Maybe her peripatetic upbringing has something to do with it. Jordana, the daughter of an American investment banker and a former swimsuit model from Brazil, lived in Panama City, London, and Rio de Janeiro before she was 10, when the family settled in New York City. She started acting at age 15, appearing for three years on the CBS soap As the World Turns. She attended Yale University (her grandfather Kingman Brewster Jr. was president of the university from 1963 to 1977) but took time off from school to make her 2001 breakout film, The Fast and the Furious. Since then, Jordana has starred in a handful of movies, including 2006’s Chainsaw. (She found romance with Form when she wasn’t running from Leatherface.)

Now happily settled in Los Angeles, Jordana says she’s had to figure out how to make her mercurial nature work for her when it comes to exercise. Judging by her looks, she’s doing something right. The actress talked to WH about how she outruns stress—and how you can stay fit and eat right without driving yourself crazy.

Get with the program “I used to get fit for a film, then let loose right after. I think a lot of people do that: You look your best for the big event and then slack off. But it’s good to have structure in your life—I like having a routine, because everything else…is so unpredictable. I do cardio six days a week, with weight resistance in between. I also work with [celebrity trainer] Harley Pasternak three times a week. I used to run, but can’t anymore because [it hurts my knees]. But what’s just as effective? Putting the treadmill at an incline of 12— that’s steep!—and climbing for 30 to 40 minutes.”

Break the routine if it’s about to break you “I used to work out harder than I had to. I’d take a spinning class and stress if my heart rate wasn’t at 170. But Harley says my heart rate should be under 165; otherwise, I’m working too hard and not burning anything extra. I’ve learned you don’t have to go to extremes to maintain a healthy weight. There was one day when I just didn’t feel like I could do weight training after my cardio, so I didn’t. You do have to know when to stop, or you can hurt yourself.”

Find a fitness role model “My mom was in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue [in 1978], and she’s a total gym rat. When I was little, I was dying to go to step class with her, but there was this rule that you had to be 16. So I snuck in. Some kids were trying to buy beer—I was trying to sneak into a step class. How dorky is that? My mom is in her fifties and she looks amazing. She came to work out with me at Harley’s studio the last time she was in L. A., and at the end she looked at me and was like, ‘That wasn’t that hard.’”

Although with a delicate frame that would hardly require working out, some might say, Taylor knows that physical exercise is not only about losing weight. While focusing on staying healthy, the singer also trains to be in a fit physical shape that would prevent her from panting on stage during concerts, as she reveals for the aforementioned magazine.

“Basically, if I’m indulging too much and not exercising enough, I can feel that. I can feel a change before I see it. For me, working out is not so I can get skinny. It’s so that I can keep up my endurance so I’m not panting on stage. Heavy breathing is the worst when you’re in concert. You don’t want to see that if you’re going to see a show.” the stunning singer admits for the mag.

The best way to stay in shape for Taylor is running. In the same interview, the 19-year-old singer who broke all the music records in a while with her first two albums says she positively enjoys running. Also, just in case she does not have the time to go outdoors for a quick jog, she keeps a treadmill in the house, as well as one in her tour bus, to stay in shape in her home away from home. Running on the treadmill also helps her fight pre-show jitters, Taylor admits.

On a final note, when she’s not singing or training, Taylor shares she’s blogging or signing autographs. For an artist with her level of success and popularity, this one country singer proves to be extremely well-grounded, saying that she knows she is who she is because of her fans, and this is why she’s going out of her way not to lose contact with them. “I never would have sold any records if my fans hadn’t gone out and bought them. It’s so incredible to go out and sign autographs for nine hours straight. That’s just my favorite thing to do, honestly.” Swift explains for Allure.

For starters, we have to mention that Anna is no longer running in the professional circuit, which means that whatever muscular mass she might have had a few years ago when she was playing is now gone. But still, if you look at her, you know that hers is not a body that comes just like that, and that she has invested countless hours of sweating at the gym in it. Speaking of which, this is actually Anna’s secret – sweating – and at the same time her most powerful weapon.

