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Get 'Mad Men' Star Christina Hendricks' Curves

Posted on Jun 2nd 2011 11:00AM by That's Fit Editors

Filed Under: Celebs & Entertainment

By Jennipher Walters for Shape.com

Jay L. Clendenin, Los Angeles Times/MCT

With so many airbrushed and stick-thin models on the covers of tabloid and fashion magazines these days, it sure is refreshing to see someone like Christina Hendricks who looks like a real healthy woman. Best known for her voluptuous curves and role on the popular TV series Mad Men, this red-headed bombshell has many wondering, "How do I get a body like that?" We found out!

Christina Hendricks' Workout and Diet Secrets

1. Try lifting weights on a Bosu. Hendricks knows that lifting weights helps build muscle and improve tone, but she does them while standing on a Bosu to better engage her core and work her body more functionally. Try this Bosu move for a full-body toner!

2. Do cardio for your health. Hendricks regularly hops on the treadmill to boost her heart health and keep her feeling and looking energized. But it doesn't take hours to see results -- short interval workouts get you fit in a hurry!

3. Enjoy the foods you love in moderation. We all have cravings -- even celebs! Hendricks regularly sips on a cappuccino and noshes on chips and French onion dip. She believes that a healthy lifestyle isn't about deprivation but rather indulging every now and again! And perhaps Hendricks' biggest secret of all? Love and embrace your body and natural curves -- no matter what size you are!

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Tags: celebrity fitness, celebrity workouts, Christina Hendricks, Mad Men, Mad Men stars

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RS 6-03-2011 @ 3:47PM

Finally ! They're asking an actual curvy healthy looking actress about staying fit. I'm so tired of them asking those rail thin looking actresses. Myself, I've managed to do one of the things she's mentioned, and I actually dropped 17 pounds in a matter of months and kept them off. Eating what you like in moderation does help you enjoy what you love, and drop the weight. I went from 168, down to 151 and still dropping and that's over the course of a few months. I'm also walking my dogs daily, and since I work 2 jobs, I've been busy moving around a lot. Good luck to all of the ladies doing the diet thing. I know it's not easy, and you need all of the encouragement you can get.

Ron 6-03-2011 @ 6:05PM

I can't take it any more. The media plays with these extremes!!On the same day they're showing pics of LeAnn Rimes looking emaciated,and then the diet?? and exercise?? secrets of a "curvy" "healthy" actress(code words for slighty overweight)and not showing the perfect and in between great looking girls like Aniston,Jessica Beil,and many more. Enough with only showing the EXTREMES!! Henricks and Rimes should be todays "what NOT to do's"!!

Kristen 6-03-2011 @ 8:01PM

Ron, you have continued to prove the fact that men are so ignorant when it comes to womens' bodies, self esteem, and health. Yes you are right that Lee Ann is extremely thin, but in no way is it your place to say that just because Christina Hendricks is slightly overweight that she is not healthy. People like you should be shamed for bringing women down. This site probably has more women on here who look like Christina and are appreciate that she feels empowered about her body. She takes care of herself by eating and exercising and not trying to lose weight and go on a starvation diet. Being a personal trainer myself, I was surprised but glad to see a woman who exercises and goes to the gym for health and not to be that stick thin pin up model. She has the attitude that most my clients lack. Maybe you need to take a look at yourself in the mirror.

Kevin Brown 6-03-2011 @ 9:15PM

There is nothing "overweight" about Christina Hendricks. She is gorgeous! It is wonderful to see a real woman with some curves. I am so sick of the media hyping rail-thin, stick figure women as beautiful. Most of them look like 14 year old boys.