Emma Roberts has trained with fitness coach Katy Schuele for years. As an instructor for The Sculpt Society, a digital fitness platform that blends dance cardio with low-impact exercises for short, effective sessions using minimal equipment, Katy has helped prepare Emma for various roles. Currently, she’s ‘getting Em camera ready for American Horror Story’, she revealed on TikTok, where Emma will return as Madison Montgomery in season 13, premiering September 24th this year. They also trained together ahead of Emma’s wedding to actor Cody John.
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Katy has shared various videos of their training sessions on Instagram, including their 10-minute arm workout. She captioned it ‘How I train Emma Roberts: arm edition.’ In the clip, they perform ten simple standing exercises together, all using the same equipment: a pair of light hand weights.
That accessibility is the reason busy celebs and mums like Emma are such big fans of The Sculpt Society. Every workout is under 50 minutes, and the app’s 10–15-minute ‘Quickie’ sessions to ‘sculpt and tone [marketing terms for building more muscle definition] your arms, booty, legs, and abs’ are particularly popular with ‘beginners and anyone with a busy schedule’, the website states.
They also use minimal kit, making consistency easier. ‘It’s about committing to less so that you can show up more,’ The Sculpt Society founder Megan Roup told Prose. ‘We think that we need to be doing hours of exercise a day – if it’s not 45 to 60 minutes a day, then it doesn’t count as exercise and it’s not going to do anything. My biggest suggestion is to commit to less – just 10 minutes – and get into that consistency.’
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Below, try Emma’s exact 10-minute arm workout, with demos from her and coach Katy, and our tips for proper form.
Emma Roberts’ 10-minute arm workout
How to do it: Perform each exercise for 1 minute without resting between exercises. Katy and Emma use a pair of 2-3lb hand weights. Go heavier if the last 10-15 secs per exercise isn’t challenging you and you feel as though you could do more, but not so heavy that your form suffers.
Single-arm press out
Start with elbows bent at your waist, then press one arm straight out to the side with palm facing upwards before returning. Repeat on the opposite side and continue alternating.Double-arm press out
Start with elbows bent at your waist, then press both arms straight out to the sides with palms facing upwards before returning.Single-arm reach with rotation
Start with elbows bent at your waist, then press one arm straight out to the side at shoulder height while rotating from palm up to palm down. Repeat on opposite side and continue alternating. Double-arm press out and up
Start with elbows bent at your waist with palms up, press both arms out to the sides, then press up to straighten your arms and form a diagonal from your hands to shoulders. Continue pressing to the side, then up.Single-arm crossbody punch
Start with both weights at your hips, then punch one arm diagonally across your body, rotating through your torso. Return and repeat on the opposite side. Continue alternating.Double-arm serve the platter
Start with both elbows bent by your sides, palms up, then press both hands forward as if offering a platter.Single-arm serve the platter
Hold elbows by your sides, palms up, then press one hand forward as if offering a platter. Switch sides and continue alternating.Single-arm squat to press
Holding both weights at your hips, squat down as you lower one weight to the ground, then stand and press the same weight overhead. Continue for 30 secs, then switch sides.Goalpost arm extensions
Start with elbows bent at 90 degrees in a goalpost position, then extend both arms out to form a straight line from your shoulders. Return back to 90 degrees and continue extending and bending. Double-arm press out and pulse
Start with elbows at your waist, then press both arms straight out to the sides with palms up, and continue performing small pulses.
As Women’s Health UK’s fitness director and a qualified Pilates and yoga instructor, Bridie Wilkins has been passionately reporting on exercise, health and nutrition since the start of her decade-long career in journalism.
After earning a first-class degree in journalism and NCTJ accreditation, she secured her first role at Look Magazine, where she launched the magazine’s health and fitness column, Look Fit, before going on to become Health and Fitness writer at HELLO!
Since, she has written for Stylist, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Elle, The Metro, Runner’s World and Red. Today, she oversees all fitness content across Women’s Health online and in print, spearheading leading cross-platform franchises, such as ‘Fit At Any Age’, which showcases the women proving that age is no barrier to exercise.
She has also represented the brand on BBC Radio London, plus various podcasts and Substacks – all with the aim to encourage more women to exercise and show them how. Outside of work, find her trying the latest Pilates studio, testing her VO2 max for fun (TY, Oura), or posting workouts on Instagram.