Celebrity diets and workouts always seem like huge secrets, until their trainers reveal some of their tricks.
A trend that has been picking up speed inside and outside of Hollywood is weight training.
Everyone from "Wonder Woman" star Gal Gadot to Sports Illustrated model Kate Upton has started taking strength training seriously. Lifting heavy is no longer stigmatized as "just for the boys."
Here are 16 actresses and celebrities who have embraced the weight room — and love it.
Hilary Duff calls herself a "strong little gal."
Hilary Duff recently posted a viral photo of herself in a swimsuit. The actress loves her body for getting her where she needs to go and for giving her a son.
One of the other things she has her body do is weight lift. The actress told Cosmopolitan that she does a lot of strength training. "A lot of jumping, medicine balls, dead lifts, hip thrusts. I'm a pretty strong little gal," she said.
Although she is no longer with her personal trainer boyfriend, Jason Walsh, who trains other celebrities like Allison Brie and Emma Stone, Duff still makes exercise a priority.
Megan Fox focuses on back exercises post-babies.
Within the span of two years Megan Fox had two babies. To strengthen her body post-babies, Fox enlisted the help of celeb trainer Harley Pasternak who focused on strengthening her back.
"[We're] really focusing on the muscles behind her body and to draw her posture back," Pasternack told Us Weekly in an interview about Fox's workouts.
"She was basically just pregnant for the better part of two years in between carrying babies," Pasternak went on. "So we got strength in her upper back with back rows, dumbbell rows, and the lower back with the Superman [stretch] for lower back."
Khloe Kardashian does heavy squats.
Khloe Kardashian isn't afraid to lift some heavy weights. Her personal trainer, Gunnar Peterson, often has her doing squats, lat pull downs, and kettlebell swings.
He told Hollywood Life that tiny weights won't cut it. "2 pound weights won't do anything. Your purse weighs more than that, your toddler weighs more than that, your carry-on weighs more than that," he said.
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