How to Get Bikini-Ready Fast: Tips and Tricks From the Hottest Models in the World

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How to Get Bikini-Ready Fast: Tips and Tricks From the Hottest Models in the World

Getting ready for a beach vacation? Planning to try on bikinis or go bathing suit shopping? Just looking to get a little more body confident? We’ve got you covered! Us Weekly talks to the world's hottest bikini and lingerie models — including Behati Prinsloo, Ashley Graham, Jasmine Tookes and more — all the time. And we’ve been gathering a treasure-trove of their fail-safe favorite fitness and diet tips. From lightening-fast weight-loss ideas to diets that actually work (keto, intermittent fasting, celery juice, oh my!) to quick strengthening tricks (hello, planks!) to the long-term fitness regimens that help them get their flat abs, leg muscles and toned arms and butts, these professional pretty people have shared their best beach-body lifestyle advice with Us. [jwplayer FxLSnaAl-l3ahXupL] Sure, the glamazons who become Victoria’s Secret models and cover stars may be genetically blessed, but these celebrities still put in plenty of effort and have tried most trends on the planet in an effort to look and feel their best. As VS Angel Tookes told Us in February 2019, “I feel my most confident, best and sexiest when I'm just really happy.” And she’s happy when she’s getting strong with fun workouts. “I'm really into Pilates lately. It's super good. I love doing the reformer machine,” she added. But even she has a quick-fix for when she needs to slip into a two-piece in a hurry (hint: it involves a trampoline!). And if you’re looking to adjust your mindset, get more body-positive or find a mantra, you’ve come to the right place too. Aerie spokesmodel Iskra Lawrence reveals how she got comfortable going to the beach — and what she tells herself and others to remember before slipping into a suit. Meanwhile, Heidi Klum shares her 10-minute strength-training routine and her secret to feeling bold in the nude. “I like small, little triangle bikinis. I’m the most confident and comfortable in little string bikinis because, you know, it’s also easier to take it off,” she tells Us. To get that fearless, scroll through to get our collection of stars’ best bikini-ready tips!

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How to Get Bikini-Ready Fast: Tips and Tricks From the Hottest Models in the World

Getting ready for a beach vacation? Planning to try on bikinis or go bathing suit shopping? Just looking to get a little more body confident? We’ve got you covered! Us Weekly talks to the world's hottest bikini and lingerie models — including Behati Prinsloo, Ashley Graham, Jasmine Tookes and more — all the time. And we’ve been gathering a treasure-trove of their fail-safe favorite fitness and diet tips. From lightening-fast weight-loss ideas to diets that actually work (keto, intermittent fasting, celery juice, oh my!) to quick strengthening tricks (hello, planks!) to the long-term fitness regimens that help them get their flat abs, leg muscles and toned arms and butts, these professional pretty people have shared their best beach-body lifestyle advice with Us. [jwplayer FxLSnaAl-l3ahXupL] Sure, the glamazons who become Victoria’s Secret models and cover stars may be genetically blessed, but these celebrities still put in plenty of effort and have tried most trends on the planet in an effort to look and feel their best. As VS Angel Tookes told Us in February 2019, “I feel my most confident, best and sexiest when I'm just really happy.” And she’s happy when she’s getting strong with fun workouts. “I'm really into Pilates lately. It's super good. I love doing the reformer machine,” she added. But even she has a quick-fix for when she needs to slip into a two-piece in a hurry (hint: it involves a trampoline!). And if you’re looking to adjust your mindset, get more body-positive or find a mantra, you’ve come to the right place too. Aerie spokesmodel Iskra Lawrence reveals how she got comfortable going to the beach — and what she tells herself and others to remember before slipping into a suit. Meanwhile, Heidi Klum shares her 10-minute strength-training routine and her secret to feeling bold in the nude. “I like small, little triangle bikinis. I’m the most confident and comfortable in little string bikinis because, you know, it’s also easier to take it off,” she tells Us. To get that fearless, scroll through to get our collection of stars’ best bikini-ready tips!

