Wanna have Linda Hamilton's body
aj74...@omega.ntu.ac.sg
Hi. I need some advice on how to develop a body like Linda Hamilton's
in Terminator 2. The kind that is lean yet strong, chiselled, with that vein
running down her upper arm :) Really, this sounds really funny, but I'm serious
about it :) I've been exercising for many many months now but my schedule's
always been rather tight, so the flab doesn't really go away at all. I do
running, cycling, stair-climbing, aerobics and free weights, in any combination
about 4 times a week. And I know there's no way I can look like her if my body
shape isn't like hers - by the way I'm a mesomorph, so is ther any hope for me?
I'm willing to put in a lotta effort to look and feel as fit as I can. My
boyfriend works out in the gym nearly everyday and I KNOW he'd know how I can
improve my muscle tone (he's got a great bod :). But the thing is, I wanna
do this secretly (well, I'll let him in on it later but I won't tell the part
about Linda Hamilton :). I wanna kinda "surprise" or delight him you know ;)
I'm medium built, kinda short (1.58m) so darn it. How do I make the
most of my assets and look like Linda? I'm a 20-year-old undergrad and this
fact alone leaves me little time and energy except 45 mins a day to work out.
Thanks in advance for any advice (or laughs) :)
Brenda
Olga Hernandez
I read several articles that came out on how she "toned up" for that movie. She
(and her personal trainer) worked out for *hours* each and every day. I recall
reading about it and thinking that the eating and exercise regimen was pretty
severe (don't remember exactly what it was though, sorry :<) I do remember that
she spent her entire days (months prior to the movie) exercising, running, etc.
Her chin-ups (in the insane asylum scene) were nothing compared to the amount of
chin-ups she did in real life to prepare for that scene.
I'd love to have her body too, but I know that I can't spend the amount of time
that she did to get it. Additionally, she had to to it for the movie (something
I really couldn't relate to). If I had her money and had the luxury of having a
well-known personal trainer come to my house and _make me_ do all that she did
(knowing I'd get millions for the movie afterwards...) I could have a bod like
hers. You may have to settle with slowly improving yourself - having her body
may not be a realistic goal. What happens if you never get there?
Good luck and keep up the exercise...
Olga
Keith R. Smith
>
>In article <>, Michael Goodrich <73054...@CompuServe.COM> writes:
>|> >>I need some advice on how to develop a body like
>|> Linda Hamilton's
>|> in Terminator 2. The kind that is lean yet strong, chiselled,<<
>|>
>|>
>|>
>|> Try a lot of non-bulking repetetive exercises that burn calories
>|> but don't build escessive muscle.
>
>Why? Work hard! Push your muscles. Work as hard as you can in the
>10 rep range. Off course you want to bulk-up. Non-bulking repetetive
>exercises is great if your in a coma but will not build any muscle.
>Muscle won't appear over night.
>You won't wake up the day after a hard work-out with huge muscles. Get your
>muscles the size you want them then just maintain. It's a lot easier to
>maintain a muscle the to make one grow.
>
>... sorry?
>
>the chuckr
>
>
Hi Chuck!
Brenda, the originator of this thread, was inquiring as to how she might
develop the "Linda Hamilton in T2" look. If you saw the movie, you will
recall that LH had the look of a very highly trained endurance athlete.
She was slim, lean as hell (as in "peaking for contest" lean) and had
a nominal amount of muscle development. In fact, she looked a little
overtrained (underfed?) to my eye. All in all, she looked about 10-15
pounds lighter, and a lot harder, than she did in T1 or in the "Beauty
and the Beast" series. To my eye, LH did more fat-losing than muscle
building to achieve that look for the movie. A person striving for that
look might train exactly as LH did.... extendo daily workouts that pretty
much preclude the possibility of training to failure.... or having a life
outside of training. The training that you propose will go a long way
toward building muscle mass, but that hard training that optimizes for
mass-building takes too much out of you to be done often or long.
Long, frequent training (and careful attention to diet) are required
to get that _really lean_ look, particularly if one is not a "naturally lean"
type.
All of this is to say that Michael G addressed the goal *as presented* by the
originator of this thread. I agree with you that any concern about gaining
"excessive" muscle is unfounded, for the very reasons that you state.
Keith R
Chuck Ross
In article <3d6t98$r3c$1...@mhadf.production.compuserve.com>, Michael Goodrich <73054...@CompuServe.COM> writes:
|> >>I need some advice on how to develop a body like
|> Linda Hamilton's
|> in Terminator 2. The kind that is lean yet strong, chiselled,<<
|>
Keith R. Smith
<aj74...@omega.ntu.ac.sg> wrote:
>
> Hi. I need some advice on how to develop a body like Linda Hamilton's
>in Terminator 2. The kind that is lean yet strong, chiselled, with that vein
>running down her upper arm :) Really, this sounds really funny, but I'm
>serious about it :) I've been exercising for many many months now but my
>schedule's always been rather tight, so the flab doesn't really go away
>at all. I do running, cycling, stair-climbing, aerobics and free weights,
>in any combination about 4 times a week. And I know there's no way I can
>look like her if my body shape isn't like hers - by the way I'm a mesomorph,
>so is ther any hope for me? I'm willing to put in a lotta effort to look
>and feel as fit as I can. My boyfriend works out in the gym nearly everyday
>and I KNOW he'd know how I can improve my muscle tone (he's got a great
>bod :). But the thing is, I wanna do this secretly (well, I'll let him in
>on it later but I won't tell the part about Linda Hamilton :). I wanna
>(1.58m) so darn it. How do I make the most of my assets and look like Linda?
