Cindy Crawford's Bad Workout Advice
Hey, I love an easy way out. And I really don't mind following poor advice if it's what I want to hear. Enter supermodel Cindy Crawford. Now there's someone who probably knows a thing or two about healthy living. Her income depends on her looks, so you know keeping her body in shape, her hair shiny and her mole in line are priorities for the 45-year-old mother of two.
She'd have you believing otherwise, though.
Wait til you hear what she says about her lax workout routine.
Crawford claims she only works out two or three times a week. The Propel Zero spokesmodel says:
As life has evolved and changed, I think especially after having kids, I changed my workouts because I realized that I couldn’t kill myself with my workouts. I needed my workouts to leave me more energized. I try to work out three days a week but sometimes it’s only two. And I work out for about an hour. I try to do twenty to thirty minutes of cardio. Sometimes I do it in one chunk, sometimes I break it up. The other 30-40 minutes is weight training or squats and lunges.
That is great. Just great. I'm so happy the Cindy doesn't need the recommended 30 minutes of exercise a day. She may be one of the lucky ones with a metabolism faster than a speeding bullet and a private chef making sure she doesn't have over 1,000 calories a day, but that's certainly not me. Probably not you, either.
I agree that she likely needed to tone down the intensity and frequency of her workouts so that she could have energy left for her kids, but I .... I guess I'm just jealous. I think I'm just sitting here popping in sour grape after sour grape into this sad body of mine that could never, ever, be fit with only two workouts a week. (Chomp, chomp.)
While Cindy's not suggesting her plan will work for everyone, if she's going to rep a sports drink, she might need to stop alienating her fellow gym rats with sound bites about her easy workouts. (Chomp chomp.)
Some of us have to hit the gym hard. (Chomp chomp.) Someone pass me a napkin; this grape juice is about to drizzle down and stain my workout shirt.
How often do you workout?
Photo via Michael Caulfield/Getty
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JAFE
Right now I'm working out 3-5 days a week but I've been in weight loss challenges. I've lost 22 pounds and just started my next 8 week class. Once you've gotten to where you want to be, 2-3 30 minute work outs are about all you need to maintain your weight. Of course the assumption is that you eat properly. If you eat out or eat a really "bad" meal or treat, you should do one extra. It's the losing that's hard. Once there it's not so bad.
getreal
slw123
Usually 4-5 days a week.
Melissa042807
I try for three days a week. But the way I eat has a lot to do with it too. You notice she doesn't talk about how she eats. I'm going with the private chef scenario.
Rachel Schiller
Wow... bitter much? Just because she only works out 3 times a week doesn't mean she spends the other 4 days on her butt.
RhondaVeggie
I am however also insanely jealous that she can be that fit doing that little. I am at the gym six days a week for at least an hour, some days are two classes for a total of 2.5 hours. I also do stuff in the evening, crunches and planks and stuff, and I've been known to set up the ironing board at it's lowest setting and iron in a squatting position. I know I have incredible muscle tone somewhere, it's just very well insulated by blubber.
SpikedMango
I do... ZERO "exercise" a day. I am busy and moving constantly, though. And eating healthy helps a ton. Plus, I'm 7 months pregnant and am going to enjoy it, dang it! :)
serenity58
Samallama
I "run-walk" every day, but it is usually not for 30 full minutes. About 20 usually. Unless I had a bad day at work, then its to the hot tub with a cocktail for me. Hey, its hot in the hot tub, maybe I can sweat myself into shape?
nthentherewuz6