Amanda’s trendy workout secret is revealed
...and even her dog joins in the trendy exercise
AS a judge on Britain’s Got Talent, Amanda Holden is used to scrutinising others.
Fortunately, if anyone scrutinises her, the 45-year-old actress can boast that she is in the shape of her life thanks to a gruelling fitness regime called the Viking Method.
She works out with her Icelandic personal trainer Svava Sigbertsdottir, founder of the hardcore discipline.
And as these pictures show, she also gets some enthusiastic – if not very helpful – attention from her dog, Rudie. Video taken in Miss Holden’s garden shows the five-year-old dog leaping up at Miss Sigbertsdottir during a kick-boxing bout.
And in one image he even pulls down the trainer’s leg warmer as Miss Holden runs around the garden carrying her on her back.
The Viking Method sees mother-oftwo Miss Holden training and eating like the Scandinavian warriors.
The actress goes through endless rounds of squat thrusts, boxing, bunny hops, jumps and crawls (ideally during snow, hail or frost, which is said to help boost the metabolism and improve mental toughness).
Viking-style axe swinging is replicated through a series of movements using dumbbells or cables.
Her diet is designed to mimic that of the Vikings, largely based around nuts, vegetables, and plenty of good fats including oily fish and avocado.
In one 45-minute session Miss Holden, who begins filming on Britain’s Got Talent in the new year, can burn up to 650 calories.
Last night Miss Sigbertsdottir said: ‘We focus on core power exercises and have made her core very strong.
‘Amanda is an absolute firecracker. She doesn’t shy away from any exercise, no matter how exhausting it is. She never gives up, that is her secret.’