Talk show host Kelly Ripa was voted ‘Best Arms’ in the first ever Gold’s Gym, Hollywood’s Hottest Bodies Awards. She is one lean and sexy woman and according to the gym’s star trainer Mike Ryan, only three key exercises are needed to get Rippa’s guns.

Straight Curl
Stand holding a barbell in each hand with palms facing up. Curl barbells toward your chest and back down for one rep.
Do three sets of 12 to 15 reps.

The 21s
Start as the same exercise above but when you’re in the curl only curl up until arms are parallel to the ground. Do not go all the way up to the chest.
Do one set of 21 reps.
Then do the exercise again but start at the half-way point and curl all the way up to the chest.
Do one set of 21 reps.

Triceps Kickback
Holding a dumbbell in one hand, place the opposite knee on a bench. Pull the arm with the dumbbell straight back and up to your side. Then lower back to the starting position.
Do three sets of 15 reps.

Incorporate these three exercises into your regular workout routine just three times a week and you will soon see results.

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Beth Riesgraf plays the role of a professional con-artist in the TNT series, Leverage. Her role requires her to work with a team of high tech crooks who are constantly at the brink of getting caught any any given moment. Her physical role requires her to leap from tall buildings from a single bound and all of that superman stuff that a typical con-artist would have to do. She even had to hang upside down from the window of a 44-story building. Yikes!

Because of this tough role she is a hardcore exerciser, and she’ll even hang upside down as part of her workout. Her regular training consists of regular runs with her son and she does Pilates Plus (a combo of sculpting and pilates on a modified reformer) and Barre 3 (a combo of ballet, pilates and yoga). Whew, no wonder Beth looks absolutely amazing.

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This month Kim Kardashian took a trip to South Africa to do a photo shoot (see photo above) for a popular men’s magazine and she’s looking better than ever. After months of having to hear about her workouts, Quicktrim diet plan and all the rest of her diet advice we finally get a good look at her new body and she looks great. Always happy to discuss her body she gladly shared some words in South Africa about her new shape. She said,

“I love my curves. Being super skinny just isn’t attractive to me.”

But just because she’s not ultra thin doesn’t mean she ignores exercise. Just the opposite, she works out a lot and spends a lot of time at the gym. She admitted she likes to do plenty of squats and she’ll even do some in the bedroom when not at the gym. She explained how she keeps her trademark “junk in the trunk” in top form:

“I take a chair into my bedroom and squat until my bum hits it. And when it does, I know that’s as low as I need to go.”

Well, her hard work has paid off and even though her interviews are monotonous and always discuss weight and body image, at least young fans can see that being curvy has its advantages and not all girls have to be stick thin.

Celeb Diet Doc Says…
Kim is obviously blessed with great “ahem” assets:)  – Lloyd’s of London bonded and insured worthy I might add.. but I digress. With a boyfriend like Reggie Bush, I am sure she gets plenty of encouragement to workout… and it shows. Keep up the great work Kim!

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Jake Pavelka, the hunk from the reality show The Bachelor, may be finished filming the series but that doesn’t mean he’ll stop looking after his great body. He jokes that he paints on his 6-pack abs but the truth is that he works hard for his body by doing all kinds of exercises. The 31-year-old focuses on exercises that will help him bulk up. Working out with a trainer on a regular basis he’ll do plenty of leg lifts, medicine ball work, hurl throws and more. He does,

“Mainly isometric or biometric stuff, where you reverse your body weight; lots of push-ups, pull-ups.”

On the beach he may jog, play football and lift light weights.  Jake sees fitness as a way of life and when it comes to his choice in a partner he wants her to be physically aware as well. He finished by saying,

“I believe that if you neglect your body, you are going to pay for it at some point.”

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Talk show host Rachel Ray is back to her fit and fantastic self. For a few years she was putting on the weight and had a hard time getting it off. But after she had throat surgery last year to remove a cyst she got serious about weight loss and started running three and a half miles every morning. She says,

“The gym used to be my adversary. But that has all changed. Now, I look forward to it every morning.”

The 41-year-old now hits the pavement at 5:50am to get in a good workout before she goes to work and she will get up even earlier if she has something special going on that day. She will run for 30 minutes and then goes to the gym anywhere from 45 to 60 minutes and do elliptical training and machine circuits. She explained,

“I look forward to this workout every morning but Sunday….. I listen to my iPod and discovered I think much clearer now.”

These days Rachel is happy with her body, loving the fact that she has to buy smaller clothes and continues to love her job as well as her charity organization, Yum-o, that empowers kids and families to eat and cook healthy foods.