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Barbara Palvin - Cut Carbs

In the week or so leading up to a big shoot, like her 2019 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit story, “I do no carbs, all protein and I have dairy,” the Hungary native told Us in May 2019. “So I have cheese… I have fats and stuff. But just, like, no carbs. And I try no sugar. And it literally works wonders.” And though she also steps up her workouts, “I think food is the most important. It is 70 percent out of the whole [regimen],” she added. Her favorites: “a little protein and vegetables.”

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Jasmine Sanders - Say No to Booze

Prior to hitting the beach, Sanders keeps it dry. Before her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2019 shoot, “I knocked out alcohol for the two weeks,” she told Us in May 2019. “Dairy is a quick drop [also].” And when her pals protested that she wasn’t going out with them? “What really helped me was getting my friends to come to the gym with me. So that way it wasn't like, ‘Oh, I'm stealing away girl time,’ I'm like, ‘OK, get your butt in here too!’"

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Danielle Herrington - Don’t Skip Breakfast

“I feel like eating breakfast is so important,” Herrington told Us in May 2019, “because it kick-starts your metabolism and a lot of people don't like to eat breakfast, and they think that they're doing themselves a favor, but you're not.” Besides the a.m. metabolism booster, the SI Swimsuit model finds it helpful to cut sugar, dairy and alcohol to really look her best in the weeks leading up to a beach shoot.

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Emily Ratajkowski - You Have to Feel Good

The Inamorata swimwear designer looks every bit the model she is when she posts perfect bikini pics to her Instagram account. Sure, genetics are very much on her side, but as EmRata told Us at the Levi's in the Desert Party in April 2019, it’s your attitude that counts most. Her key tip for sexy snaps? “Just have fun and feel good about yourself. I mean, I'm with my girlfriends this weekend and we're helping each other out getting ready and taking Instagrams,” she said. “If you don't feel good, you're not gonna like the picture — even if everyone else will like it.” And getting some sun — real or bottled — never hurts! “I love a tan,” she added. “I have to be honest, I’m all about a tan, so I’m trying to get that and make that happen this weekend.”

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Jasmine Tookes - Get a Trampoline, Do Planks

When Us asked the VS model for her best tip to get bikini-ready fast, she responded, “You know what's actually really good that my trainer taught me? You get one of those small trampolines — I have one at my house — and you do a bunch of different jumping sequences and it really is the quickest thing to tone your legs and make them feel really good,” she says. Her other no-fail move: “Do a plank for a minute before you throw on a bikini and you're ready!”

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Devon Windsor - Focus on Small Movements

“I don't think you have to do just cardio to get in shape. It's a lot of small, little movements that actually change your body the most,” the Victoria’s Secret model told Us in August 2018. “I hate cardio. I love just not even feeling like I'm working out. Somehow, I'm getting in shape.” Besides the tiny toning movements she learned at P.volve, she turns her attention to food. “It’s all about a clean diet,” she said, adding that she also cuts out carbs.

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Ashley Graham - Talk Yourself Up, Literally

To get beach ready, you have to find self-confidence, but there’s no “magic pill,” Graham told Us in January 2019. “You have to put in the effort. So if I want to put in the effort, my effort will be, I wake up every morning and I talk to my body.” One of the things she’ll say? “I’ve even got buck naked and been like, ‘Hey thighs, you are so sexy, I can’t stop rubbing you,’” she said. “And I’ve been like, ‘But I hate you, but I love you, but I hate you, but I love… it’s just an everyday acceptance.” The avid gym-goer’s other key is simple (at least in theory): Get a suit that fits! “I’m the kind of girl who wants to go to the beach and feel supported but also sexy,” added the Swimsuits For All collection designer. “I don’t want to have to think about wearing something matronly.”

