I read quotes all the time where a startling fit celebrity claims to rarely exercise and to eat whatever she wants. I am often skeptical, but like to give the celeb the benefit of the doubt. Celebrity trainer Gunnar Peterson (he's trained Angelina, Jennifer Lopez, and Penelope Cruz) trained offered up the little gem of a reality check on the seedy, underbelly of the LA fitness world:
I had one actress who trained with me and took six Spin classes a week. And all she ate was lettuce and Swedish Fish. When the press asked her how she’d "transformed" her body, she said, "Oh, I do yoga and hike with my puppy." That made me laugh. Don’t lie about how much you work out, because other women are going to think, I walk my dog, why don’t I look like that?
Thanks for the reality check, Gunnar! My Monday needed that boost!
Lipsy
Singh S. Madan
Cosmence
My question after reading this is why did a trainer, who in my mind is supposed to be focusing on health, agree to train a woman who he knew subsisted on lettuce and swedish fish. It sounds like this celebrity had serious problems and needed some sort of therapy rather than someone who would show her new exercise routines.
1Hahaha so true! I never listen to what celebs say about excersie!
2LOL. Some celebrities are so immature.
3He goes where the money is. Also I'm sure he is exaggerating a lot but the point is still there. Man I love telling people how hard I work when they comment on my looking better. Makes the hard work worthwhile!
4Catander, I was just about to ask that question, then again he does get paid so he probably takes whatever client he can get.
5So good to hear.
6This is such a relief to hear, and to remind ourselves of over and over. Many celebrities basically work out as much as the rest of us work!
7The way I figure it, celebs have to lie about what they do to get their bodies. No celeb will ever say they starve themselves and work out 3 times a day every day, because then they get the finger pointed at them for promoting an unhealthy lifestyle. It still drives me nuts when stick thin celebs with rock hard abs, say they go for a walk three times a week!!!
8I totally agree with NLM. My favorite line is "I eat whatever I want, and I never workout." You would have to be an idiot to actually believe that these people do nothing.
9That is funny about the celebs. You know they basically starve then try to play it off like they don't.
10It's about time someone's being honest for a change. I hate it so much when celebs say "Oh, I don't really work out, I just play with my kids" or "I eat whatever I want, just in moderation". When you KNOW that they're putting in 5 hours of gym time a day and eating chicken broth and rice cakes.
11I'm a big Gunnar fan.
I wish I had the cash to hire him & fly him out to where I live.
I do think that some stars are just naturally skinny. I have had a few friends who honestly just had riduculously speedy metabolisms, but I do think that most have to work for their bodies.. but hey, it's their job, you know!
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