Actress Jessica Biel is one of those celebrities who regularly posts elements of her workouts on social media\u2014and wow, she is strong.<\/p>\n
Her most recent post with her trainer Ben Bruno, however, is a little different. In it he reveals that the actress doesn\u2019t constantly train hard, but actually has a very balanced outlook when it comes to working out.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n In the voiceover that accompanies the video, Bruno starts by saying: \u201cJess and I have shared a bunch of super impressive and challenging workout moves that kinda flex on the people and let them know she\u2019s a bona fide badass.\u201d<\/p>\n You may like<\/p>\n Want to see the \u201cbadass\u201d in action? Here\u2019s a recent example<\/a>.<\/p>\n But Bruno then moves on to explain: \u201cThe truth is, she doesn\u2019t always train that hard throughout the year. She ramps up the workouts to beast mode if she has a work thing where she has to look her best, but most of the time\u2014like now at the start of the new year\u2014she\u2019s busy juggling work life and mom life.<\/p>\n \u201cSo when that’s the case, we’ll hit the weights about twice a week\u2014sometimes three, and sometimes one to be honest\u2014and then she’ll try and do some Pilates and cardio as well, because she likes but doesn’t love the weights\u2014and wants to keep it balanced.<\/p>\n During the video, Biel is seen performing a dumbbell complex as Bruno talks. A complex is a type of workout where you perform a number of exercises back-to-back with the same dumbbells, so there\u2019s no chance to rest for the entire round.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s the workout, with Biel completing five reps on each side of four exercises.<\/p>\n Watch Jessica Biel\u2019s dumbbell complex workoutis it a good workout?<\/p>\n I asked certified personal trainer Kate Rowe-Ham<\/a>, author of The Longevity Solution<\/a> (out Feb. 12, Yellow Kite) what she thought about the workout\u2014as she is also well-versed in helping people juggle work life and mom life<\/p>\n \u201cI love this Jessica Biel workout,\u201d she tells Fit&Well. \u201cThe dumbbell complex training is a really good one for those who are time-poor and only have a small window of opportunity to work out.<\/p>\n You may like<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019re basically getting maximum effectiveness for the time you\u2019ve got because this training style gets your heart rate up for a cardio boost and it works multiple muscle groups at once\u2014these compound moves improve bone health, and it\u2019s low impact so it\u2019s better for the joints.\u201d<\/p>\n How to make it beginner-friendly<\/p>\n Even though this isn\u2019t especially intense for Biel, keep in mind that she\u2019s been training with Bruno for about 10 years.<\/p>\n This means she\u2019s executing difficult movements flawlessly\u2014especially the final exercise, a single-leg Romanian deadlift that requires impressive balance and mobility.<\/p>\n Also, on the shoulder press, holding one dumbbell overhead while pressing the other dumbbell is hard because it increases the time your shoulder muscle is under tension.<\/p>\n Want to make it more beginner-friendly? Rowe-Ham suggests using lighter weights and doing a shorter circuit of less complex exercises.<\/p>\n She recommends cutting out the exhausting tension and tricky balancing that comes with unilateral exercises and instead doing these four moves:<\/p>\n A Romanian deadlift.<\/a>An upright row.<\/a>A front squat<\/a> with the weights resting on your shoulders.A push press<\/a>.
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