{"id":7649,"date":"2009-04-27T01:00:51","date_gmt":"2009-04-27T06:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=7649"},"modified":"2009-04-23T23:35:46","modified_gmt":"2009-04-24T04:35:46","slug":"dont-overlook-obliques-to-reduce-love-handles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/04\/dont-overlook-obliques-to-reduce-love-handles\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Overlook Obliques to Reduce Love Handles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/top-8-oblique-exercises\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-977\" title=\"oblique muscles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/oblique-muscles.jpg\" alt=\"oblique muscles\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" \/><\/a>People often focus on crunches and sit-ups and forget about the <a title=\"obliques\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/top-8-oblique-exercises\/\" target=\"_self\">obliques<\/a>. Crunches and sit-ups\u00a0work the rectus abdominis while not really isolating the oblique muscles.\u00a0 The obliques consist of the internal and external obliques and are often referred to as &#8220;love handles.&#8221; Rotation and lateral flexion of the spine are the main &#8220;jobs&#8221; or movements\u00a0of the internal and external obliques. The tranversus abdominis is similar to the obliques, but it is mainly used for posture, balance, and stability.<\/p>\n<p>Twisting and turning the spine is a very sensitive subject, so be very careful while performing these movements. Try not to use too much weight or over rotate\u00a0because this compromises the spine and could lead to future problems.<\/p>\n<p>Below are a few of the top obliques exercises, and I recommend performing two or three sets of 20 to 30 repetitions.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Good Luck!<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/www.physicalfitnet.com\/video_syndication\/embed\/js.aspx?chid=161&amp;pid=7CD58ACC584612579209C593BF6B6F47\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People often focus on crunches and sit-ups and forget about the obliques. Crunches and sit-ups\u00a0work the rectus abdominis while not really isolating the oblique muscles.\u00a0 The obliques consist of the internal and external obliques and are often referred to as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/04\/dont-overlook-obliques-to-reduce-love-handles\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[490,832,1476],"class_list":["post-7649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fitness","tag-abs","tag-muscles","tag-obliques"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7649"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7697,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7649\/revisions\/7697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}