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Behati Prinsloo - Ask a Trainer to Show You New Moves

Prinsloo gets bored with workouts easily — so she takes notes from the pros. “I like different kinds of things and I like when people show me different things,” she told Us in December 2018. While Prinsloo “used to do a lot of yoga and a lot of Pilates,” she tried out two new trainers when getting ready for the 2018 Victoria’s Secret Show. “They were heavy into a CrossFit [-type of workout], but it wasn’t as hard on your body,” she said. “I liked learning something new … I like to be interactive.”

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Winnie Harlow - Know How to Work Your Lower Abs

Like some of her fellow VS models, Harlow sees trainer Mohamed Elzomor. And as the pro told Us in November 2018, he makes sure his model clients, including Harlow, have a set of exercises that set them up for six-pack success. “I love multiple crunches because you're activating more of your abs than you would be if you were just doing a regular crunch on the floor … When we do lower abs, I start the alphabet with the lower legs, legs together and as you go to the tip of the pencil,” he advised. “You're hitting your abs from angles that you never, ever did prior. You're going to be sore in places you've never been sore before, so I do a lot of unorthodox moves to change it up a little bit.”

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Olivia Culpo - Raise the Barre

Culpo is serious about staying on-the-go. “I love Pilates,” the former Miss Universe told Us in October 2018. “I love running, hiking and things that are super active like boxing.” But dance-based moves hold a special place in her heart for getting bikini-ready. “I love Flybarre or any type of barre class,” she added.

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Shanina Shaik - Try Ankle Weights

Shaik’s best defense is a good offense. “I consistently work out because I never know when I have to jump on a plane and go do a swimwear shoot or go be in barely-there clothing,” the model told Us in August 2018. “So I'm consistently working out.” Among her favorites: Pilates-based workouts with Megan Roup in NYC. “She likes to use small weights and ankle weights and glides, sliding glides,” she added. “Her main part of working out is to be long and lean and toned and strong.” 

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Iskra Lawrence - Remember Why You Go to the Beach

“Every single person — men as well when they go on the beach — they're feeling self conscious, they're worried about how they're looking compared to everyone else. You're not in that alone,” Lawrence told Us in January 2019. But if you can remember that the goal is simply to enjoy yourself, you’ll be on your way to sexy confidence. “You’re there to have fun,” she continued. “By having those insecurities, it's just holding you back from living life and having a great time. I always encourage people to keep that in their minds. It's just being more comfortable with it.”

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Heidi Klum - Have a Go-To Quick Move

When Klum has an extra 10 minutes to squeeze in a few moves, she turns to her favorite gadget: a Pilates circle she ordered off of QVC! “I have a few things that I do with that,” she told Us in July 2018. “You can work on your thighs a little bit, but you can also use it for your arms and you can squish it in so that’s supposed to be good for your chest, for your breasts, to keep them up and perky.”

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Martha Hunt - Set an Achievable Goal

“Leading up to the show, I am amping it up,” VS model Hunt told Us in September 2018. “I have been very glute-focused this year, because I set a personal fitness challenge for myself to do 10 consecutive squats with really great form. I know that doesn't sound that challenging, but squats just aren't my expertise. I want to see the progression from the beginning to the end in my squats.” A month later, she updated Us that she had succeeded!

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Alessandra Ambrosio - Eat Fresh

Ambrosio once told Us that she feels most confident in her body when she’s “doing the right things like working out” and eating well. Her ideal day of eating includes plenty of seafood and fresh goods: “I love fresh food, I love fish — so fresh fish, with a little bit of olive oil, salt and lime is amazing. I love ceviches and avocados and fresh salads, juices, coconut water. So to me, whatever is really fresh tastes amazing.”

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Lais Ribeiro - Go Hard

Before she has a body-baring event, “I just go more intense in my [gym] sessions,” Ribeiro has told Us. Her workout of choice: boxing. “That’s what I love,” she said. “You don't stop between the sections, you do exercise, abs, everything together so that's good for me.” Her other tip: “Drink lots of water.”