OK! Magazine UK – 22 July 2019

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WORKOUT

LIKEASTAR

INSIDERTIPSONHOWTHEA-LISTSTAYFIT

FROMCELEBRITYTRAINERGUNNARPETERSON

W

hen A-listers like Halle Berry,

Kate Beckinsale and Jennifer

Lopez want to get in shape for

their latest

Hollywood role there’s

one man they call –

Gunnar Peterson.

He’s the Beverly

Hills personal trainer

who’s also responsible

for helping Khloé

Kardashian get her

‘revenge body,’

Matthew McConaughey

hone his glorious pecs

and Dakota Johnson

shape up for the Fifty

Shades films.

Last month Gunnar

joined Chris Hemsworth

and his wife Elsa Pataky’s

Centr team to offer a

new fitness programme,

Gunnar x Centr, which went down a

storm in Tinseltown and pretty much

everywhere else too. As well as advising

celebrities and

athletes, including the

Los Angeles Lakers

basketball team,

Gunnar owns a private

gym in Beverly Hills

frequented by the

A-list. The motivating

motto emblazoned

on the wall of his

gym? ‘Don’t show

up late, don’t try to

get out early, don’t

cheat your rep counts

and definitely don’t

hold back.’

We find out how

this sports guru is

on a mission to get

everyone fit...

WHATEXERCISEISBEST

FORTONING?

According to Gunnar: ‘To look toned you need to

burn excess subcutaneous body fat (found under

the skin rather than around the organs). I would go

for a higher intensity cardiovascular workout which

includes sprints. That could be a spinning class with

sprints, a boot camp, a rowing class, or a climber

class. Any exercise where there are bursts of higher

intensity effort coupled with less intensive exercise

would work. You can also do strength training to burn

excess body fat.’

WHYHIIT

WORKOUTS?

Gunnar’s fitness

programmes

always incorporate

HIIT training

i.e short, sharp

workouts. He says:

‘People haven’t

got much time

and they don’t

know whether they

should be doing

cardio or strength

training during

a workout. That

means, a lot of the

time they end up

doing nothing.’

He adds: ‘If

you can do some

resistance training

and strength

work at a pace

that serves your

cardiovascular

demands it’s like

a two-in-one

workout. You’ll up

your heart rate and

hit all the major

muscle groups – so

you’re going to

be a better, fitter

person for it.’

ISNUTRITIONORFITNESS

MOREIMPORTANT?

Both need to be considered but Gunnar urges

us to focus on fitness first. He explains: ‘The role

of nutrition becomes more important the closer

you get to your goal. So, if you’re just starting

to fit some exercise into your schedule get

the workouts sorted to begin with. See how it

works for you, how it changes you. Then start to

gradually focus more on your diet. Don’t switch

from all processed foods to all natural, organic

foods quickly either, do it slowly. This is all about

your long-term lifestyle.’

J.Lo is one of

Gunnar’s loyal

celebrity clients

Gunnar pushes

his clients to

their limits

Gunnar (above)

has teamed

up with Elsa

Pataky and Chris

Hemsworth (right)

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