Be the Best you: with Angie & Calum Best
GIVE YOUR MIND, BODY AND SOUL A WORKOUT WITH ANGIE & CALUM BEST…
Lots of people know my name because I fell in love with, and married, one of the world’s greatest football legends, George Best. But what most people don’t know is that I’ve had a long and successful career of my own as a model, nutritionist and personal trainer to many high-profile names, such as Cher, Priscilla Presley, Britt Ekland and Sharon Stone.
Born in Southend, I moved to New York when I was 19 to be a model, and I also took dance classes at Carnegie Hall. After a while, I longed for sunshine, so I moved to LA. Those were golden days when the weather was movie-set perfect and wrinkles were something that happened to clothes – not my face!
Cher was six months pregnant when I met her. She attended the dance and work-out sessions I was teaching at Anatomy Asylum. Cher and I really hit it off – we were both passionate about fitness and wellbeing.
In 1987, I moved into her summer house and became her personal trainer. I even went on tour with her. Cher and I were doing our daily workouts long before Ms Jane Fonda came on the scene. We’d watch episodes of the Golden Girls while doing aerobics on the treadmill and toning our muscles with weights.
Healthy eating came naturally then, we ate seasonal fruit and vegetables. Processed food just wasn’t available 30 years ago. We took every supplement under the sun, even if we didn’t quite understand what they were for and drank water by the gallon.
But I can’t take all the credit for Cher’s amazing shape – she had a work ethic like no other. I’ve learned so many life and health lessons over the years and, from now on, I’m going to share them with you only in best…