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Easy Exercises for Moms

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Love-handle minimizer
Tones the oblique muscles (the waist)
Love Handle Minimizer exercise

• Stand up straight, with your legs hip-width apart.

• Contract your abdominal muscles to engage your core, and hold your baby (or a 10-pound medicine ball) slightly out in front of your chest, with your elbows bent at a 45-degree angle. Be sure to keep your shoulders down and relaxed.

• Swivel at your waist to the left. Hold this position for 3 seconds.

•Swivel back to your center.

• Swivel to your right, holding the position for 3 seconds. Then come back to the center.

• Do 2 to 3 sets of 5 to 10 repetitions.

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