Not As Scary As It Sounds: We Worked Out With Victoria's Secret Angels
We don't normally reapply our lip stain before heading to the gym, but Tuesday was a very different story. With makeup touched up and donning our own Victoria's Secret VSX gear, we took off for Aerospace in the Meatpacking District to work out with Adriana Lima and Erin Heatherton. Now, agreeing to sweat next to Angels is not our normal exercise of choice. We prefer gym sessions that are quick and effective, using minimal eye contact with anyone we may know, anyone we'd like to know, and specifically, anyone that looks like a model. But this writer (looking for a story, or, y'know, an ego check) decided to take on the challenge: a class with Lima and her personal trainer, Michael Olajide — the one that helped get her runway-ready two months postpartum for the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.When we met Heatherton and Lima at the studio, they were energetic, lovely, funny — because good looks and a killer body are just not enough. After a bit of chatting, Olajide's session began. The one-hour class consisted of a jump-rope series, abdominal crunches, resistance-band leg work, and fiercely fast boxing that turning our arms into spaghetti. Meanwhile, Lima stayed on the mark. (We swear we saw wings spout from her hoodie.)
While Heatherton couldn't stay for the entire workout — hey, we were kinda scared of Lima's right hook, too — we were able to grab a moment with both of the ladies to find out what two of the world's most beautiful women do to stay in shape, what bodies they aspire to have, and what seriously bad habits they're going to break this year. Refreshing and inspirational, they didn't hesitate to share some very real confessions and admit they're not perfect. Their words, not ours.
Muscles exhausted, hair a hot mess (but lip stain intact!) here's what we took away from our experience working out with Victoria's Secret models. Read ahead for the exclusive one-on-ones — boxing gloves off.
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