How To Get Rid Of The Love Handles After Pregnancy

One change your body undergoes during pregnancy is to lose a significant amount of muscle tone in the abdominal and hip area. While you may be able to continue to gain muscle tone in the arms and legs it is dangerous to exercise the muscles which are stretching over the abdomen to accommodate your growing baby. This means after delivery your abdominal muscles will be weaker and more stretched than they ever have been before. These love handle "guests" are often unwanted and sometimes difficult to get rid of. Actually, the correct name for these muscle are the obliques, or the muscles on these sides and anterior part of the abdomen which is an area often left behind or underdeveloped in many work out routines which usually focus on the center abdominal muscles. Losing these love handle requires a two pronged approach. In other words it is necessary to lose the fat as well as tone the muscles in order to get rid of that lose flab on the sides of the hips. ...