Anna does a lot of sports and she often makes a habit out of combining exercises but what  never slips her mind is to choose exercises that make her sweat a lot. “I love the feeling of sweating. I’ve been exercising my whole life so I really love it,” she recently told “People” magazine. Anna admittedly works out for an entire hour or more every day: about 30 or so minutes of lifting weights and then another half an hour, but no more than 45 minutes, of cardio exercises.

If this sounds too simple to be true, it’s probably because it is. Anna vouches that in order to get her body you don’t need too many restrictions either, but just a lot of discipline and enough motivation to keep it up. And we should probably all follow her lead because, believe it or not, Anna doesn’t even diet and she still has an amazing body. Of course, the key word here is moderation, she assures us. “I don’t like restricting certain groups or certain types of food. I think everything in moderation is really the best way to go. I try to eat as healthy as I can, which is not always possible. You know, I have my Burger King and McDonalds days, too,” she told “People” magazine.

With these in mind, it’s obvious that getting in such an enviable shape as Anna’s is not really that hard if we’re not lacking in the determination and will power department. All we have to do is take baby steps.

“Yes, I do work out in the gym ( running, weights ) 3 days a week and I also do power yoga 3 days a week. As for vices, I do enjoy wine and the odd drink and I have a habit of stopping for Krispy Kreme donuts every now and then.”

How does Tricia Helfer make and maintain that awesome figure you ask me?

The Basics are extremely simple.

• 3 days a week circuit training and cardio
• Power Yoga

You have to understand after one day of intensive training, the physical strength is considerably declined. Yoga However uses what is known as ‘internal muscle’ the parts which can’t easily be reached by workouts in weight lifting, so this is pretty much an everyday workout with contrasting but complimentary benefits.

Given That, we also have to understand she keeps cheat days to a minimum and has a healthy (note: healthy, not extreme) diet.

note: it is very important to breath properly during these stretches, the breathing can be vital in gaining height.

• sit down and extend your legs as far as possible
• grab both of your toes
• slowly bring your head to the floor
• breath 5-10 times

Bhujasana

• place your hands near your hips (reverse the direction of the fingers for forearm growth)
• keep raising your back till you feel some pain at the lower back
• take atleast 10 breaths (each breath should atleast be 3 seconds)

Super Cobra

• place your hands and your feet as far as possible
• raise yourself up but make sure you are not on your toes but your whole foot is touching down
• take atleast 10 breaths while holding this position

Halasana

• lie down on your back with your spine and hands completely relaxed.
• slowly lift your legs 90 degrees and position them behind your head
• make sure your knees are not bent
• keep trying to straighten your knees and slightly raise them as you do this.
• hold for atleast 5 breaths

Camel Pose

• sit on your knees, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A MAT
• slowly bend behind while keeping your neck constant
• you can grab the calves or for higher effect, grab the shin as shown in the picture
• take DEEP breaths while in this stance, tones abs as well

Palm touch on the ground

• stand up straight
• touch your palms to the ground
• make a conscious effort to keep the knees straightened
• take 5-10 breaths

Standing half squat knee kiss

• Here you put one leg one a higher platform
• gently squat the other leg a little
• bend your head as deep as you can on your leg
• hold for 7-15 breaths
• Repeat on the other leg

Knee Kiss

• keep the toes of one leg as close as you can to the groin
• grab the toes of the other leg and bend your head down to kiss your knee
• make sure the knee is completely straight
• go for atleast 10 breaths
• Repeat on the other side

Dragon Yawn

• Make sure your knees are straight
• stretch your hands in a reverse manner as seen in the pic
• extend them above while bending your head to kiss the knees
• MAKE SURE THE KNEES ARE STRAIGHT
• less than 5 breaths

Hero Pose

• Here you grab your toes with your left hand while raising your leg backwards
• lean ahead slowly while putting the weight on the other leg
• push with your other hand
• this improves balance and straightens knees
• go for 20-30 seconds
• change position and repeat

Super Stretch

• lie on your knees
• arch your back
• push your hands as far as behind as you can
• take atleast 15 breaths

Hamstring stretch

• place your legs as far as possible
• hold your palms down and drag yourself to one side
• kiss the leg as further as possible
• drag yourself to the other side
• 20 reps

Half moon stretch

• Stand straight and hold your hands in the namaste position
• raise your hands above your head
• push your hands to give your body the impression of a half moon
• breath atleast 10 times.

