With six pack abs and strong arms, Mark Wahlberg is one of the big guys of Hollywood. This guy can always be seen in muscular and toned physique. Aside from being his passion, fitness is also his requirement in the movies. For the 2013 film “Pain and Gain,” the resilient actor was supposed to bulk up forty pounds of muscles to render tough guy look to himself. When it comes to gaining weight, it’s easy for you to do that. However, bulking the number of lean muscles certainly is not everyone’s cup of tea. Let’s have a look at the workout and diet secrets of Mark Wahlberg, which aided him to acquire ripped body.

Ten Small Meals

To bring alignment between his exercises and diet, Mark consumed ten small meals in a day. Although in the beginning, he banked on three meals and three snacks in a day, but he ended up feeling hungry with them. To speed up muscle building process in his body, he turned to ten to twelve meals from six meals. So many meals in a day might sound impossible to you, but the hunk actually ate those many meals. Not to mention, he had to wake up in between sleep hours to do that.

30/40/30 Nutrient Density

Mark made sure that he consumed clean and balanced diet to assist his body foster the muscle building process. While embracing 30/40/30 principle, he consumed thirty percent carbs, forty percent proteins, and thirty percent healthy fats. He also paid attention to his pre and post workout snacks. While among pre workout snacks, he mostly relied on shakes, his post workout snacks were like raspberries, bananas, strawberries, protein bars, etc.

5 ft 10 in tall, blonde bombshell, Iggy Azalea has svelte and hourglass figure. Credited with incredible fashion sense and dancing skills, the hot chick has wonderful panache. Iggy dishes out her diet and workout secrets which are as follows.

Tennis – Favorite Sport

Iggy being sporty since childhood loves playing tennis. Since the game involves plenty of running, it renders her great sports benefits. If you too are in love with some sports, make them an integral parts of your lives, for they have amazing capacity to invigorate your body and mind. Moreover, unlike conventional workouts which you perform with a sense of obligation, games make time pass flawless while providing all the benefits. Aside from that, she being superb dancer relies on dancing when she is on tours and cannot execute versatile exercises.

Regular Workouts

Iggy shares, she executes and treats exercises with the same sense of urgency with which she eats food, or takes bath, or brushes her teeth. Iggy makes sure that she practices bountiful squats, lunges etc. before going to bed. If you too nurture the habit of making workout an inseparable part of your lives, you are unlikely to end up being disappointed.

Born Name

Adrianne Palicki

Nick Name

Annie

With her curvy body and flawless skin, Lucy Watson simply arrests our eyes when she appears on red carpet. Blessed with great genes, Made In Chelsea star being naturally slender doesn’t have to put many efforts to grow rail-thin, which actually is the demand of industry. However, she performs workouts to keep her body look toned and attractive. Lucy dishes out her workout and diet secrets, let’s have a look.

Self-motivation and Reverence for Herself

Apart from beauty, the pretty actress also has immense self-esteem and self-motivation. She doesn’t gets pissed with the shameful comments passed on her by people. While sharing one of her experiences, Lucy chirps, she once updated an image of her on Instagram which gathered comments like she has bulked up extra pounds. Then she uploaded yet another image which had her get comments of being suffering from eating disorder. Bottom line is no matter how great you look, people always have something crooked to say about you. Since you cannot please everyone on earth, you shall not bother about negative comments meant to upset you. Lucy even suggests her fans not to be moved or bullied by what others say or think about you. We all are unique with exclusive body types, so calm your mind and stay confident about yourself.

Workouts with Personal Trainer

Chocolate boy of Bollywood, Shahid Kapoor inevitably has been residing in the hearts of zillions of girls from a long time. However, with his six pack abs and perfectly chiseled body, now the dashing guy has also become a source of fitness inspiration for guys. Let’s have a look at the diet and workout secrets of Shahid Kapoor which are accountable for his molded physique.

