Tracy Anderson shares her tips and advice for getting back into shape after giving birth
Tuesday 28 August 2012
Personal trainer Tracy Anderson has whipped many a celeb body into shape, but it looks like she doesn’t go easy on herself either when it comes to exercise.
Tracy reveals she lost her baby weight Just six weeks after giving birth to her second baby, Penelope, in May.
Speaking to an American magazine, she said she didn’t want to develop a “disaster body” by overeating and avoiding exercise during and just after pregnancy.
She revealed that she put on a healthy 30lbs over nine months, and kept fit by filming a series of exercise DVDs entitled The Pregnancy Project.
“A lot of women use pregnancy as an excuse to let their bodies go, and that’s the worst thing,” she said.
The 37-year-old said that although it can be hard, resisting overeating is key to springing back after childbirth.
“I’ve seen so many women who come to me right after [having children] with disaster bodies that have gone through hell, or they come to me years later and say, "Oh, my body is like this because I had three kids."”
But the blonde beauty admitted struggling with getting back in the gym due to the changes to her body.
“For 13 years I’ve been jumping around, dancing at such high levels all over the world and with no sleep for multiple hours a day.”
“I thought, Please, I can bust out an hour of dance aerobics, no problem - wrong!”
She found one of her biggest problems was swollen breasts.
“I had to stop and put on multiple sports bras,” she added.
Tracy created a series of workout DVD's that other mums to be can use during their pregnancy
And the hard work isn’t over for Tracy either, who admits she still has 10lbs to lose to get back to her pre-pregnancy weight.
'I know that the journey of getting back to your best level of performance physically is very hard, but it’s an incredibly empowering place to be,' she said.
Tracy famously helped Gwyneth Paltrow in shape before filming Iron Man and she revealed the actress struggled to lose her baby weight.
'When I first met her, she was stuck,' said Tracy.
'She had to film the first Iron Man and she still had 25 to 30 extra pounds after [giving birth to] Moses and he was already five months old.
'She had tried everything and couldn’t get them off.'
'I know that the journey of getting back to your best level of performance physically is very hard, but it’s an incredibly empowering place to be,' she said.
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