One word: Pilates.
Ashley Greene‘s personal trainer Risa Sheppard reveals that the key to gettting that great bod of hers is to do Pilates.
Risa says:
“Ashley was very eager to learn how to use her body correctly so as to not have injury as well as to keep her body in tip top shape. Joseph Pilates says you feel good after 10 sessions, look good after 20 and have a new body after 30. With Ashley, I would say things started to change after 10 sessions only.”
We do a hands on stretch, followed by light reformer work to warm up the body. Then we work on the abdominals and lower back fully. The regime has helped to strengthen Ashley’s posture and particularly her back. She came to us complaining of low back pain, and we helped that by strengthening her abdominals and back and posture
It’s great for actresses like Ashley to come to me because they begin to feel stronger as women, and in their art. I teach all my clients to be who they are, feel at their optimum and to find their core strength. Ashley will go far because of this, and she├óΓé¼Γäóll be, and is already a great role model for other women.”
And since you’re doing all that hard work, you might as well make changes to your diet too to get the optimal results.
Here are Risa’s Top Five Diet Tips:
1) Be sensible. Everybody knows that an apple is an apple and that an apple is better for the body than candy
2) Cut down on calories and build up the exercise
3) Overcome any negative feelings and have positive thoughts
4) Ask yourself what is triggering the need to eat chocolate at 10 pm at night and then find ways of how you can find different things to do at that moment to distract you.
5) Think about your/any bad eating habits, change them and put good foods in
With a mix of Pilates and a healthy diet, Risa believes that you WILL get the results you were looking for. She adds:
“Ashley├óΓé¼Γäós body is strong and flexible now. My method is an overall conditioning workout that encourages clients to work with their bodies and to realize their own personal perfection. It combines Pilates, therapeutic exercise, and body awareness.”
Those are all great tips and very helpful advice for those looking to get in shape or maintain their physique.
And if Pilates and eating healthy will give us a smoking body, then sign us up!
[Image via WENN.]
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