Former Victoria’s Secret Angel, Selita Ebanks has a stunning body but she admits it’s hard work and she gets plenty of cardio to keep her figure. While attending Susan Sarandon’s Haiti relief fundraiser at SPiN she spoke with US magazine about how she stays in shape. She said,

“I love to dance. If I could do anything, I just put on some music and dance in front of my mirror for an hour or two, and it’s fun. It’s really that simple.”

She particularly enjoys dancing to Calypso music and on days she doesn’t feel like doing a traditional workout she’ll dance instead. As for her diet, the Cayman Islands-born model said that now that she’s getting older she strives to eat healthier. She said,

“Chicken, less meat, more fish. In the Caribbean, our food is very heavy and I have to cut back on that.”

She did however point out that every body is different and we shouldn’t follow someone else’s diet but instead figure out what nutritional plans works best for each of us.

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Host of The Dish, Danielle Fishel, gets ‘up close’ with People magazine and discusses her views on beauty and health and also gives some insight on her dedicated workout regime.

She did stress the importance of being happy with one’s body and that the body weight of each person has a certain comfort zone and we have to be careful to read our bodies to know when we’ve crossed that limit of being healthy or not. Danielle explained that when she started her weight loss journey she was able to do it once she made the decision to do it for health’s sake and not for vanity reasons. Fishel also told People about her workout regime, she explained,

“I work out six if not seven days a week. I know I’m supposed to take a day off but that’s hard for me to do. I do cardio all six or seven days for at least an hour sometimes an hour and a half and I work out twice a week with a trainer.”

She said that of course there are things she would love to change but they are out of her hands such as a longer torso or longer neck. So she chooses to focus on the things she can change. Even though she’s not at her goal weight yet she’s happy with who she is and feels confident about her body.

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Supermodel and master volleyball player Gabrielle Reece has a great new workout to burn that cellulite off those unwanted saddle bags. Previously she has designed workouts with dumbbells, a butt workout and a bikini workout and they have all proven to be gut-wrenching! Her new thigh-toning workout is specifically designed for those moments when you’re in a hurry, traveling, or need a quick exercise fix. For the following seven exercises try to do 4 sets of 20 reps each; it should take only 20 minutes.

1. Toe Squat – With your arms out to your sides and feet together, squat down while on your toes and hold for two seconds and all the while keep your heels lifted.

2. Leg Forward Lunge – Step one leg out front with hands on your hips and squat back and down onto the back leg, then rise back up.

3. Side to Side Hops – Hold hands at chest level while balancing on one leg. Push off the standing leg to hop onto the opposite leg. Regain your balance before hopping back to original position.

4. Plie Jumps – Release your inner ballerina with this one. Stagger feet so that one is slightly in front of the other then jump into the air and switch feet so that when you land the other foot is slightly in front.

5. Outward Calf Raises – Stand with feet a little more than shoulder width apart. Rise up onto your toes and squeeze your calf muscles. Lower back down and repeat.

6. Soldier Toe Touch – While balancing on one leg hold the other arm straight out in front of you and parallel to the floor. Raise the leg (keep it straight) until you touch the tip of your toe to your extended arm and then lower leg back to the floor but remain balancing.

7. Open Faced Side Lunge – Extend arms out to the side, step one leg out to the side and squat into that leg. The push off and go back to starting position. Repeat on the other leg.

Good Luck!

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The 23-year-old Hills reality star Kristin Cavallari updated US magazine this week on her current diet and exercise habits. She’s been doing a circuit training class at her gym called, Burn 60. Even though she dreads going, she’s always glad afterwards because she’s dripping with sweat and feels great. She said,

“And I feel good…This is the first time in my life where I’ve really been working out consistently.”

Now that Kristin can see that her hard work has paid off, she’s more motivated than ever to keep it off. She also mentioned that another motivation is to have an exercise buddy and she and her best friend Misty exercise together. Last but not least, Kristin revealed that she may eat well most of the time but she does give herself a day to eat whatever she wants. She explained,

“Control for six days of the week,” she says, “and then letting yourself eat whatever you want on that one day!”

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The Accidentally on Purpose star Jenna Elfman is pregnant with her second child. Looking like she’s about to pop, she’s not even due until March but she’s hoping to deliver in late February. Considering she already has a two-and-a-half year old that she chases around she probably gets enough exercise with that alone, but she is still doing some exercise but skipping the gym. She told US magazine,

“I have been walking on the treadmill and doing light weights. Since we’ve been shooting, I’ve been too tired too exercise.”

Jenna also joked about her exercise plan saying that she’s fooling everyone by wearing black and that’s how she has stayed in shape. With cravings like macaroni and cheese during her first trimester she’s been wearing black outfits designed by Alexander McQueen to camouflage her weight gain. The black outfits are comfortable for her body shape and also boost her morale because she feels good.

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