Protein shakes are a great way to supply your body with convenient nutrition and replace nutrients lost during exercise. However, all protein shakes are not created equal. In the spirit of providing you with a recipe that provides the greatest nutrient density for the least amount of calories, body builders and personal trainers usually have the best formulations.

Here’s one from Jackie Warner’s Workout at Skysport Spa:

Jackie Warner Protein Shake (As seen on Workout)
2 cups of organic mixed berries
1 scoop of mega green powder
1 serving of whey protein powder
1 tbsp of flaxseed oil
1 tbsp of liquid amino acids
1 cup of ice
mix in blender

Here’s one from bodybuilding.com

Banana Bread Shake

Ahhh.  There’s nothing like watching celebrities.  Their beauty and grace is only matched by their larger than life appearance.  It’s quite interesting to see those who have fallen from their celebrity pedestal. Now, “larger than life” applies to their thighs rather than their persona.

Did their celebrity destroy their health and fitness or did their lack of health and fitness destroy their celebrity?
Underneath it all celebrities are just people.  They struggle with the same health and fitness challenges we all do.  Next time you are jealous of a celebrity’s looks or physique remember the lessons of Celebrity Fit Club - the best genetics, plastic surgeons and spas are useless if you don’t follow a healthy fit lifestyle that includes proper exercise and nutrition.

So how can watching the show get you in shape?  It condenses the pain and pleasure cycle from years to an hour.  What does this mean?

You get to see the pain that occurs from neglecting your body year after year.  The pain that results from over eating, drinking and partying.  This doesn’t happen overnight and that’s why it sneaks up on us.  But when you see the accumulated fat on a once trim celebrity it gives us a fast perspective on how days of neglect add up in our lives.

The show also shows you the pleasure of reconnecting with your body.  It shows the positive emotion that comes from taking care of yourself.  It’s motivating to see a celebrity who has fallen from grace catch a glimpse of their mistakes and sense their dormant potential.  It shows us it’s never to late and that at some point health and vitality become more important than “being thin”.

Finally - check out some solid advice from Dr. Katz, the shows nutrition advisor.  Here is a guy who provides solid information and a plan that gets results.

On Bravo’s Workout.  Jackie Warner and her girlfriend Mimi are both committed to living in healthy and fit bodies.  However, that commitment doesn’t translate into their personal relationship.

They are both personal trainers and it shows.  Can their romance be as strong as their bodies?  What do you think?

After Ellen has a recap…

You know you’ve hit the big time when you have your own Wikipedia entry. Jackie Warners Workout season finale on Tuesday…

Will Jackie and Mimi break-up? Will Zen return to mental stability? Will Peeler leave to start his own Gym? Will Skysport Spa continue its ascension to greatness?

Ahh - the suspense…

For those of you watching Jackie Warner workout her latest client Sarah on Bravo’s Workout T.V. series - remember to separate fantasy from reality.

It seems the Jackie / Sarah connection has less to do with Sarah’s physical conditioning and more to do with publicity.
Is it really Jackie Warner trainer expertise Sarah’s after or Jackie Warner workout TV exposure. Is the appearance on the show strictly to start getting more commercial face time? You be the judge.
The actual workout may or may not be real but the publicity strategy is looks very real. It seems Jackie’s client Sara or Sarah Siegel-Magness is looking for a way to break into TV land. Penny Parker Of The Rocky Mountain Post reports:

Sarah Siegel-Magness has lived life as daughter to Celestial Seasonings czar Mo Siegel, CEO of the SoLow clothing line, wife of gahzillionaire Gary Magness and mother of two. Siegel-Magness also has been exploring her options in TV.

“I’ve been pitching five networks for a show about me,” Siegel-Magness told me during a phone interview from her upstate New York lake house. “I wanted to do a show where I starred in it.”

S-M and her manager (and Rocky Mountain News stylist) Tobie Orr are pitching the project as a docudrama focusing on Sarah’s professional life.

When the pair took the idea to Bravo, folks at the cable network wanted to see Sarah get more TV face time first, so they cast her in the new series Work Out, a six-episode reality show featuring Jackie Warner, the high-profile owner of chi-chi Sky Sport and Spa in Beverly Hills. The series, which premiered July 19, airs at 7 p.m. Tuesdays (including tonight).

Siegel-Magness, whose appearance was teased in the opening episode, makes her full-fledged character debut in the fourth show, airing Aug. 8. “It was a frigging blast,” she said about working out on Work Out. “Jackie is an incredible person, we had so much fun.”

They shot scenes at Siegel-Magness’ Palm Springs home. “A 10-minute workout with (Warner) and I was huffing and puffing,” she said. “It was hilarious.”

S-M’s next TV trip: playing in a celebrity poker event in Las Vegas that airs in October.

Meanwhile, SoLow is riding high. “I picked probably the most difficult business to be in, it’s so trendy,” she said. “But we’re going strong.”

Jessica Simpson is known for having a great body.

She has a classic mesomorphic body type, which mean she has a good genetic ration of muscle to fat.

Mesomorphs also have a wider shoulder structure, thinner waists and tapered legs.Jessica

Jessica Simpsons body structure allows her to sculpt and shape aesthetic musculature. Combined with a low calorie, low refined sugar diet and aerobic exercise - the results from the picture left speak for themselves.

In preparing for her role as Daisy Duke her personal trainer, Mike Alexander, put her on in intensive regimen. Reports USA Today:

“Jessica wanted more of a bump for her rear end instead of a flat butt,” says Alexander, who works at Beverly Hills’ Sports Club LA. He trained Simpson there nearly every day — one hour with weights and a half-hour of cardio.

To achieve a toned butt and legs, Simpson took on a rigorous program of lunges and squats while holding 7½-pound weights.

This type of compound movement training is typical for celebrities trying to get in shape quickly for a role. When you work large muscle groups at the same time there is a greater caloric cost and you are more likely to increase metabolic boosting lean muscle mass.

Here’s an effective workout if you want to do many of the same exercises from Jessica Simpson’s workout plan.

See Jessica Simpson Live.

More on Jessica’s latest workout program and how to get Jessica Simpson’s body. 

 

 

Any time you have great abs and appear on T.V. people want to know how you do it.  So while to my knowledge there is no official Jackie Warner Diet Book out yet, she has alluded to her dietary philosophy and daily diet on the show.

Here is what might be a good representation of Jackie Warner’s diet:

Eat Well During The Week, Reward on Weekends
Jackie tells AfterEllen.com “You need to eat like you’re working; take it seriously, weekends are your cheat days. I’ll have a box of candy at a movie on the weekends.”

Limit Sugar Intake
She goes on to say, “I’m not about deprivation. Sugar addiction is hard to kick, but if you limit it to two days a week, eventually you’ll want and need less.”

Coffee
In the show, there is a perpetual “tall” Starbucks coffee on Jackie’s desk.  Knowing her position on sugar, I bet it’s black.  Not surprising as black coffee has no calories and caffeine has known fat burning properties.

Eat Protein and Fruit
She recommends this many times on the show.  Ms. Warner most likely eats any number of fruits which are naturally low calorie and high in fiber.  She probably also chooses lean protein sources.  She was eating scrambled eggs and melon for breakfast in one episode which is the perfect protein/fruit combo.

Book Me
For those of you who want more details on Jackie’s nutrition and fitness you won’t have to wait much longer.  According to Jackie she’s writing a book.  “My book will allow people to succeed. I’ve been in the trenches and have experienced human nature. I know what qualities are needed to do this long term.â€?