What do I have in common withKarlie Kloss, Kelly Ripa, Shakira, andHilary Duff?
Pretty much nothingexcept now, we’ve all sweated it out with celebrity trainer extraordinaireAnna Kaiser.
I’ve never worked out harder in my life.
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(She wasn’t wrong.)
I went into the week feeling ready to take it on.
This was the perfect opportunity to take my fitness to the next level with some celeb-caliber workouts.
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Just a couple of hours after I landed in sunny Austin, it was go-time.
(As it turns out, very hard, IMO.)
From then on, we started focusing on just one or two class formats in each session.
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I thought I might never walk again after the insane number of donkey kick variations we did every day.
Going back and forth kept the 90 minutes feeling surprisingly fresh, and it was efficient, too.
The evenings were more varied.
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These were my favorite, quite possibly because we were on a mat almost the entire time.
It was a HIIT class called 4Play, and it consisted of four circuits of four functional strength exercises.
(Even Kaiser admitted that she thinks it’s the hardest class.)
It was as much of a mental fortitude challenge as a physical one.
One thing they all had in common, though?
Even the merciful yoga-inspired Restore class, which was an active recovery workout.
It’s exactly the same."
That’s where a good personal trainer makes a huge difference.
“There’s a very specific strategy to it.
Kaiser takes into account not only what her clients need, but also what they like.
So like a 4Play/Sweat Dream mix,” Kaiser says.
Like Tone mixed with Happy Hour."
(So maybe I do have something more in common with Kelly Ripa.)
For one, I was effing starving.
Another unexpected observation: I didn’t feel sore all week, which shocked me.
“Your muscles and your body should feel tired, like you’ve been working really hard.”
And that was one of the many things I felt proud of that week.
I learned a ton from my week with Kaiser.
First, packing for 12 workouts takes up a lot of suitcase space.
Training with Kaiser also showed me the cracks in my fitness routine.
Even though I went in knowing that something needed to change, I left with a more clear direction.
After all, I did it for a full week with Anna Kaiser.
So bring it on.
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