FITNESS MAGAZINE   -  January 2003
  Celebrity trainer Simon Waterson Helps
Halle Berry Sculpt A Bond-Girl Body With
This Circuit Training Plan    
( CLICK HERE TO VIEW HALLE'S FAVORITE MOVE )
Halle Berry

Halle Berry has one of the best bodies in Hollywood.  But as the next Bond girl in Die Another Day, even she has to put a little extra effort into her training.  Enter Simon Waterson, the London-based trainer hired to help Halle (along with the film’s other cast members) get super-sculpted for the film.  “Halle was already in fantastic shape when we started: she just needed to get that extra 10 percent of conditioning to look really chiseled, especially in her bikini scenes,” says Simon, author of The Commando Workout (Harper Collins, 2002)  Since there time together was limited, Simon put together a fast-paced circuit-training program that minimized downtime and kept Halle’s heart rate elevated throughout the workout.


Simon Waterson

Trainer’s tip
“You risk injury if you miss a workout, don’t try to work extra hard the next day. Concentrate on getting the best results you can without overexerting yourself.

THE WORKOUT
Halle and Simon met about four times a week while the movie was filming.  Each training session (which lasted 20 to 40 minutes) would focus on either upper or lower body exercises, using free weights and other fitness equipment.

Lower-Body Workout:
Warm-up  Cycle on stationery bike
(5 to 10 minutes)
Circuit  Squats on Smith machine, reverse lunges on Smith machine, walking lunges with dumbbells, step-ups (3 sets of 15 to 20 reps for each exercise; zero to minimal rest between sets)
Ab exercises  60 crunches using ab roller, alternating leg position
Assisted stretching  (5 to 10 minutes)

Upper-Body Workout:
Warm-up  Cycle on stationery bike
(5 to 10 minutes)
Circuit  Lateral raises, biceps curls, triceps dips, press-ups, bent-over rows
(3 sets, 15 to 20 reps, minimal
rest between sets)
Ab exercises  60 crunches using ab roller, alternating leg position
Assisted stretching  (5 to 10 minutes)

 
   
HALLE’S FAVORITE MOVE:

Crunches using the ab roller (a curved barlike device with head and armrests).  “Halle had never used one before, and she really liked the challenge,” says Simon.  Crunches were done very slowly, varying leg position with heels on the floor, leg extended and soles of feet together. “Slowing down and concentrating on the exercise made it extremely effective.”