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Zoe Saldana makes to Top 20 sexiest women 2012:GQ.com
– Reported, November 27, 2012
Zoe Yadira Saldaña Nazario was born on June 19, 1978, known by her stage name as Zoe Saldana or Zoë Saldaña, is an American actress. She had her breakthrough role in the 2000 film Center Stage and the 2002 film Crossroads. She later gained prominence for her roles as Anamaria in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Uhura in the 2009 film Star Trek, and a starring role as Neytiri in James Cameron’s Avatar. She also had a lead role in the action film Colombiana.
About her Fitness she spoke to oprah.com “I think the older I get it becomes harder and harder because I only watch Food Network. I only like magazines, restaurant magazines. I love to eat, I love food, I love traveling and eating different foods from different regionsand I picked the worst business to be in for food lovers.There are sacrifices that go into it, but at the same time too, you can’t forget that you only live once, you have to enjoy the pleasures of life and you also have to enjoy the work in life. That means that if you like to eat, then work out, be healthy. Keep that heart strong and healthy!”And how your mouth waters when you know you’re going to have your favorite pizza, your favorite hot dogs, rice and beans, Chinese food. There’s nothing like New York Chinese food.
As one of the most in-demand actresses in Hollywood, 33-year-old Zoe Saldana is gorgeous, smart, talented, and a true fashion icon.With her starring role in the new action flick Colombiana (in theaters August 26), the fearless female can officially add kick-butt action hero to the list of adjectives fans might use to describe her. In the movie, Saldana plays Cataleya Restrepo, a babe-you-best-not-cross assassin who seeks revenge against the drug dealers who murdered her family.
To turn her already lean, mean body into a bad ass killing machine for the role, Saldana worked with Hollywood fitness trainer Steve Moyer (and total human dynamo) three to four days per week. Moyer who has worked with Saldana since 2009 and also trains Amanda Righetti and Shannon Doherty, was inspired to become a personal trainer after injuries ended his professional basketball career in Europe.
I started giving individual basketball lessons to kids, and that evolved into personal training, Moyer says. My passion is not just training people, but helping them establish a healthy lifestyle.For Colombiana, Saldana wanted to maintain her toned, flexible, athletic body while remaining injury-free and healthy. Although Moyer has an extensive certification in nutrition, he didn’t need to put the sexy starlet on a special diet for the role.I give her a lot of credit she knows how to eat healthy for herself, Moyer says. I give her tips and suggestions when she wants them.
Moyer recommends having a main goal of being of good health rather than just trying to look fantastic, because you wont necessarily be healthy with the latter.Exercise is a big part, and so is nutrition. Whats often overlooked is balance, Moyer says. You dont have to be extreme with either to look great and feel great.So you can feel like a kick-butt fearless female , Moyer shares some of Zoe Saldanas workout secrets, here.
Moyers workout for Saldana is a great one for toning because it works the whole body with a definite focus on the legs. The upper body moves will help define without any threat of getting bulky, as well as working the core hard.It hits the main problem area of the upper body that all my female clients tell me about the triceps, Moyer says. You could also do this workout minus the cable push-pulls with just an exercise ball.Before beginning this workout, start with a 5 to 10 minute warm-up on an elliptical machine or treadmill to get the body warm.
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The Pilates devotee doesn’t like to keep things the same. “I get bored really easily,” she told Women’s Health last year. So she goes to the experts to help motivate her. “If I didn’t have a trainer to push me, I’d go walk for about 15 minutes,” she said. She also keeps things fun by going for hobbies that keep her active, like skiing in Aspen.
The actress isn’t a fan of crash diets or starving herself. In fact, Zoe’s diet philosophy is all about being well-balanced. “Sometimes I pig out on pasta, but that’s OK,” she told Women’s Health. “The next day, I just eat healthy.” She explained more about her outlook to Oprah’s O Magazine in 2009: “You can’t forget that you only live once, you have to enjoy the pleasures of life and you also have to enjoy the work in life. That means that if you like to eat, then work out, be healthy. Keep that heart strong and healthy!” she said.
She may not have ruled out plastic surgery, but Zoe doesn’t lack in self esteem. As she told Glamour in 2010: “I love women. I worship women. Don’t want to be any other woman but myself.”
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