Do your attempts at losing those love handles qualify as major flops?

If so, take heart 'cause you've just stumbled upon a bundle of unique love handle exercises and workout tips;

These waist-trimming goodies will put you on track to slash the flab and vanish that spare tire for good…

How to work lower abs is actually a dual process:

1- You have to develop your oblique muscles.

2- You have to follow a sound and highly effective fat burning strategy to complement your training efforts.

Let us first tackle the oblique developing techniques by detailing the most effective exercises and workout strategies:

It's a fact: Toned obliques give you trimmer love handles.

The obliques are those muscles found at both sides of your trunk; they are mainly responsible for rotating it and flexing it to the side.

Therefore, the movements that are going to tone your obliques mimic those same functions; i.e. lateral flexion and rotation.

Now to effectively stimulate your side muscles, you have to forsake the high-rep approaches and train with weights. That's right! And oh, don't worry about overdeveloping your loves handles; this won't happen if you follow the instructions I'm going to give you…

So here we go with the first lower abdominal workout:

Side Deadlifts:

Not exactly a side-bending movement, this rarely used drill is hands-down the BEST oblique-developing exercise.

Its influence is a result of the continuous workload applied during the motion.

The effort should be directed on staying tight and controlling the weight instead of side-bending.

Here's how to execute it:

- Stand upright with a barbell on your side (loaded according to your strength).

- The beginning position should be the same as of a regular deadlift, except
you're grabbing the bar from the side with one arm.

So you: 1- Go down

2- Grab the bar

3- Stand up, keeping your body tight throughout the movement

The key here is NOT to side-bend, but to stay Straight and maintain balance during the movement; you might want to extend your opposite arm to preserve this balance.