FIT FOR THE BET HIP HOP AWARDS RED CARPET

The 2009 BET Hip Hop Awards has pulled a fast one on you! A few months ago, you made a promise that you would be at your best for the red carpet. However, life happened. You lived in the studio. You were too busy chopping it up at business dinners. Or, you were just too tired to drag yourself to the gym.

Now, it is 48 hours before the big event weekend, and you are feeling a little less confident about turning heads and getting numbers. I am here to tell you that it is not too late. I have a few tricks up my sleeve that can make you “appear” to others that you have been putting in your time in the gym. There is not a one-size-fits-all strategy so I have listed below the training program I would give to 3 of the biggest bosses heading to the 2009 BET Hip Hop Awards this year.


Akon:

For Akon, we can do a total body, circuit training session. It will target every muscle in his body and sculpt those muscles. Alternating between push-ups, stepping on a box and doing body squats will make sure the muscles bulk out a little bit more.

T-Pain:

With T-Pain, I will place more emphasis on the cardio than the body weight workout. On the weight portion of his workout, we will have him doing high repetitions on bench press, curls and dips. The high repetition weight training, combined with a variety of cardio exercises, will minimize the swelling in T-Pain’s muscles so he has more of a lean effect.

Jazze Pha:

My training plan for Jazze is to do strictly cardio. I don’t want his muscles to swell, and I don’t want his posture to lengthen out (from weight training) which would cause his weight to protrude. The goal is to engage him in strenuous cardio to get him breaking a good sweat while monitoring his response so we can avoid triggering any pre-existing health conditions. Lastly, I would encourage Jazze to spend the day drinking at least 1 gallon of water and make a quick trip to the sauna. If you have more water in your body when you go to the steam room, you will sweat more which will cause you to release more toxins and lose more excess water weight.

For those who want to take it a step further and receive the “boss treatment” like Akon, Devyne Stephens and TI, swing by Energy Fitness on Friday, October 9th from 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. We are offering FREE body specific training so you can be fit for BET Hip Hop Awards Weekend. Energy Fitness is located at 1021 Northside Drive, inside the Complex ADC building.