Katherine Heigl, the star of the movie “The Ugly Truth” and Grey’s Anatomy looks great. She uses different exercise routines and pays close attention to her diet. Here are some of her secrets:
Fitness Exercises:
According to eHow, these are the things that anyone can do to get a body like Katherine Heigl:
Fitness Tip 1 – Stick to the 5-Factor Diet system just like the actress. The program uses smaller and healthier meals and snacks to help users lose weight and keep it off.
Fitness Tip 2 – Use cardio training to get your body in top shape fast. Heigl uses cardio in almost every workout throughout the week.
Fitness Tip 3 – Add circuit training to your list of activities. This fitness strategy works isolated groups of muscles and forces you to work those muscles quickly.
Fitness Tip 4 – Workout at least five days a week and give yourself a break twice a week. This is the same routine the actress followed when preparing herself for a movie role.
Fitness Tip 5 – Limit your workouts to 50 minutes or less to keep your body from feeling fatigued. Heigl works out for no more than 50 minutes every day so she still has energy the next day.
Fitness Tip 6 – Go for a long hike when you don’t feel like working out in the gym. The actress lists hiking as one of her favorite activities.
Sounds simple enough, right? Well, that not all. She also loves to use kettlebells. When the actress heard that trainer Missy Beaver was teaching kettlebell classes on the set of Grey’s Anatomy, she signed up for one~on-one sessions to tone up all over. After a few weeks, Katherine’s arms were more defined, her legs looked leaner, and her abs were firmer. Now, not even scrubs can hide her sexy shape.
KATHERINE’S WORKOUT
Three times a week, Katherine does a half-hour session with Beaver that targets all her muscles and burns more calories than regular weight lifting. She warms up with 10 minutes of easy cardio, then performs 6 to 8 sets of exercises with kettlebells (heavy, cannonball-like weights). “I change the moves every time we train,” Beaver says. “It keeps her muscles challenged so she’ll continue to see results.”
When Katherine can’t eke out a full routine, she’ll do a set of 10 kettlebell swings–swinging the weight back and forth–to get her heart rate up.
“She groans when it’s time for the windmill,” Beaver says. “But Katherine loves how defined it makes her look.” Try it Stand with feet slightly wider than shoulders and hold the handle of a 5- to 10-pound kettlebell in right hand next to right shoulder, so weight is resting on forearm. Squat and rise up quickly, pressing weight overhead. Turn feet 45 degrees to the left. Keeping eyes on kettlebell and right arm straight up, bend from the hips to touch left hand to left heel. Tighten abs to return to starting position, keeping right arm locked. Do 5 touches; switch sides to complete set.
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Katherine Heigl Celebrity Diet and Workout. What regiment keeps this 5 foot 8 inch actress in great shape? Katherine has found the prefect formula to keeping fit and toned. Want to know her body slimming secrets? Check them out below.
Diet
Katherine Heigl used The 5-Factor Diet program to get her body into shape and trained with the creator of the program. She likes meat and potatoes and avoids most fruits. Before the 5-factor program she used to keep her weight in check she eats throughout the day with small meals, eating things that make her feel healthy. She drinks antioxidant-rich tea instead of coffee.
Exercise
A-list celeb trainer, Henry Pasternak creator of the 5-factor, told People magazine his workout for Katherine consisted of cardio and circuit training 25- 50 minutes, 5 times a week for 6 weeks to prepare for her role in film “Knocked Up”. On set, she continued working out by jumping rope and lifting dumbbells. Her usual routine before was exercising for 30 mins on a elliptical machine 3 times a week, plus she does Yoga and hiking.
Interview Highlights
GLAMOUR: Was it hard to lose weight for a role?
KH: It was awful! I remember once reading an article about Jessica Alba—who is the most beautiful, most in-shape person alive—and how committed she was to her regimen. And I thought, There’s no way in hell that will ever be me. I can’t eat only fish and vegetables or work out seven days a week. Then suddenly I was that person and I was shocked. But I could never maintain it. I like food too much!
GLAMOUR: You seem to have a very healthy attitude toward your body. Do you own a scale?
KH: No, because it can make you kind of crazy. I used to weigh myself every day at a certain time of day. Then I would write down the number and measure my body fat. It wasn’t a healthy way to live. Now I can tell if I’ve gained or lost weight just by the way my clothes are fitting. But it’s tempting to buy a scale, because I’d love to know what I weigh. Whatever—I’ll just lie and say 120. [Laughs.]
GLAMOUR: How do you ignore all the messages in Hollywood to stay rail-thin?
KH: When I see some of the people who are glorified in magazines these days—who are so thin it’s bordering on sickness—I just feel exhausted. I would hate to think that young girls in high schools across America think that’s what they’re supposed to look like.
GLAMOUR: Who do you think has a healthy-looking body?
KH: Jennifer Aniston and Halle Berry are both in amazing shape. They look phenomenal but they don’t look sick. Then there’s Kate Winslet: She’s confident, beautiful, talented and she owns it. Early in my career, I read an interview she gave about how the industry wanted her to lose weight; she basically gave them the finger and said no. I remember thinking, I can do that too. I don’t have to look like one of these genetically superior people in order to work.
Source: Glamour Magazine
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