Modern Model April 2014

My 5 Day Flat Tummy Tricks By Phoenix Rain Model: Phoenix Rain/Photo © Steve Cooper So you have a photoshoot in ﬁve days but you’ve cucumber, celery, ginger, mint leaves, lemon, lime and overindulged just a likle too much at the weekend or not broccoli sprout juice. You can add apple or pineapple hit the gym as much as you would have liked in the last juice if you don’t like the sour taste. couple of weeks. Prep your food in advance. If you have all your It can be a really diﬃcult balance for models to lunches and snacks prepped in advance you won’t ﬁnd stay shoot-‐ready every day of the week and when your yourself hungry with nothing to eat. The worst thing for body is your living, then every likle lump and bump shoot prep is leaving your food plan to chance. I seems to take on ominous proporPons when a shoot day guarantee if you ﬁnd yourself hungry and away from hangs heavy on your head. home you will buy whatever your stomach demands! Now you guys should know that I deﬁnitely do Stay oﬀ the coﬀee -‐ or limit it to one cup in the not adhere to fast ﬁxes when it comes to diet or morning. We are trying to increase your hydraPon before exercise. EaPng disorders nearly destroyed my life and I your shoot and there is no point drinking all that water if steer well clear of crash detoxes, shake plans or anything are going to ruin your eﬀorts with coﬀee. you that is not sustainable long-‐term. If it doesn’t support Spend 20 minutes a day doing high intensity weight health and happiness then it is not worth the misery. rouPnes. Bodyweight workouts work really well here. It is preky impossible to lose a noPceable Focus on compound movements like squats, lunges, amount of body fat in just ﬁve days but you can look and burpees and core strengthening exercises like renegade feel enPrely diﬀerent using these likle tricks. rows, dynamic planks and spidermans. Hydrate like a ﬁsh in the desert! Drinking 4-‐5 Most importantly though, be conﬁdent in yourself. liters per day in the run-‐up to your shoot will ﬂush out all Don’t let the nagging voices in your head make you feel the toxins your body has been struggling with and will anything less than the star you are. Magic happens when eliminate all those sneaky food cravings. On the night you completely engage in your shoot, body and soul so before your shoot stop drinking at about 8pm and just proud and go do what you do best! be sip water unPl your shoot is done. Your body will look Phoenix Rain is a professional ﬁtness coach, model, writer lean, toned and super-‐deﬁned. and mother. Phoenix is the creat ܂CH0

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