Chakrasana

• Lie down on your back
• raise yourself using your palms and toes
• bring the palms and toes as close as you can
• take 10 breaths

Intense leg pull

• Here you sit down with legs folded
• raise one leg above to the back of your head
• keep straightening your back
• take 10 breaths
• repeat with other leg

Table Stretch

• The difference between the table and the acrobat is that you don’t stretch your arms or legs in the table but give higher pressure to the spine
• hold for 10 breaths
• keep pushing your buttocks higher for better effects.

Lying Knee Kiss

• Lie down on your back
• slowly raise a leg 90 degrees
• grab the knee and pull towards your lips
• hold position for 5 seconds
• repeat with other leg

Swiss ball Stretches

Pythagoras stretch

• Here you extend the swiss ball as high as possible
• grab it and push your legs as far as you can behind
• maintain the position for 30 seconds

Swiss Moon Stretch

• grab a swiss ball
• lunge behind bending your spine as much as possible
• hold for 10 seconds, repeat thrice

Be creative and try to figure more stretches with the swiss ball or hell! simply sit on it all day long, will decompress your spine enough to make you look taller.

Also choose the workouts in gyms that focus on your thighs and lower back will automatically straighten your posture.

Chance Pe Dance 8 packs!

We have to remember he must have done intensive workouts to make up for his diet deficiency as he refused to eat even egg whites (pure protein)

This is how you get 8 pack abs: By bringing your fat% close to 6%.

The question is: HOW??

If you want to get 8 pack abs using a non veg diet, click here and use THIS ROUTINE

If you want to workout and diet like Shahid, this is what you have to do:

1.) Eat Clean (no white rice, no white bread, no chappatis, no junk food, no sugar, no sweets)

2.) Make sure you eat a lot of: Curd, pulses, almonds (15 every day), walnuts (15 every day), Legumes, Milk, soya Etc.

First the important thing is to make muscle for atleast 1 year. even if you are fat, make muscle for a year, bulk a little and then start cutting down. The reason is that a body like Shahid’s is very muscular and well defined. When you are lowering fat%, it is important for you to have some muscle to produce a similar look.

So Change your Diet to this: Eat 6 times a day, eat only Pulses, Legumes, nuts, seeds, dal, raw vegetables and fruits. Make sure you eat A LOT of dal, pulses, Tofu and legumes.

No more Chappati and Sabzi.

And Remember, YOU HAVE TO WORKOUT

To get muscles like Shahid, it is important to get exercise, I suggest you join a gym and tell them ‘give me a muscle building/bulking routine for 1 year’

If you don’t have time for gym, its fine. You can workout at home. Buy resistance bands, a bullworker, a gym ball and do bodyweight exercises like suryanamaskars, pushups, squats, Yoga poses (difficult ones make muscle), body bridges. Do this for atleast 1 hour a day and see the results!

After 1 year of this, go on a cutting routine.

In cutting routine. you have to do a lot of HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) and cut down the calories you take, also take stimulants like green tea and lemon in hot water. this will help you cut down your fat.

High Intensity Interval Training:

Here, you run at maximum speed for 20 seconds, stop for 10 seconds and continue, you do this for atleast 10 minutes at a go.

At the end of the day, you have to understand that it took Shahid 2 years to get his current body so its not an easy task, especially for a vegeterian. You also have to understand that celebrities cannot dedicate too much time to their workouts and routines.

So if you want an easier routine, try this

Do you not get time to exercise? Do you just want want to lose 10-12 pounds without much effort and easily?

