J.Lo is understood for flooding her social media with scorching physique photographs and HollywoodLife spoke with two specialists, who educated the attractive mama, to clarify methods to get outcomes similar to hers!
Jennifer Lopez shall be turning 50 on July 24, however age is only a quantity as a result of she appears to be like hotter than ever! The “Booty” singer — who’s celebrating the massive event along with her upcoming It’s My Celebration tour — is understood for displaying off her greatest belongings on social media, so we have been decided to learn the way she will get these unbelievable abs and agency butt. HollywoodLife spoke EXCLUSIVELY with two specialists who’ve labored with the multi-talented star to get the news on how she appears to be like so nice. Superstar private coach and MitoQ associate Gunnar Peterson labored with JLo previously for plenty of years and he has a lot to share on methods to get a physique like Jennifer’s. Dodd Romero additionally weighed in, as he at the moment trains the Golden Globe nominee and revealed ideas and methods to get rock laborious abs and a booty just like the singer.
HL: JLo appears to be like wonderful, so let’s break it down! How on earth does she get these abs? What sort of workouts does that take?
DR: “She does excessive rep schemes, most all of her ab workouts go from 50, 35, 21, 14 reps. She by no means does the identical ab routine twice so the physique by no means acclimates and all her ab workouts are designed to elongate and tighten the muscular tissues.”
GP: “The excellent news is all people has abs, the dangerous information shouldn’t be all people’s abs are as seen as all people else’s which comes right down to a discount in subcutaneous physique fats. I say subcutaneous as a result of there are completely different sorts of physique fats, and that’s the type of fats that’s proper below the pores and skin that obscures the definition. Scale back the layer of physique fats and voila, the abs will seem. Regular state cardio is an effective way to go which suggests your coronary heart charge sits someplace between 65 and 85 % of your anaerobic threshold and also you keep it in that state for 30 minutes or extra. A straightforward method to calculate that’s to subtract your age from 220. So should you’re 40-years-old, you are taking 220 and subtract 40 which equals 180. Take 65 to 85 % of 180 and that coronary heart charge will put you in an anaerobic threshold assuming you do it 30 minutes or extra. It’s not actual science, but it surely’s a ballpark and it really works. Regular state cardio will be achieved by doing something that creates elevated coronary heart charge via actions akin to biking, strolling, and rowing. Large, multi-joint actions like squats, lifeless lifts, pull-ups, push-ups, lunges. All these issues assist not simply the caloric burn, however muscle is lively tissue so when you’ve gotten extra muscle you burn energy at the next charge on a regular basis, not simply through the exercise. So use energy coaching which ends up in burning energy at the next charge, eat rather less, you’re burning off the surplus fats and right here come the abs.”

HL: How can somebody get a toned butt like JLo?
GP: “Go heavy, go heavy. Meaning raise weights which might be heavier than you suppose you may raise. Squat heavy, lunge heavy, lifeless raise heavy, leg press heavy. By heavy, I imply the place you attain technical kind failure the place the right type of the train falls aside. It’s the place you begin to fail technically while you attain between eight and 12 reps. And it’s not you could’t full it, however simply that your kind falls aside. As soon as you may full the 12 reps with good kind, then you’re protected to bump up the weights from there. Be sure you’re getting sufficient energy and sufficient relaxation, and the expansion will occur. All these workouts work the legs and the glutes in live performance. Moreover, little angle changes like placing your shoulders and toes elevated obtain a bit extra quad recruitment. In the event you put your shoulders down and toes elevated, you’ll obtain extra ‘posterior chain’ which suggests it really works the glutes and hamstrings.”
HL: What number of days per week does JLo work out and what number of ought to somebody who desires to attain her look hit the gymnasium?
DR: “She works out 4 to 5 days per week with weights and does cardio 5 to 6 days. She assaults each exercise with 100% depth.”
GP: “Properly that is dependent upon the particular person. In the event that they’re a professional athlete I’d say let’s get began on all this now and exercise 5 or 6 days per week. But when somebody is 50-years-old and hasn’t labored out since highschool then that’s a unique story. No person ought to set themselves up for failure and plenty of figuring out is psychological. So if anyone commits to figuring out 4 days per week, they usually solely exercise twice, then they really feel like a failure and are extra inclined to stop exercising altogether. For newcomers, begin by committing to 1 or two days per week so that you just really feel such as you completed your aim by finishing that. After you’ve steadily labored out two days for a number of weeks, then commit to a few days per week and construct from there.”
HL: How does somebody get lengthy, lean arms like JLo?
DR: “She retains her arms toned and lean additionally by doing a excessive rep scheme. Reminiscent of 50, 35, 21, 1 .with this excessive rep scheme there’s no want to make use of heavy weight as a result of the excessive rep scheme is just too demanding.”
HL: What’s the greatest train for girls to attain lengthy, lean legs?
GP: “Some type of a squat whereas holding a barbell or a dumbbell and work your means up regarding the quantity of weight. Utilizing a large stance together with your toes turned out and pushing your butt again, that may make the most of extra of the inside thigh and glutes. Utilizing a narrower stance will construct extra within the quads. Step-ups is one other nice motion and it’s broadly neglected. The 1st step foot at a time up on a field, bench, or stair and take into consideration standing up vertically, not leaning ahead. Additionally take into consideration what hand you carry the dumbbell in. You get completely different recruitment from a core standpoint relying on which hand you maintain the load in and which foot you step with. In the event you step up with the correct foot and maintain the load in the correct hand, then you definitely’ll really feel that core engagement on the correct facet. However should you’re holding the load within the left hand, you’ll really feel the whole core engaged as a result of our physique tries to steadiness itself and so the entire core is being utilized.”
HL: How a lot weight ought to girls use when doing these workouts?
GP: “I recommend weights with all the pieces you do. For girls simply beginning out, they will begin with 5 or 10-pound dumbbells whereas doing any train. As soon as that turns into too straightforward, then work your means as much as 15 and 20 pound dumbbells.”
HL: What does JLo eat in a day?
DR: “Jennifer cycles her carbs so Monday via Friday she’s in work mode which suggests no play-play with the food plan. Low carbs, excessive protein and no fats. Numerous phytonutrient inexperienced greens. On Saturday and Sunday it’s just a little extra relaxed – carbs are added again in and a cheat meal if she wishes. There needs to be a wholesome reward system to any wholesome vitamin plan for it to final.”
HL: How do you retain JLo in form whereas on tour and what does she eat since she’s on the highway so usually?
DR: “Whereas on the highway we pull the bus over when it’s time to coach and discover a good gymnasium, however we don’t miss exercises. She all the time strives to get a minimal of eight hours of sleep every evening, however schedule doesn’t all the time allow.”