There are a lot of celebrity weight loss tips out there, but these often come from trainers to the stars rather than the stars themselves. Surely, if you want to learn about a celeb’s personal wellness routine, you should get it straight from the horse’s mouth? With that in mind, we’ve gathered up direct quotes from gorgeous starlets, who have revealed all about how they take care of their wellbeing.
1. Kristen Bell: You might not expect the star of Veronica Mars and Forgetting Sarah Marshall to have a lot in common with a 90s rapper, but Kristen Bell has something in common with Sir Mix-A-Lot: A butt fetish. ‘My favourite things on the planet. I want two round cupcakes, always,’ she says. ‘I kicked my buns and abs sets into high gear when I knew I’d have to be in my bra and underwear on House of Lies.’ How did she do it? With Physique 57 Ballet Barre. Kristen explains, ‘They target exactly where every woman needs to focus. It’s just butt, thighs, abs, butt, thighs, abs.’
2. Cobie Smulders: The How I Met Your Mother actress asserts, ‘If I could be as fit as Madonna is now, that would be rad. For me, it’s more about being healthy than about how I look. I do Pilates because it’s important for me to have a healthy back when I’m 70 so I’m not hunched over and in pain. That’s more important to me than being thin.’
3. Kate Beckinsale: The English actress practises qigong, as well as swapping her once intense gym workouts for a yoga-based routine. She explains, ‘I’d gotten particularly sick of being photographed outside a gym doing a squat with a medicine ball.’
4. Elizabeth Banks: ‘I do this system called TRX,’ details the Hunger Games actress. ‘It was developed by a Navy SEAL and is basically a simple cord that you can wrap around something anywhere, anytime, and you use your body weight as resistance. We installed one in our home gym, but you can also attach it to a tree. It’s very easy to travel with.’
5. Rachel Bilson: The former star of The OC loves dancing ‘or some sort of sport,’ she comments. ‘I’m not the kind to go to the gym.’ She adds, ‘Yoga is a great way to relax and get your body toned. You should enjoy food and enjoy life. Healthiness stems from being happy.’
6. Zoe Saldana: As Zoe needs to kick butt in the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy, she needs to be strong but not overly muscular. As well as varying her strengthening workouts with five-pounder biceps curls and triceps extensions and 15-pound deadlifts, she focuses on her core. Zoe enthuses, ‘Core training is important for being balanced.’
7. Brooklyn Decker: For actress and model Brooklyn Decker, you can simply run and dance your way to looking good. ‘I [blast] three Taylor Swift songs as loud as I [can] and start running in place and doing some stupid booty dancing,’ she admits. ‘Sometimes I’ll watch a music video of a great performer like Beyonce and try to follow her choreography. Yeah, maybe I look ridiculous, but dancing gets your energy up a lot better than running on a treadmill or pedalling a stationary bike.’
8. Ashley Greene: Doing Pilates or running three to five miles, three to five days a week, helps Twilight star Ashley Greene keep her body tight and her mind calm. She comments, ‘You put on your headphones and go off into your own little world. If you’re running outside and you have a beautiful view, you have this sense of being free.
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