Jessica Simpson: New Workout

Jessica Simpson: New Workout

If you want to look like Jessica Simpson, it just got easier! For her role playing a Costco worker in Employee of the Month, she has traded in her rock-hard Daisy Duke body for a more accessible figure.

Make that somewhat accessible. While she has cut her 90-minute Dukes of Hazzard exercise program in half, she will never be the girl next door. “People are constantly talking about what she looks like,” says her trainer Michael Alexander.

“Working out is part of her lifestyle.” He is how he transformed Jessica Simpson this time, and how you can do it yourself.

Before filming began, Alexander worked with Simpson at the Sports Club/LA in Beverly Hills three to four times a week.

Jessica Simpson’s Workout

Five minutes on the treadmill: 5.5 mph at a 1 percent incline

Seated rows on the cable machine: Two sets of 16 to 18 repetitions

Squats: Two sets of 25 repetitions

Traveling lunges: Walk across the room doing lunges with a straight back leg, leaning forward slightly so that your chest and head are in line with your back leg.

Alexander then sent Simpson to the film’s Santa Fe set with two key exercises to carry her through the shoot:

Dumbbell bicep curls: Stand in a static lunge position, with one leg back. Holding that position – and 7.5-lb. dumbbells (use 3- to 5-lb. dumbbells if you are a beginner) – do bicep curls, 16 to 18 reps, two sets.

Says Alexander: “You work out all the muscles in your lower body, plus your biceps.”

Lateral raises: Strand in a static lunge position, switching legs if necessary. Raise your arms to the side while holding 5-lb. dumbbells. Do 16 to 18 reps, two sets. This tones the deltoid muscles.

Bonus: Both of the above exercises also work your abs, says Alexander, “because you use those muscles to stabilize your positions.” [source: People]

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