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"One trick is to wear a heart-rate monitor when I’m lifting. I never let the rate dip below 140. It’s full-on."
"The first thing I do on location or vacation is to get a bike. I just do as much as I can to push myself."
"There are endless exercises for arms, but the basics are best—chin-ups and pushups."
"You’re either getting better or getting worse, but never stand still."
"Now I realize it’s all about athletics, health, and feeling good; the looks just come along with it."
"The key to my training is efficiency. I do a lot of circuit training and supersets. One to two body parts a day."
"I believe in doing squats whenever you can. If you can just do 10 squats when you think about it, that’s a good way to remember and get exercise incorporated into your day."
"In New York City, if I’m staying downtown and have a meeting uptown, I’ll put on my earphones, listen to great music, and just walk."
"Several days I'll do an hour of cardio, and several days a week I'll do an hour of strength training. On top of that, some days during the week I'll work out for two hours where I'll do an hour of cardio and an hour of MMA, or I'll do an hour of strength training and an hour of MMA- but I don't do that every day!"
"I wake up around 6:30, check my emails to make sure there are no fires, then head down to our home gym with a green tea. I don’t want to miss having breakfast with my family, so I get my workout checked off the to-do list. I do 20 minutes of cardio, 10 on the Bellicon trampoline, and 10 running stairs. I listen to music and audiobooks. It makes it go faster. I don’t love working out but does anyone? I love the way I feel afterward."
"Cardio is the key. I have a personal trainer who travels with me if we have a big event coming up. I work out every day, but I need a trainer to motivate me."
"I do power yoga and barre cardio, both of which I love. And I walk a lot. We've got a lovely dog so he needs lots of walking."
Depp loves working out and walks and stays active as much as she can to get the endorphins pumping. She says, "I think if you’re having a bad day, go and run around or walk around! I think it makes you feel better."
"I’m pretty bad at keeping fit other than the fact that I’m always moving around and running around. My show that I do every night is super active—there’s a lot of dancing and I jump around a lot."
"I ran the marathon in New York City which was a new challenge for the body and mind. There’s hope for anyone—if I can do it, anyone can. I swear I’ve never been a runner my whole life, so running a marathon is the most insane task that I never thought I’d be able to accomplish. But with training, it is possible, I promise. Running has been something I’ve gotten much more into. Also, I love light strength training—high reps using different weights and things that build long and lean muscle."
"I really love to dance, so I like to do Zumba. And I do boxing, yoga classes—all kinds of things. It's fun to mix it."
Sources:(Vogue) (Byrdie) (Muscle and Fitness)
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Her trick is to go to classes. Huntington-Whiteley has gone to fitness classes for the past five years.
"Running around keeps most of my body in check but I eat really badly when I’m traveling because I can’t help myself. It’s my comfort."
"I’ve always done the Tracey Anderson Method. When I lived in the States I went to Brentwood to her studio, but the streaming is brilliant—so easy and you can do it in your living room."
"Honestly, if I'm not in LA or New York, I'm not really working out. That's just the truth. But when I'm home I have a trainer and then I also like to go to Rumble Boxing."
"Running, even if you’re a professional, is difficult because there are so many factors—the weather, how you slept, what you ate, how your body’s doing. Every race, like every birth, is completely different and you don’t know what you’re going to get."
"I did ballet for a long time—that’s the best form of exercise. It’s elongating. And I’ve started boxing recently, which is really fun."
"I do a lot of things with little weights. I’ll put on a song that I really like and I’ll do bicep curls with five-pound weights for the duration of the song and just try to burn out."
"I like being trained by ballerinas."
When your job involves both looking good for cameras and eating food, you've got to have some holistic structure to your fitness regime. For Padma Lakshmi, award-winning cookbook author and 'Top Chef' host, there are no secrets involved.
"Honestly, the secret is just living in the gym," the 50-year-old told Daily Pop on August 30. "I spend a lot of time working out. I work out at least five or six days a week for one or two hours a day. I have to, because I'm working with food. I have two TV shows that both require me to eat a ton of food." She's referring to the series 'Taste the Nation,' of which she's also a host and travels the US sampling diverse food cultures of various immigrant groups.
"It just takes a lot of hard work but I'd rather eat more food that I enjoy and just put more time in in the gym than starve myself because that's not healthy and I'm not capable of that anyways," Lakshmi said, adding that when she's not traveling she also tries to stick to a plant-based diet.
It seems stars are always in fantastic shape. Some of them got their rocking bodies through sheer hard work and dedication, and others needed a helping hand to motivate them to get off the couch.
Finding a workout that's efficient in keeping us fit and healthy while not being too boring or agonizing is often the trick. Other times, it's all about pushing ourselves to the limit. One thing is for sure, we need a plan and we need to know or be shown what to do. To learn some tips and tricks from some of the biggest celebrities in the world on how to stay fit, healthy, and in great shape, click through the gallery.
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Padma Lakshmi reveals how she stays fit when her job is to eat food
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When your job involves both looking good for cameras and eating food, you've got to have some holistic structure to your fitness regime. For Padma Lakshmi, award-winning cookbook author and 'Top Chef' host, there are no secrets involved.
"Honestly, the secret is just living in the gym," the 50-year-old told Daily Pop on August 30. "I spend a lot of time working out. I work out at least five or six days a week for one or two hours a day. I have to, because I'm working with food. I have two TV shows that both require me to eat a ton of food." She's referring to the series 'Taste the Nation,' of which she's also a host and travels the US sampling diverse food cultures of various immigrant groups.
"It just takes a lot of hard work but I'd rather eat more food that I enjoy and just put more time in in the gym than starve myself because that's not healthy and I'm not capable of that anyways," Lakshmi said, adding that when she's not traveling she also tries to stick to a plant-based diet.
It seems stars are always in fantastic shape. Some of them got their rocking bodies through sheer hard work and dedication, and others needed a helping hand to motivate them to get off the couch.
Finding a workout that's efficient in keeping us fit and healthy while not being too boring or agonizing is often the trick. Other times, it's all about pushing ourselves to the limit. One thing is for sure, we need a plan and we need to know or be shown what to do. To learn some tips and tricks from some of the biggest celebrities in the world on how to stay fit, healthy, and in great shape, click through the gallery.