been accused of being on steroids several times in my life although I've never actually seen a steroid in person. But, the flipside is, the guys in my family are predisposed to have fat on their sides and face. When I quit playing ball, I gained weight. I quit going to the gym because I was burned out. So I got fat. I decided I'm tired of that too and like being healthy and fit. So that's why I'm at it again. I lost weight in my face first, but I suspect my sides will be the last to go.

[sean1234]

You can only lose fat everywhere at the same time.