Stay Fit like a Celebrity

Everyone loves a good work out session, but do we really know what the best and most effect routines are? We could take a page out of some of our very own celebrities workout manuals. Here are some tips and tricks from them to get your body in top shape!

Halle Berry:
When it comes to being fit and beautiful in Hollywood, you don’t get much more gorgeous than Halle Berry. So just how does this mother and 44-year-old stay looking as in shape as a 20-year-old? With a neat combination of Strength training, kickboxing and cardio workouts on hills. That coupled with a healthy diet that includes lots of fresh produce, lean proteins, complex carbs and plenty of water.

Gewn Stefani:
Rockstar, Icon, fashion mogul and mother of two kids, Gwen Stefani has been trend setter since her No Doubt days. Between her busy schedule making music she still has time to get in a good work out. Her routine includes weight lifting, an intense ab workout, eating healthy and puting family activities above everything to keep her active. Our very own Hollaback girl has the body that most women half her age can only dream of.

Heidi Klum:
There’s a reason Heidi Klum is known as “The Body,” and she’s been working on it for years, on and off the runway. To keep in stunning shape for all her ventures, Heidi works out with LA-based trainer Andrea Orbeck. Heidi’s must-do fitness moves has two that focus on toning the tush and one to perfect posture.

Charlize Theron:
This Hollywood hottie has played roles where she has had to put on and drop off weight in close to no time, she sticks to a strict regimented diet and stays in shape with a ballet inspired workout. This 37 year old doesn’t look anything like her age and continues have a massive fan following all over the world.

Kate Beckinsale:
The underworld star has one of the most desired bodies in Hollywood. To keep this hot bod is shape she uses a 3-2-1 method using cardio, circuits and core work. She started with a Yoga-inspired stretches such as sun salutations and downward dogs to help the blood flow in all the major muscles groups. Diet wise, the Underworld star usually eats eggs of oats for breakfast during filming, a vegetable or chicken wrap for lunch, then fish and veg for dinner. She doesn’t give up on all her treats though.

Penelope Cruz:
Penelope Cruz is a supple and lean Spanish actress who maintains a healthy lifestyle as well as a positive attitude. Her figure has been kept in shape because of years of dancing nd has maintained her long and lean ballerina form by continuing to participate in dance classes whenever possible. With a combination of cardio and strength training 5 days a week she adds on to those dances classes.

Eva Mendes:
Actress Eva Mendes may be less famous than fellow Latina beauties Jennifer Lopez, Eva Longoria and Sofia Vergara, but she’s a regular on “hottest women” lists, thanks to her healthy diet and active ifestyle. She runs about 4-5 times a week and she does eat meat! In addition to running (which includes sprinting and interval training), the lithe 5-foot-6-inch Mendes also does an hour of weight-training and yoga several days a week. Eva’s diet isn’t restrictive, but is based on portion control and consuming high-quality proteins.

The Victoria’s Secret Workout:
the Victoria’s Secret workout is used to get the world’s sexiest women catwalk-ready. While you might not be getting ready for a spin on the catwalk, you too can get a heavenly figure thanks to the three-step plan used by the Victoria’s Secret Angels. Apart from a warm up the workout simply focuses on arm workouts through boxing, Leg work outs and finally the Core workouts that push the abs to give them that toned figure.

Jennifer Anniston:
Aniston can credit longtime yoga teacher, wellness advisor, and dear friend, Mandy Ingber, for keeping her body, mind, and soul in tip-top shape. She has been working with Aniston for 3-4 days a week since 2005. The results have spoken for themselves. Though the pair didn’t have an ultimate goal, Aniston’s body has never looked better! Sun Salutes that work out the arms, abs and legs, Tree Pose that works out the Inner-thighs, core, and mental focus, and Yoga poses make up her Routine.

Jessica Biel:
The Total recall star did some serious martial-arts training, and while high kicks look cool on the big screen, combat sports aren’t Jessica’s usual workout. Walking, Biking or Running, whatever it is, Jessica loves the outdoors for her Cardio. Jessica has handled 40-pound artillery for a movie role and is a fan of circuit training. Celeb trainer Jason Walsh, who has spent time working with Jessica, describes their workouts as grueling. A well-rounded workout routine should include a healthy dose of stretching, something Jessica knows all too well.

Have you ever asked yourself the question “How did it get so late so soon?”, while you got caught up in everyday hustle and bustle you completely forgot to live. Take time to realize what you want and need. Take time to take risks. Take time to love, laugh, cry, learn, and forgive. Life is shorter than it often seems.

Here are ten things you need to know, before it’s too late:

This moment is your life:
Your life is not what happens between of your birth and death, it’s what happens between now and your next breath. The present – the right here and now – is all the life you ever get. Live each moment in full, in kindness and peace, without fear and regret. Do what
makes you happy and do the best you can with what you have in this moment; because that is all you can ever expect of anyone, including yourself.

The sacrifices you make today will pay dividends in the future:
When it comes to grinding in those hours and working hard to achieve a dream which could be anything from earning a degree to building a business, or any other personal achievement, you need to dig deep and ask yourself: “Am I willing to live a few years of my life like many people won’t, so I can spend the rest of my life like many people can’t?”

You are your most important relationship:
Happiness is when you feel good about yourself without feeling the need for anyone else’s approval. You must first full understand yourself and know how health your relationship with yourself is before you can have a healthy relationship with others. You have to feel worthwhile and acceptable in your own eyes, so that you’ll be able to look confidently into someone else’s and connect with them.

When you procrastinate, you become a slave to yesterday:
Being Proactive today can take such a massive load off your back tomorrow. So do something right now that your future self will thank you for. By doing that, tomorrow you’ll be happy you started today.

Failures are only lessons:
Good things come to those who are patient and still hope, even though they’ve been let down and disappointed, to those who still believe even though they’ve failed at something, to those who still love even though they’ve been hurt before. So never regret anything that has happened in the past; it cannot be changed, undone or forgotten. Take it all as lessons learned and move on with grace.

A person’s actions speak the truth:
You’re going to come across people in your life who will always talk the talk; but in the end, it’s always their actions you should judge them by. So pay attention to what people do, and be someone who lives by everything he says. Their actions will tell you everything you need to know.

Behind every beautiful life, there has been some kind of pain:
You fall, you rise, you make mistakes, you live, you learn, these are the classic lessons of life. Nobody is perfect, but everyone is
human. You’ve been hurt, but you’re alive. Think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, and to chase the things you love. We must keep putting one foot in front of the other even when we hurt, for we will never know what is waiting for us just around the Corner.

A lifetime isn’t very long:
This is your life, and you’ve got to fight for it. Fight for what you believe in, live for what you believe in. Fight for what’s important to you. Fight for the people you love, and never forget to tell them how much they mean to you. Realize that right now you’re lucky because you still have a chance, every breath you take is another chance to change how you lived the last. So stop for a moment and think. Whatever you still need to do, start doing it today. There are only so many tomorrows.

Small acts of kindness can make the world a better place:
Smile at people who look like they are having a rough day, be kind to them, let them know that there is reason to be happy. Kindness is the only investment that never fails, and wherever there is a human being, there’s an opportunity for kindness. Learn to give, even if it’s just a smile, not because you have too much, but because you understand there are so many others who feel like they have nothing at all.

Time and experience heals pain:
No one can say that a huge loss or pain caused is not and important Life event, but a different perspective might be to understand that an overwhelmingly painful event in your life right now will one day be part of your much larger past and not nearly as significant as it seems. Because overcoming it might just open doors for you to experience things that you never have.