Duchess Meghan is no stranger to the spotlight, but she stepped back into the spotlight yesterday afternoon as she attended the polo championships in Miami with Prince Harry.
The Duchess of Sussex, 42, wore an $812 dress by local designer Heidi Merrick and a £2,650 Maison Valentino bag as she attended the Royal Salute Polo Challenge on Friday. She wore it to embody California chic.
The One Stud White Leather Crossbody Bag is a favorite of Meghan’s, and she’s worn it several times in the past, but it wasn’t her elegant silk dress that caught the attention of royal watchers.
It was her incredibly toned arms that had people talking on social media. One social media user said: “Oh my god, she has the most amazing arms and shoulders. This dress is perfect for her.”
Another simply said: “Meghan’s arms and shoulders?!!!!!” everyone? ! ‘
Her toned physique may have turned heads, but getting this chiseled look wasn’t always an easy process for the Duchess of Sussex.
The mother of two recommends boxing, yoga, hiking, and full-body workouts.
Are they the answer? What kind of system would make it look like this?
Alexander Lezinski, founder of West London Personal Training, says achieving toned shoulders and arms comes down to a simple factor: lean muscle mass relative to fat mass. .
He says the best way to maintain toned arm muscles is to do resistance training, saying, “Resistance can come from weights, bands, or your own body weight.” As long as the muscles are loaded, Muscles work.
“Meghan practices Pilates and yoga regularly and is seeing the same results.”
“Resistance training builds lean muscle. Muscle requires energy to maintain, so it increases your basal metabolism and helps you burn fat throughout the day.”
He says that apart from building lean muscle, another important step is managing fat levels to make the lean look visible, and a healthy diet is essential. explained.
Alexander suggested it’s best to start by checking your BMI to see if it’s within the “healthy” range.
“Not everyone needs to take the same steps. Some people need to eat less, some people need to eat the same amount, and some people need to eat more.
“Meghan has previously said that she eats a lot of fish and vegetables. Fish, in particular, contains little fat and provides lean protein that supports muscles.”
Courtney Black, another top fitness trainer, has created a workout routine specifically for the Royals section to help you get toned arms and shoulders.
Kourtney says, “When you feel yourself getting stronger and when you feel your muscles working, your confidence increases and that affects every aspect of your life.” It’s not just about looking great. . It’s about feeling great inside and out. ”
As seen in the graphic above, trainers recommend incorporating push-ups, dumbbell bicep curls, and bench incline presses into your workout.
It only takes 20 minutes and can be done at home if you have the equipment. Here’s everything you need and a complete breakdown of the training.
Reportedly, Meghan’s favorite exercises are:
boxing
Celebrity personal trainer and Spanish national kickboxing champion Jorge Blanco, who once coached Meghan, told Vanity Fair magazine, “Meghan was in Toronto while filming the series “Suits.” “I trained Meghan when she was there.”
“We did a little bit of martial arts, a little bit of boxing, and sometimes kickboxing.”
Boxing burns calories and promotes toning. The training gloves alone weigh 16 ounces, so just raising your hands is a shoulder workout.
Fitness expert Alexander added: “The act of punching burns calories and helps manage your overall fat levels.”
“It also conditions the performance of all other training activities, the intensity of which can cause a short-term increase in metabolism known as EPOC (excess post-exercise oxygen consumption).”
yoga
Duchess Meghan said this in an interview with Best magazine. “Yoga is my thing. My mom is a yoga instructor and I started doing Mommy and Me Yoga with her mom when I was 7 years old.
“When I was a kid, I was very resistant, but she said, ‘Flower, you’ll find practice. Just take your time.’ When I got to college, I started doing it more regularly. became.”
She goes on to say, “There are so many benefits to practicing yoga…increased flexibility and strength, increased sense of well-being, improved mental focus, improved ability to relax, reduced anxiety, and better sleep.” It’s about improving the quality of things.”
Her yoga exercises are featured in a clip from the Netflix documentary series she made with Harry.
The snippet showed Meghan sitting cross-legged on a yoga mat, wearing black leggings and a black T-shirt, as she went about one of her daily routines.
full body workout
Craig McNamee, Duchess Meghan’s former personal trainer for three years, talks about what it takes to achieve such a striking look.
The founder of Catalyst Health in Toronto revealed in an interview with Women’s Health that he took a “whole body” approach to training Meghan.
He explained that the actress would do a 45-minute session three to four times a week, starting with an aerobic warm-up, then moving into stretching, and then doing a posture-focused circuit “from the time she was on screen.” did.
McNamee made sure Meghan focused on core exercises that focused on her abs, back, obliques, and pelvic floor, as well as exercises that worked her glutes, back, and hamstrings.
Agree
Founder Sebastein Lagree says she’s also a big fan of Lagree Fitness Classes, which are used by celebrities.
In this class, participants use a machine called a “Megaformer Bed” (originally adapted from the Pilates Reformer Bed) and weights to perform a series of slow, multi-target exercises. .
“I think Meghan does it about three times a week,” he said. “She seems very enthusiastic and she recommends two or three times a week.
He said she had been to Studio Lagree in London and Power Pilates in Los Angeles.
“It’s popular with women because it’s a graceful way to do weight training.
“It’s not about bulking up. It’s about strengthening, tightening, and shaping your body.”
Sebastian, also known as the ‘tormentor to the stars’, said he didn’t know Meghan was a fan of his workouts until she told Women’s Health UK in 2017. .
“It’s definitely the best thing you can do for your body,” the former American actress said at the time.
“There are several reasons why you keep coming back. First of all, your body changes quickly…take two classes and you’ll see a difference. The people in the class are cool and unassuming. It gives me motivation.”
“I found out about it along with people all over the world and it caused such a huge buzz throughout the Lagree community!” Sebastian told MailOnline in 2019.
“People have come to me and said they want to be like Meghan.
“Meghan said she could tell the difference after just a few classes. I think that’s part of the appeal.”
running
The former actress claims she enjoys running less in recent years as the sport has become more demanding on her knees, but she told Best Health that it used to be part of her regular training routine.
“I used to run all the time, but since I’m often picked up from work at 4:15 a.m. on Mondays, I don’t have much time to jog and would rather get an extra hour of sleep.” ” she said. she told the magazine, detailing her time on the TV series Suits.
Although Meghan is no longer running, she still enjoys long hikes through the California foothills near her $14 million Montecito mansion.
