Linda Hamilton's Terminator 2 Workout and Diet Plan

Linda worked out with trainer Anthony Cortés. He was also personal trainer for Edward Norton in American History X. If you've seen that movie, you'll remember how muscular he got.

Linda Hamilton lost 12 pounds of fat with diet and training. She ran, biked, swam and climbed stairs. Linda also lifted free weights, trained on a mini-trampoline and did walking lunges and abdominal drills.

Linda and Anthony trained six days per week. Every day she would train for six hours.

Hamilton got in this amazing shape after giving birth to her child only 20 months before that.

In order to be authentic on screen, she hired an Israeli military expert to prep her for her action sequences.

She said that they did judo and heavy duty military training.

Linda learned to load clips, change magazines, check out a room upon entry and verify for a kill.

She also got pretty strong. Here are some of the things she was able to do: Linda could bench press 85 lbs, run 8 miles and pump-load a 12-gauge shotgun.

With one arm.

Linda relaxed her diet and started training less after the movie. Apparently less for her means training just 5 days per week.

Train 4 times per week.

On Mondays and Thursdays - train chest, shoulders, triceps:

Dumbbell bench press 4 sets of 8 to 12 reps
Inclined flies 4 sets of 8 to 12 reps
Lateral raises 4 sets of 8 to 12 reps
Front raises 4 sets of 8 to 12 reps
Triceps kickbacks 4 sets of 8 to 12 reps

On Tuesdays and Fridays - train back and biceps

One-arm rows 4 sets of 8 to 12 reps
Bent-over rows 4 sets of 8 to 12 reps
Standing curls 4 sets of 8 to 12 reps

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• Turbulence Training for Fat Loss. The cool thing about this workout is that it doesn't rely on countelss hours of slow boring cardio. The program burns fat in only three 45 minute workouts per week that can even be done in the comfort of your own home. What I like about the plan is that Craig Ballantyne, the personal trainer that designed it, has integrated mobility and posture as well as metabolism boosting exercises.


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