Jessica Biel workout & diet

Jessica Biel is one of Hollywood's leading movie actresses, with such films under her belt as Blade Trinity, Elizabethtown, The Illusionist and Powder Blue to name but a few. Jessica Biel is also the girlfriend of pop star and heart throb Justin Timberlake.

Jessica Biel also has one of the hottest bodies on teh silver screen. Unlike many Hollywood A-listers Jessica Biel isn't stick thin. In fact Jessica Biel is one lean mean machine with muscles that could many a man to shame - as exhibited in Blade Trinity and Powder Blue.

The Jessica Biel workout & diet

Many Hollywood stars claim they keep their stunning figures without ever entering a gym. Not Jessica Biel. She is a regular gym bunny and has the body to show for it.

In order to build and maintain her lean, slender and toned body Jessica Biel combines various exercises into any given workout, constantly changing the exercises she does to keep her body guessing and building lean muscle to cope with the change in workload.

Jessica Biel's favourite resistance exercises include:

• Squats
• Plyometric jumps
• Walking lunges
• Jumping lunges
• Medicine ball throws
• Chest flyes
• Press ups
• One leg stiff legged deadlifts

Jessica Biel workouts with a personal trainer during her workouts, the same personal trainer who also works with, rumour has it, UK star Kate Beckinsale, star of Underworld and Serendipity.

Jessica Biel cardio workout

Jessica Biel performs approx 45 minutes cardio each day when getting ready for a movie. This cardio workout will consist of running, speed walking, workout out on the cross trainer, treadmill or whatever. The key for Jessica Biel is to combine this cardio work with a high level of resistance training and a good clean high protein / complex carb diet.

Jessica Biel diet plan

Jessica Biel when getting ready for a movie like Blad Trinity will eat 6 to 8 small meals a day to kickstart her metabolism and provide the right fuel and energy for her workouts. The Jessica Biel diet will include a high level of quality protein - fish, chicken, some red meat - and a good source of complex carbohydrates, with most carbs eaten in the morning and straight after her workout. In the evening Jessica will reduce her carb intake to zero whilst still eating high protein meals (or substituting her protein meals for protein shakes).

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