10 Adriana Lima Secrets to Staying Fit & her Leg Workout Video
VIDEO: Check out Adriana Lima’s famous Leg workout video!
SHAPE: Wow, that’s intense! What were some of the specific workouts you did?
MO: Adriana responds really well with jumping rope and shadow boxing. We did a lot of exercises that tested reflexes. We had a lot of variety, things like double turns with a jump rope (which are part of his workout DVD called AERO Jump/Sculpt). The workouts are on another planet—they are killer! There were also specialized sculpting maneuvers and all-over bodywork. I really trained her like a fighter.
Routine:
1. Pile on the black mascara for lush lashes every day.
“My secret for mascara is that you just keep applying on and on and onespecially in the summer, I never take my mascara off, I just keep adding on and I think its beautiful. Sometimes I even like to take the brush and purposely touch the skin around the lash line so it looks a little messy. Apply on the top and the bottomfor me, the more you apply the better.”
2. For a bare-faced look, mix shimmer or bronzing power with your moisturizer.
“If you want the look of very bare skin, you can mix a shimmer powder with your daily lotionor even with sun blockand apply to your face. It gives you that beautiful glow, even if you have no makeup on.”
3. Make your lip color do double-duty.
“Sometimes I take like a little red or pink lipstick and dab it on my lips and on my cheeks. I use the same thing on my lips that I use on my cheeks to give that natural tinted look.”
4. Moisten your eyeliner pencil before applying.
“A lot of women have trouble lining their eyes, and what I discovered is that the pencil works better when it is soft and not too dry. Its better if it’s moistits easier to put on and you actually get a more precise line. The Victorias Secret Eye Pencil is easy to apply and stays on perfectly.”
As physically involved as the sport is, it requires quick thinking, so Olajide begins Lima’s workouts with five to ten minutes of exercises designed to sharpen her mental concentration, including jumping jacks and shadowboxing—complicated eight-count combinations to keep Lima on her toes. “She is really smart. If it’s too repetitious, she doesn’t want anything to do with it,” says Olajide, laughing.
Using a killer combo of jump rope, boxing, and specialized sculpting maneuvers, Olajide, Jr. had Lima defying nature and ready to rock the world’s sexiest lingerie after just five weeks of training. The best part? Now you too can do the same routine Lima did (in the comfort of your own living room)! Olajide, Jr. is revealing his secrets to a lean, sexy body in his newest DVD box set, AEROBOX: The System of Sleek.
