Tag — Celebrity Fitness

Grammy Award Winner Amy Winehouse has slowly been putting her life back together after battling with drug addiction. Lately she has been the talk of the town thanks to her new breast implants but her father thinks that it’s more important to note that she has been putting on weight and exercising regularly. Previously she was feared to be anorexic as she was bone thin because of the drug consumption but she now has her appetite back. Her father said,

“And they say she’s anorexic? You can see with your own eyes that she’s put on a lot of weight and how well she’s doing.”

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Self magazine caught up with a few of the stars of the Twilight movie series and spoke to them about their fitness habits.

Rachelle Lefevre
Cast as Victoria in the first 2 movie of the series, Rachelle keeps fit by hitting a boot camp 4 to 5 times a week. She also does a little Pilates to lengthen and tone her limbs, but drinks about a gallon of water every day.

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Comedian and talk show host Chelsea Handler is on the cover of the December issue of Playboy Magazine.  The 34-year-old hasn’t said if she reveals all but the au-naturalle Chelsea is proud of her shapely body.  On her show Chelsea Lately she will often joke about her large breasts and the fact that she doesn’t need any surgical enhancements.  While on the Jay Leno Show this week she was asked how she got in shape for the photo shoot and she jokingly responded,

“I quit drinking for like a day and a half,” she explains. “And I worked out — but I always work out. So it wasn’t anything major.”

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Cougar Town star Courtney Cox Arquette is a big advocate of the Power Plate. She used the machine as she prepared for her role as a newly divorced mom who is getting back into dating after years of marriage. She said,

“Power Plate Training Machine has dramatically changed my workout. I know that every muscle in my body is being ignited in ways that you can’t do with traditional training. Its uses are limitless. I love this machine!”

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Edward Norton, star of Fight Club and The Incredible Hulk has laced up his shoes and he’s ready to run the upcoming New York City Marathon.  He decided to train for the marathon in order to raise money for the Massai Wildnerness Conservation Trust, an organization he discovered 10 years ago while doing work in Kenya. He has even done some training with Maasai tribesmen who are the Kenyan long-distance superstars.  He now has a 30 person team (including David Blaine, Alanis Morrisette and Maasai warriors) ready for the marathon and they’ll all be raising money to support the cause.

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Across the pond there’s another celebrity profiting from a fitness website; Sky Sports presenter, Georgie Thompson. She follows in the footsteps of other celebs like Jillian Michaels with loads of fitness products,  Tracy Anderson with a fitness website offering exercise tips and products to buy, as well as Gwyneth Paltrow who has a site with fashion, diet and exercise tips. Georgie teamed up with personal trainer Cat Dugdale to create a website for lazy girls who prefer cocktails to cardio, iamsuperchick.com.

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The popular supermarket tabloid US Magazine is starting up a 30-day Get Fit Challenge for one of their reporters, Gretchen Parker.  Over the next 30 days Parker will be blogging on their website a couple of times a week as she takes the readers through her Get Fit journey.  It may be a bit daunting knowing six million readers will know what she’s up to in regard to diet and exercise but she’s one lucky gal because she will train with celebrity trainer Kathy Kaehler (see photo above) whose past clients include Julia Roberts and Jennifer Aniston.

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Before Jane Fonda and her leotard, the Biggest Loser reality show and the Kardashian sisters slinging Quick Trim, there was Jack LaLanne; the fitness guru of all times. Now at 95 years old he is still going strong with a healthy heart, body and mind and there is nothing that gets in his way. He may not be leading exercises on TV like he used to but he’s still in the fitness business and recently finished a tour promoting his eleventh book titled, Live Young Forever: 12 Steps to Optimum Health, Fitness and Longevity

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Kelly Brook usually hates working out, but thanks to Reebok trainer Tamayah Ahmad, the model and TV presenter know loves hitting the gym. Brook shared a few of her fitness secrets in a short workout video.

The 29-year-old’s first secret is to keep things interesting by adding variety to your workout sessions, for example incorporating hula hooping, skipping and boxing into your routines.

“I love cranking the music up and hula hooping for about 10 minutes,” Brook says, “I find that really breaks a sweat and is a great way to give you that six-pack you’ve always wanted.”

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The former Spice Girl Mel-B isn’t leaving the stage necessarily but instead of performing in a stadium in front of thousands she plans to become a qualified fitness trainer and teach classes based on the DVD she launched in early 2009.  The 34-year-old has plans to complete a two-month course to get qualified and then she’ll start her high-energy class soon after.   [Read more →]