Tag — Beyonce

He’s helped Beyonce, her hubby Jay-Z, and superhot mom Gwen Stefani get into shape, and now Marcos Borges can help you work out over the holiday season. Because we’re all frantically running around during this time of the year, Marcos created a 5-minute total body routine, published in Us magazine, for which you only need your own body weight.

Dedicate only 1 minute to each exercise; they’re guaranteed to work your biceps, triceps, shoulders, chest, core, abs, lower back, glutes and thighs.

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Apart from her awesome music, Beyonce is known the world round for her curves, on-stage leotards and fit physique.  She recently told Billboard that she may not wear her high heels on the treadmill but she does do all of her choreography practice in her heels, and she makes sure that the back-up dancers do the same.  She said,

“But I mainly get in shape from doing the choreography during those long 12-hour rehearsals for two months before a tour.”

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The rapping megastar Jay-Z, who is married to Beyonce, is a regular exerciser.  He recently said that he normally exercises four times a week and does things such as push ups, pull ups, cardio and weight training. Granted that’s if he’s not on holiday nor if he’s in the middle of a strenuous tour.

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The man behind Beyonce’s gorgeous figure, Marco Borges, is revealing his secrets to a Dream Girl body, and how you can get those dangerous curves.

Borges has spent the past 16 years helping people lead healthier lifestyles and has worked with other celebrities including rap heavy-weight Jay-Z and the super fit pop-rocker Gwen Stefani. His latest book, Power Moves: The Four Motions to Transform Your Body For Life, reveals his inventive secrets for lifelong health based solely on four simple exercise motions. Earlier this year, Borges appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres show to demonstrate a few moves from his book – without expensive gym equipment. [Read more →]

Beyonce, Sarah Jessica Parker and especially Gwyneth Paltrow all swear by detox cleanses. But the Today Health show has questioned whether they’re safe and as healthy as they claim to be or not.

Dr Ian Smith, author of The 4 Day Diet, and Heidi Skolnik, a nutritionist to the New York Giants, went on to the morning chat show to discuss the pros and cons to these sometimes extreme eating programs.

Watch the video above for the answers…

Most women would kill for a bootylicious body like Beyonce’s. But the Grammy-award winning singer says she too has her days when she’s not entirely happy with her curves.

The 27-year-old bombshell is as famous for shaking her booty on stage as she is for her powerhouse voice, but told MTV recently that she goes through stages, like every woman.

“I guess my butt is natural… I like being curvy but sometimes I get curvy in the wrong places.”

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“If I’m sitting around at home, I’m not going to want the 100-calorie Oreos,” she told SELF. “I’m going to want the real Oreos and milk. Staying busy…I have more discipline.”

Beyonce is on the cover of the June issue of Self Magazine and inside she admits that she too has to work hard at staying in shape.  In the interview she was very candid about the dedication required to keep fit.  She said,

“I can’t eat what I want, and I can’t not go to the gym.”

As of late, Beyonce is rather cardio focused and on days when she doesn’t have long dance rehearsals she will run up to six miles a day. She has a personal trainer with whom she works out five days a week and her training includes 100 squats, step-ups and walking lunges. She also does some strength training,

“I’ll put on a song that I really like and do [biceps curls with] five-pound weights [for] the whole song and just try to burn out.”

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