How To Lose Love Handles The Unconventional Way

If you want to know how to lose love handles, then you’re going to have to open up your mind a little bit. The reason is because love handles are extremely stubborn. They are always the last part of the fat to leave your body if you’re trying to diet down to low levels in order to get that six pack. It can be done, but first you need patience. Without patience, you’re going to get frustrated and sabotage your diet and program.

Trust me, been there done that.

You also are going to need to start doing the opposite of what you’re currently doing. One of the biggest reasons I have seen people struggle with losing their love handles is because they have been stuck in a rut doing the same thing over and over again. That is NOT the way to go about things. It won’t get you anywhere. Remember, insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. It’s just not going to happen. A good example of this is slow boring cardio.

Generally, slow boring cardio is one of the worst things you can do to lose stubborn body fat. It can serve a purpose but when you’re doing it all the time for months on end, your body becomes accustomed to this type of training. And because it’s quite easy, your body adapts that much faster. Therefore, you burn less and less calories over time. Not cool if you ask me. Especially if you’re whole goal is to drop pounds of belly fat fast. So what’s the complete opposite of slow boring cardio? Simple, interval training.

Interval training in my opinion is one of the best and fastest ways to increase your metabolism, to get in shape but also to get you ripped up fast. There are numerous reasons for this and one of them is because of a little known term called EPOC. EPOC stands for excess post oxygen consumption. This variable goes hand in hand with your metabolism. So when your excess post oxygen consumption levels are increased after an intense interval training workout, your metabolism is therefore increased. And this increase over the baseline limit can stay that way for hours on end. This phenomenon never happens with slow boring cardio. It’s just too easy for your body to get through.

The only real benefit that I see slow boring cardio would be for very large and heavily muscled individuals. The reason is because you risk losing zero muscle mass and there’s no stress placed on your joints. But you would have to do 6-12 hours’ worth a week to get the same results as a couple of intense interval training sessions.

And by interval training sessions, I don’t exclusively mean cardio workouts, but those are great to drop a ton of belly fat fast. One of my favorite ways is through sprints, if you can do them, or even hill sprints. It’s real simple, just drive around and find a big hill. Sprint up and down as hard and as fast as you can. Do this for 30 minutes trying to get in as many cycles as possible. I guarantee you’ll be panting, sweating and totally wiped out after this workout. But the neat thing is your metabolism would be through the roof as well as your excess post oxygen consumption levels. And the only way to bring these levels back down to baseline is through your body burning up calories specifically from fat in order to get the job done. That’s the beauty of EPOC and interval training to lose your love handles.

But you don’t have to exclusively do sprints or cardio workouts. You can make the same thing happen with the use of metabolic conditioning workouts. These types of workouts are the combination of weighted resistance training with cardio conditioning drills. These type of workout by far is the toughest to get through BUT provides the most bang for your  buck when it comes to increasing excess post oxygen consumption levels and increasing your metabolism for hours on end. Here is a sample workout that you can do in the comfort of your own home without any equipment.

A1) Body Weight Squats

A2) Pushups

A3) Mountain Climbers

Perform each exercise in a row for 30 seconds of time. Get as many reps as you can in that time period. Once you’ve gone through all 3 exercises, it’s time to take a short break, rest and repeat the sequence 2 more times.

B1) Jumping Jacks

B2) Bench Dips

B3) Pullups

Perform each exercise in a row for 30 seconds of time. Get as many reps as you can in that time period. Once you’ve gone through all 3 exercises, it’s time to take a short break, rest and repeat the sequence 2 more times.

C1) Planks

C2) T-Pushups

C3) Burpees

Perform each exercise in a row for 30 seconds of time. Get as many reps as you can in that time period. Once you’ve gone through all 3 exercises, it’s time to take a short break, rest and repeat the sequence 2 more times.

And there you have it, an easy to follow body weight metabolic resistance training workout that you can do in the comfort of your own home without any equipment. For the bench dips, you can use any type of folding chair up against a wall. For the pull-ups, all you need is a bar and that’s about it. You just need to get creative when you don’t have any equipment to train with.

All in all, if you want to learn how to lose love handles, you just need to go usually against the grain. By doing the same thing over and over again, week in and week out, month by month you’re drastically cutting down your chances of success. There is no need to keep doing the same over and over again. The more “friction” you can cause inside of your body, the more fat you’ll be able to drop in a quicker time frame. Just remember that one key concept and you’ll reach your goals without a problem.

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