Well, you can make simple little tweaks on your diet and get there, its pretty easy. Just change the content. I’ll tell you how:

If you would rather like a full blown powerful diet, click here

Green Tea : Green is full of antioxidants and helps digestion which in turn helps losing weight. Have a cup of green tea immediately after waking up.

Portion Control : Eat a little less than you usually do. Like say 20% less and eat 4-6 times a day. If you eat too much, you’ll get sluggy, if you eat too little your body will want to stock up on fat

Subtraction : Subtract these completely: chocolates, sodas, white rice, white bread, pizza, hamburgers, sugar, noodles, all junk food. If you have to eat out, eat out at a very healthy place.

Water! : It is extremely important to keep yourself hydrated, it not only increases energy but also carries these functions: 1.) Aids in digestion and cleans waste off your body. 2.) Cools body hence prompting calories to be spent to warm it back up

Make it a point to drink 3 litres or more water a day, make it chilled!

Breakfast : Your breakfast is the most vital meal of the day, if you eat a healthy breakfast, you will be considerably less hungry throughout the day.

More to this, it is important to fill your body with nutrition within an hour of waking up to avoid the ‘empty space’ which slows down metabolism.

If you are up for giving a lot of effort for great results, you can also try THIS ROUTINE ]]> http://www.vineshway.com/2009/10/5-effective-diet-tweaks-for-fast-fat-loss/feed/ 0 http://www.vineshway.com/2009/08/random/ http://www.vineshway.com/2009/08/random/#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2009 06:31:46 +0000 admin http://www.vineshway.com/?p=119

I will in this post analyze and explain the five factor routine and compare it to other routines as well.

My personal recommendation for Fast Fat Loss However is THIS ROUTINE

The Below is sourced from the official website of the five factor diet:

Seth Rogen's weight loss explained: His Diet and Workout

5-week plan
This plan is designed to give you results in five weeks! And it’s so easy and effective that you may naturally turn your five-week plan into a lifestyle (as many of Harley’s personal clients tend to do).

5 meals a day
Say so long to hunger and cravings. By eating five 5-Factor meals every day, not only will you start losing weight but you’ll feel less hungry throughout the day!

5-ingredient meals
Eating delicious and healthy meals doesn’t have to be hard. Members get hundreds of recipes that use only five ingredients and take only five minutes to prepare.

25-minute workouts
Based on Harley’s training experience, he believes that working out more often for shorter periods of time is more effective than spending hours at the gym.

5 cheat days in 5 weeks
Taking a diet break one day a week can empower you. You should never feel as if you’re in a diet prison! Plus, Harley believes that controlled cheating can actually help you reach your goals.

5 week plan:

To tell the truth, I never see the point of something which says ‘4 week plan’ or something, I mean what after the four weeks? Do you get back to hogging donuts?

Of course, I am sure nobody would do that but like he himself suggests that a lot of people make the ‘5 factor diet’ a lifestyle, which is all well and good other than the fact that eating in small quantities multiple times a day has been covered a million times anyway.

Five Meals A Day and Five Ingredients a Day:

This is good logic, its useful to keep the metabolism revving like an engine.

There is one more condition to the eating:

each meal should constitute of Lean Protein, Complex Carbohydrates, Good fat and Low GI Fiber.

Sources of lean protein would be: Turkey, Fish, egg whites and Pork Chops (google for more sources)

Complex Carbs include: Brown rice, wheat bread, vegetables, cornflakes (This also effectively includes the Fiber)

Sources of good fat are: Olive Oil, Walnuts, Almonds, Fish (other meats also have some good fat)

The diet also insists on a high water intake.

You can also try out THIS DIET

25 minute Workout:

This part indicates that the routine is not very intense and the speed of results will be just above average.

It goes in this fashion:

5 minute warm up:

5 minute upper body

5 minute lower body

5 minute cardio

5 minute stretching

Now circuit training is good for losing fat at a moderate speed but it is nothing compared to HIIT.

