Exclusive: How Brooklyn Decker Got Her Sports Illustrated Bod
Although Brooklyn Decker admits she was shocked to land her first-ever Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover, she can't deny how hard she worked to get it.
The 22-year-old model says "I would be lying if I said genes didn’t have a large part to do with my size and shape," but tells UsMagazine.com exclusively that "I have to really work at it."
Her fitness plan of choice?
"One of my 25-minute workouts," she tells Us, referring to her new video workout series, The Elle Make Better DVDs.
Decker does one of those customizable routines -- which vary from yoga to cardio to sculpting -- at least three times a week.
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"Yoga's probably the thing I held onto most because I noticed it really enhanced my other workouts because I work out like an athlete," she says. "I go for long runs or spin classes and I do weights, which I think a lot of women are scared of. I think it’s so important to do weights, because they don’t make you bigger, they make you more lean and toned and all that good stuff."
And when she can't fit in a full workout, she will "get in my little five-minute squat series just to tighten everything up."
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As for her diet, she focuses on "adding nutrients" instead of cutting out food.
"For breakfast, I usually have Greek yogurt and lots of berries or an egg-white omelet," she says.
For lunch and dinner, she opts for meat -- usually chicken -- and vegetables or salad with tuna. The rest of the day, she snacks on carrots and hummus and assorted nuts.
Still, the model -- who doesn't believe in diet cleanses -- slips up now and then.
Of her occasional candy craving, she tells Us, "I think that's okay as long as it's not every day and as long as it's a little bit!"
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8dillon...are you kidding? The guy looks like a serial killer. He has frightening eyes...i could never look into them. I'd think i would be taking my last breathe! Yikes!!
The only picture she looks pretty is the cover...with a lot of photoshoppe and airbrush.
Andy Roddick is WAY TOO GOOD for her. She is just a blonde model, his fame brought her the cover and the status. She is no Heidi, and after a divorce people just forget her.
good diet equals a good body.
I just don't know what she's doing with that ugly a s s loser, Andy Roddick. She can do better than that. He's fug!
@ hydrokitty - yea right @ Ashley G - get a life. Like you look 1/10th as good.
Her boobs are already sagging in this picture. Poor Brooklyn named of ghetto. Face like a insect. Excuse me, but is this best looking girl in North Carolina? Loser face state!!
big deal, my girlfriend is thirty-seven 5-10 and weighs 123 and has the a better body than this 22 year old.luck me, maybe, but she's 22, lets rack some years on her.