Just in time for the summer, Fitness Magazine is sharing with us Anne Hathaway’s butt exercises:
Joe Dowdell, founder and co-owner of Peak Performance Strength & Conditioning, and Anne Hathaway’s trainer, developed this workout to tone her lower body. Before she could kick butt as Agent 99 in Get Smart, Hathaway did this exercise to whip her butt into shape. You too can get a better butt by doing this workout.
Work Your Lower Body
The exercise: Rotational step-up
A. Stand with right side next to a step or stairs, placing right foot on step. Turn right foot 90 degrees, toes pointing to the right.
B. Straighten right leg to stand up, turning hips so body now faces step. Place left foot on step. Return to starting position by stepping back with left foot. Do 12 to 15 reps on right leg; switch sides.
Beat the Clock, Build Endurance
Spend less time (about 20 to 30 seconds) resting between sets at the beginning of your workout when your muscles aren’t exhausted, and more time (40 to 60 seconds) as they become fatigued. This method, known as density training, can cut the time you spend working out by as much as 15 to 20 percent. It also forces your muscles to work harder while improving your endurance at the same time.
In addition, personal trainer David Kirsch recommended the unusual exercise to help her achieve a svelte look. Explaining the benefits of the ‘platypus walk’, David told America’s Glamour magazine: “It lifts the butt up a good inch higher, working the inner thighs. She really wanted to sweat. It de-stressed her.” This is an awfully silly-looking exercise but it will get your heart pumping and your gluts and quads burning.
Sit into a squatting position with your hands behind your head, your knees aligned with your toes and your butt sticking back as far as you can go. Keep your core tight and walk forward while pushing off with each heel. If you perform this correctly you’ll look like a platypus – and your glutes and thighs will be on fire.
Not everyone can do the platypus. If you have the strength and coordination to do the move, it’s a great quad and glute burner. Make sure to sit back on your heels. Do not step too far forward or you’ll stress your trailing knee.
Meanwhile, health-conscious Anne recently revealed her favourite foods. She said: “If I could only eat one thing for the rest of my life I would choose sushi, because you can prepare it in several different ways and it is so healthy. I also love broccoli with brown rice.”
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Valslide
Jennifer Garner, Kim Raver Rachel Nichols, and Poppy Montgomery all share a secret body shaping weapon that every woman could benefit from. It is called the Valside. The Valslide was created by celebrity trainer Valerie Waters to maximize the results her clients were getting, and developing something that would be easy to travel with. The Valslide takes lunges to the next level! The Valslide targets glutes, hips and thighs while building core strength all at once. Buy one today and get started Buy Valslide
Valslide Quotes
I’m addicted to the Valslide®. I use it five days a week. It makes my whole workout so much easier! Before I started using the Valslide®, I couldn’t do any lunges. But it allows for such a smooth motion, all the way through each movement, I can now do all kinds of lunges. The cool thing is that it is so portable. I travel a lot and I’m always in a hurry. I can just throw it into my purse and take it everywhere. All you need is a little bit of room and a smooth floor surface. You can do it just about anywhere. The Valslide® beginner exercises are really user friendly. And it’s so easy to use! No complicated buttons or complicated instructions. It’s been amazing for me. Because of the Valslide®, I now have a perfect butt. It’s like an action hero’s butt, a doll’s butt: high, and round. I used to wear baggy sweatpants because, why draw attention to it? But now my boyfriend tells me it has made my butt a 10. -Poppy Montgomery
It provides constant tension and a really fluid movement. You are providing the movement, and the Valslide® glides you through it. Every workout is a different workout. I do 50 different exercises with it. You will never get bored, like you do with single-movement gadgets. With the Valslide, you can create your own exercises, tailored to your own needs. Most women are afraid their going to bulk up. But you don’t with the Valslide®. Even if you don’t use any weights, it does an unbelievable job without bulking you up. Val and the Valslide® have completely changed my body. I now have a rock butt. I flex at parties now. I really do. I’ve never been happier with my body. -Rachel Nichols
The Valslide® is simply the easiest and most effective way to workout. You can bring it to the gym or workout with it in your living room. I travel all over the world with mine, so I have no excuse NOT to workout. Valerie’s method combined with the Valslide creates the ideal muscle tone; long and lean muscles. You can work the abs and glutes without having to use large cumbersome equipment. The Valslide® is perfect, especially after having a baby, for getting fit and back to work. I just throw it into my bag and bring it with me to set! The Valslide® is a must have!! -Kim Raver
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WalkVest
Kristen Davis, Lisa Rinna, and Valerie Bertinelli have been known to charge up her power walks with a WalkVest. This item is becoming very popular everywhere, because you burn much more calories as you are working out. The WalkVest has a place where you can insert weights to blast more calories than your standard brisk clip. Buy a WalkVest
Gym in a Bag
Celebrity Trainer David Kirsch gives us some tips he used to train Anne Hathaway for Get Smart and Liv Tyler for The Hulk. “With Anne, I focused on shadowboxing to keep her long and lean—sparring, crossover punches and jumping jacks, with medicine ball crunches to work her core. Liv has amazingly long, gorgeous legs. So we focused on her upper body and torso: sprinting on the treadmill, seated rows, pullovers, flies and tricep extensions.”
David gave both ladies his gym bag which includes;
- One set of wrist weights (2.5 lbs or 5 lbs),
- One medicine ball (2, 4, 6, 8, or 10 lbs)
- The Ultimate New York Body Plan DVD
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