>I'm a 20-year-old undergrad and this fact alone leaves me little time and
>energy except 45 mins a day to work out.
>Thanks in advance for any advice (or laughs) :)
>
>Brenda
>
There is definitely hope for you, but I wonder, given your circumstances
and particularly your body type, if the LH in T2 look is a reasonable
"first approximation" of _your_ best look. For that matter, I seriously
doubt that LH herself was able to maintain that condition for much longer
than it took to make the movie. The fact that you are an undergrad sorta'
implies that you are subsisting on cafeteria food and other manner of fast
food, so this will put a limit on your ultimate fat-loss. If you are in a
position of being able to do your own cooking, then the outlook is better.
Are there rowers or (sprint) swimmers or gymnasts at your school?
These types of athletes tend to run fairly mesomorphic. I am sure that if
you look around among these types of athletes, you will find at least a few
that look "just like you, only better". Let this be your "first approximation"
of your best look. You should be able to get your best training advice from
these persons, considering the similarity in basic body type and similar
dietary constraints.
Keith R
P.S.
Being short never kept anybody from being/looking fit :-).
Do that which optimizes your strength and endurance and your "best self"
will present itself.
drg...@anduin.ocf.llnl.gov
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Michael R. Zboray
I've read about 8 responses to your post.
Forget toning, go for building - if you can.
(Building is tough for anyone, tougher for women)
I target the 5-8 rep range with occasional 1-3 heavy sets.
It works best for me.
The 10 rep range is safer since the stress is lower but I've never
gotten bigger that way.
If your want to get more definition, then lose fat through more
cadio and ELIMINATE fats from your diet.
(don't worry, the fats will sneak in foods that you don't expect
like those "fat free" pre-processed foods. At least in the US, that
really means < .5g fat per serving. NOT 0 grams!)
More muscle mass also increases your resting metabolism.
You will burn more calories just doing your usual living.
Best Wishes
Mike Z
Michael Goodrich
Linda Hamilton's
in Terminator 2. The kind that is lean yet strong, chiselled,<<
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I think a lot of it is genetics. I saw a picture of her sister,
and they have the same bone structure and basic frame.
It's like this: No matter how hard I try, I ain't gonna look
like Arnold, either. But I can make the best of what my
ancestors gave me.
Try a lot of non-bulking repetetive exercises that burn calories
but don't build escessive muscle. Eat veggies and lots of low
fat foots.
Don't starve, that just causes the body to hold on the the fat.
--
"So much playground, so little time!"
Linda Chattin
Keith -
You are slowly becoming my favorite poster here in misc.fitness (next to Ronbo,
of course). :-)
Linda C.
Keith R. Smith
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>Keith,
>
>Although I haven't seen the movie in a while, I seem to remember LH having some
>pretty good mass as compared to the average female. I agree that she was also
>very lean. I remember that LH said she did some very intense trainning getting
>ready for T2. Maybe Brenda should look for some old interviews with LH to find
>out what type of trainning she actually did?
I believe that Olga H recently presented a "thumbnail sketch" of LH's training
for T2. I sorta' remember something about 4 hours of training _daily_ over
something like 9 months or so, under the tutelage of a personal trainer,
or something like that.
>
>I didn't mean to jump on Michael's post but the "low weight - high rep" belief
>for "toning" really bugs me.
I know what you mean. Don't get me wrong though, as I do see a case for
"low weight - high rep" training combined with aerobics for a person whose
near-term goal is primarily to lose bodyfat. Also, I cannot fault somebody
based upon the type of body that they might like or aspire to. I mean,
when somebody says "toning", I read that to mean that they want more shape
and firmness w/o additional size. What some fail to realize is that this
look of "shape and tone" has more to do with having a fair amount of muscle
mass than simply having lower bodyfat.... and that a fair amount of fat can
mask a rather large deficit in muscle mass. If the muscle mass is not there
and you lose the fat, then you only end up looking sickly.
All of this is to say that quite often the folx that say "I only want to tone"
are afraid to do the very work that will make them _look_ "toned", which is
the heavy weight training needed to build muscle mass/shape. So called
"toning" work (combined with aerobics) is useful to help to reveal the shape
that is already there..... but the shape gotta' be there in the first place.
Keith R
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>the chuckr