I bluff you not but if you do my routine, you’ll lose weight much faster (although mine is way tougher to do)

The exercise is always good for you, so props to him anyway but I always prefer heavier workouts with much higher intensity.

5 cheat days in 5 weeks

Thats the person’s lookout.

Personally if you ask me, there should be NO CHEAT DAYS.

I mean imagine gobbling down the transfat in the pizza, it nearly screwes up 3-4 days of your hard work, why cheat on yourself?

I never said food doesn’t have to be tasty, of course you have to eat tasty food but HEALTHY TASTY FOOD.

No unhealthy stuff, period.

If I have to rate this routine, I’ll give a 6.5/10

I mean I understand this diet is good but it is not great and like the creator of this diet himself says it, this diet is created for celebrities who have like almost no time on their hands and ability to spend a load of cash.

This diet is useful when you travel insanely and get no time whatsoever to have a tough routine.

So think about it if this routine suits you.

my guess is that at maximum you can lose 7-8lbs a month.

Even Seth Rogen didn’t lose more than what… 30 pounds? in like 9 months? Thats terrible in my opinion.

You could lose that much in 4 months if you are doing a really tough routine with heavy workouts.

Of course, I would recommend this routine to you if you are an extremely busy person.

Kudos,

Vineshp.

However, a workout is only part of what makes a ‘fat loss routine’, To know what a routine looks lie, click here

Let me explain why should you prefer a kickboxing package over a gym.

Kickboxing packages are actually more expensive, however I think its more than worth it provided:

1.) Nutrition counselling

2.) bodyweight exercises/ weight training

3.) Self Defence training

4.) Personal attention

it is much easier to walk on a machine treadmill, I mean its so obvious that kicking and punching makes your body use itself much more.

So the fat loss actually gets WAY faster.

and not just that, if you technically look at it:

treadmill, stationary bike and stepper exhaust you MORE because whether you are kicking or running on a balanced machine, you are putting efforts.

So ultimately you get exhausted LESS and burn MORE.

Make sure you have a great diet to compliment your workout, such as this

However, if you are into something which goes: ‘I want looks, fuck everything else’ then you should hire a personal trainer and go to a gym and regularly take supplements.

So how does it help someone obese or unfit enough to do pushups and squats?

Simple enough… start with what you can, like modified pushups, do simple leg raises with ankle weights and work with dumbells first before going for weight training.

why?

gain strength and do the tough work.

And yes, if you ask the trainer about you being not able to do something, HE WILL OFFER AN ALTERNATIVE which will eventally make you capable enough for the hard things.

Secondly, pick a time in the morning for your batch, the weight related exercises will burn fat throughout the day.

And in about 3-4 months, your body will be conditioned and aware enough for basic self defence.

And if you work on the psychological aspects, girls will be prepared to defend against rape WITHIN A SINGLE SESSION.

How?

I will explain that in another post.

Kickboxing for different age groups:

teens:
This will help increase height maybe 2-3 inches if you are very dedicated to kickboxing training.

You can get your six pack.

battle ready and a possible career in the field.

working class hero:

to see the great benefits of kickboxing, the first criteria in daily practice.

However, if you are burning the same time in the gym, I suggest you invest here instead,

the reasons being:

1.) because the gym cardio fails to complete ultilize your body, it will not completely work your legs hence resulting into very less long term benefits in terms of having enough stamina to last throughout the day and the extra stamina once the day is over.

You need a strong body regardless of who you are and what you do.

2.) faster fat burning, I know its hard maintaining the sexy frame once you have to deal with work… so its worth the time and money put in it.

3.) Self Defence

Women:

1.) The constant kicking will give you a damn tight butt and shapely thighs

2.) SELF DEFENCE GUARANTEED!!!

3.) you can look hot, hit good, get more energy… I mean what else can you ask for?

Above 45:

Not Recommended.

Modifications:

Use every sunday to recover. just stretch in the sunday.

if you can, take a massage.

And yes, add salt to your bath daily (hot water). will help soothe anything that is sore.

Try stretching every now and then, does wonders in the long term