Dec 09
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Jennifer Garner, she just flat out kicks ass. Guys love her, girls want to be her. She is the classic girl next door with a bad ass streak…
It’s pretty obvious that Jennifer Garner works out. With sculpted legs and trim thighs, a set of 6 pack abs and strong shoulders, Jennifer definitely hits the weights. A lot of women are afraid of strength training because they are totally freaked out about “bulking up.” I don’t know about you but I think I would rather have the Jennifer Garner body as opposed to a slightly pudgy, soft body with no definition because I slave away on the elliptical trainer all day. Okay, I digress…
According to Jennifer Garner’s trainer; her nutrition plan looks like this:
1. Lots of protein from eggs, fish and chicken
2. A snack between every meal to keep energy levels high
3. Fruits and veggies
4. Dinner with protein and veggies, no starch
5. Plenty of water
The thing that I did find out was that even Jennifer Garner gets a cheat day. Because I know most of you don’t like listening to ME….you can’t argue with that! Give yourself a day to relax and enjoy food. If you are rocking it all week, you will have no issue or set back.
So, onto Jennifer Garner’s workout… Jennifer trains 5-6 days per week with one complete rest and recovery day. This is important for your mental state as well as physical well being. If you are training every single day, you are not giving your body time to repair the muscle tissue that you are breaking down. Give yourself time to rest and enjoy your progress.
Jennifer’s strength training workouts consist of full body movements such as step ups, pull downs, presses on the ball, and lunge variations. This is an awesome way to burn fat because you are using a large amount of muscles at one time, you are pushing your body instead of using isolated movements and machines, and you will burn more calories which leads to a metabolic boost that will TORCH body fat over the long term.
There are two days per week of the circuit style strength training in Jennifer’s routine. It’s important to get 2-3 days of this type of training in order to develop lean muscle tissue and keep your metabolism going strong.
Two days are filled with mat pilates which is a great way to strengthen your core and improve mobility and flexibility. As I have mentioned many times, if you cannot move, you will not have great workouts. Be sure to perform your own mobility and flexibility training such as yoga, foam rolling, and active stretching.
Jennifer also has a 1 day of cardio training for about 40 minutes. Well, you know how I feel about cardio. I just hate the word. The workout didn’t specify too much about the cardio except that she switches between elliptical, treadmill and the bike depending on the day. This is good because your body needs variety. If I had to guess, I’m going to say that she’s not doing this workout on Level 1 of the elliptical. Performing intervals is the key to any cardio conditioning plan. You need to ramp up your heart rate and really crank it for 1-2 minutes, then drop down for an active recovery. I would guess with a kick ass body like that, she is not just along for the ride.
Jennifer has a very well-balanced workout plan and a solid nutrition plan complete with a cheat day for some sweets or a glass of wine. Training 5-6 days per week is perfect and be sure to include 2-3 days of strength movements that incorporate your entire body. Lunges, squats, chin ups, push ups and lunges are the best for this. I’ll be back with more celebrity workout reviews. Enjoy!
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