Male love handles appear at the top of the thighs and are really an extension of abdominal belly fat. In getting rid of love handles, men will also find that the belly fat is reduced. So how do we go about getting rid of male love handles? As with all weight loss attempts, a structured approach that includes a nutritional and healthy diet balance with regular non-strenuous exercise.
Don’t work too hard
Being a guy you might think that a good hard work-out on any of the many available machines that now grace the average gymnasium might help. Contrary to this belief, when the body engages in strenuous workout that requires a rest period before continuing for example bench pressing weights, and similar hard exercise involving weights will actually burn protein and not fat during these type of workouts.
This is going to have a negative effect on body shape improvement and in particular if you want to get rid of love handles, men need to l help take a much less aggressive approach to exercise. With this in mind the type of exercise that will get rid of love handles will be something like cycling, power walking, and swimming.
Exercise should only be taken twice a day at most and be for a maximum of 30 minutes, that’s 15 minutes per session. This type of training needs to be regular, every day if possible. The whole idea is to exercise at a rate where your body metabolizes fat rather than protein.
Male Love Handles – Smooth Operator
In addition to help the body metabolize fat more quickly, a daily smoothie made with a protein supplement can further help in weight reduction in general and will directly target fat. Using fresh fruits in the smoothie will further assist in fat reduction.
The protein supplement contains important amino acids which allow fat metabolism to take place and a much higher rate than normal. This puts no particular extra demand on the body but can make weight loss a much quicker process. There are others that help in reducing abdominal fat. In particular;
Nuts are high in protein and contain healthy fats which keep the body nourished, reduce hunger, and aid in burning calories.
Eggs contain large amounts of vitamins B12, scientifically shown to be a fat burner.
Tomatoes contain carnitine amino acid that has been shown to increase the fat burn-rate in the digestive system by over 30% – This is a very impressive statistic!
Keeping away from snacks and sugary foods is important and avoiding hydrogenated vegetable oil and using olive oil instead; olive oil is another great source of omega-3 fatty acids and when used to cook can make the resulting meal last longer in the stomach thereby increasing the time between meals and obviating the need for snacks in between.
For breakfast, a bowl of oatmeal can provide energy that lasts well into the day, also keeps you feeling full and therefore avoids the urge to snack. Replacing red meat once or twice a week with another high protein source such as beans can help too.
Male Love Handles – Pain Free
So if you need to get rid of those male love handles get yourself a non-strenuous exercise plan, restock your pantry and refrigerator and consider protein smoothies as a replacement for one meal a day – it’s quite easy to do and unlike a thousand bench presses, it’s painless!