Vegan Diet

Shahid is one of the hardcore vegan dieters of Bollywood. He admits that it’s hard to get ripped body without animal protein because protein peps up the formation and repair of lean muscles. Despite being sentient of the fact, the handsome actor steers clear from meat and other animal foods. That being said, he does not make his body devoid of nutrition. With the help of his nutrition expert, the actor has figured out wholesome and protein opulent plant based foods which can render adequate nourishment to his worked up body. He incorporates bountiful nutrient laden foods such as beans, spinach, rice, dairy, fruits, veggies etc. in his diet.

Five Small Meals in a day 

Shahid consumes five to six small meals in a day. Since number of meals is directly proportional to the intensity of workouts, five or six small meals are critical to fuel his body. Shahid renounces the consumption of foods dense in fats or foods high in carbs, he rather inculcates healthy fats, and complex carbs in his diet. Along with the ratio of macronutrients, he also stays vigilant about the timing of his meals and thus doesn’t forget to fuel his body with pre workout, post workout, and other vital snacks.

Debra Messing at 2014 Joyful Revolution Gala in New York City

Bubbly star, Debra Messing recently shed twenty pounds and astonished us with her dramatic transformation. The best part is that there were no starvation diet and rigorous workouts which had her shed weight abruptly. Debra attributes mainly healthy and nutrient dense diet for her weight loss. However, she admits that the primary intention which had her switch to balanced diet was not weight loss; it rather was to acquire optimum health. Reduction in weight is mere one of the side effects of the amazing benefits which wholesome diet has rendered her. Here are some of the diet and workouts secrets of Debra Messing, which brought her in slender shape.

Clean and Sugar Free Diet

Debra has been a victim of varied allergies since a long time. As a result of which, she felt slothful, dull, and charmless all the while. To purge her body from all the nihilistic traits, Debra cut back the consumption of alcohol, caffeine, sugar, gluten containing foods etc. and turned to clean and sugar free diet. She incorporated clean, organic, and sugar-free foods in her diet and to her amazement; there were significant improvements in her energy level, skin, hair, and body. Not only did she get lustrous hair and glowing skin, her eyes too grew clear and radiant.

Swept Away Junk Foods

Keri Russell at 2014 Writers Guild East Coast Ceremony

Former Felicity star, Keri Russell graced the cover page of Women’s Health magazine in May 2013 issue. Not to mention, the stunner who started her acting career in early twenties still looks as ravishing and hot as she looked back then. Her ridiculously flat abs, and streamlined arms and legs still make it hard for us to take our eyes off her sculpted figure. Keri dishes out her diet and workout secrets which are accountable for her captivating and toned body.

Eat Everything in Moderation

Unlike most of the celebs who resort to crash diet plans to render themselves trimmed look, the brunette doesn’t feel tempted to abide by any fad diet plan. She admits of being a big foodie. Without depriving her body from her beloved sweet foods, she relishes them very often. She contends, how can people be so ruthless towards their love for foods and can vow to eliminate them from their diet only to look tiny. She eats all kinds of foods in moderation which indeed keeps check on her tendency to splurge on foods at times.

Born Name

Winona Laura Horowitz

Nick Name

Noni

Winona Ryder at Homefront Premiere

Flawless beauty, Olivia Palermo doesn’t fail to look stunning on red carpet. Naturally slender actress is credited with incredibly curvy and captivating bikini figure. Olivia attributes organic diet and Bikram yoga for her svelte figure. Here are some sneak peek secrets of her workout and diet routine.

Olivia Palermo in her workout gear

Organic and Whole Foods

Immaculate skin and gorgeous body of the stunner testifies her adherence to organic and whole foods in routine. She shares, her upbringing being done by a health conscious mother has her know what foods she shall consume to ensure optimum well being. She incorporates ample foods such as sushi, fish, sea foods, fruits, veggies etc. in her diet. However, she doesn’t forget to maintaining moderation in her eating habits. She certainly allows her relish her beloved carb containing foods at times.

Born Name

Amy Willerton

Nick Name

Amy, Miss London

Amy Willerton Cirque du Soleil Quidam opening night at London in January 2014