Gemma Atkinson In Two-Piece Workout Gear Shares “Mobility” Exercises
Gemma Atkinson has been open about her fitness journey over the past couple of years. She shares a lot of workout videos on Instagram. Recently, Gemma posted a video of herself doing mobility exercises in her home gym. In it, she does things like yoga poses and stretches. Gemma wore a black set of two-piece workout gear, and her adorable pup walked around near her. Gemma captioned the post, “Mobility, movement, meditation. Training isn’t always heavy weights, sweats and grunts for me.” Here are 5 more of Gemma Atkinson’s diet and workout tips.
She Does Cardio
Gemma shared some of her favorite workouts in an interview with Your Healthy Living. “I have two days a week where I’ll do around 30 minutes of cardio,” she says. “I’ll either do a long walk with my dogs or go on the stairmaster. Some days, if work is manic, I’ll try to do at least 20 minutes HIIT training in the living room.”
She Does Compound Movements
Gemma loves doing compound exercises to keep herself in shape. “I do compound movements and supersets,” she says to Your Healthy Living. “I train with my trainer, who’s called Evil Steve, and I try to do between 45 minutes and an hour. It’s lots of weightlifting, squats and lunges. I superset them which means that you work one muscle group, and when that muscle group is resting you work another one. The rest period is more for the specific muscle group than your whole body.”
She Eats Healthy
Gemma makes sure to eat a healthy diet. She broke down her typical meals to Your Healthy Living. “I’ll have three scrambled eggs, along with half an avocado and some spinach and a coffee. Then, mid morning I’ll have porridge oats with some whey protein in it. Lunch is usually a chicken salad or chicken and vegetables. Mid afternoon, I quite like to have an apple with some peanut butter or a banana. For my evening meal, I might have some cod with sweet potatoes and lots of veg. Then after tea, I’ll always have a square of 90 percent dark chocolate. It’s good for satisfying sweet cravings but you can’t eat too much of it.”
She Meal Preps
In an interview with Ultimate Performance, Gemma talked about what changes she’s made to her diet and food choices. “Food preparation has been key for me on my 12-week transformation – it really helps you stick to the plan because you don’t want to get caught short and just have to grab whatever food is available.”
She Chooses Less Caloric Foods
One of Gemma’s changes that she’s made to her diet is choosing foods that have less calories. “I used to eat a lot of protein bars which isn’t too bad if you’re desperate and need that fix, but I would sometimes have two a day thinking it wouldn’t be a problem,” she explained to Ultimate Performance. ‘I’d also snack on things like almonds and dark chocolate which aren’t bad in moderation. But I didn’t realise how calorific they were. I used to have a coffee every day but I’d always have a slice of banana bread with it thinking ‘oh it’s only a little piece of banana bread, it’ll be fine’, but it all adds up! So you just have to be wary of what time you eat and how much you eat.”
