If anyone knows how hard Shakira worked to prepare for her halftime show at the Super Bowl Halftime, it's Anna Kaiser.
The celebrity trainer and founder of AKT, a chain of dance-based fitness studios with locations across the United States, worked with Shakira to get her ready for her performance, which nearly 100 million people watched.
Kaiser was even with Shakira in October when the superstar found out she would be performing with Jennifer Lopez at the Super Bowl. And when it was time for the big show, Kaiser watched from the field below the stage.
"I was probably more nervous than she was," Kaiser told NBC News’ Know Your Value. "There were so many people, and it was so intense, but she just sinks right in and knows exactly what she's doing. It's so impressive to watch as someone who knows her as a human and mom, and to see her go from the giggly girl in the workout room to being in her element on stage."
Kaiser has been training Shakira for more than 10 years, and the singer is always preparing for something major, whether it's a world tour or television performance. To get ready for the Super Bowl, Shakira became even more active (hello, early-morning and late-night workouts)andcleaned up her diet (goodbye, extra sugar and dairy).Kaiser shared some of the ways Shakira primed herself for the performance of a lifetime:
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Leading up to the Super Bowl, Shakira trained six days a week, Monday through Saturday. Kaiser would alternate her workouts, focusing on dance-based interval training and full-body cardio one day and toning the next.
By switching things up, "you're challenging the body on various levels," Kaiser said. Shakira doesn't spot train, because it "really is about functional training, keeping it fun and working everything," Kaiser said. "Your body is not a combination of parts, it's a unit." On her Sunday rest day, Shakira didn't sit still — she would spend hours with her two sons doing everything from swimming to bike riding.
Shakira put her own twist on exercises
Shakira is known for her dance moves (her hips don't lie!), and that's a huge part of her workouts with Kaiser. "I'll bring her some dances, and she'll put her own flair on it," Kaiser said. "She can do things I couldn't do in a million years, because she's classically trained in belly dancing. It's really fun to see her make things her own and take it up a notch."
Kaiser — who got her start as one of Shakira's dancers — says dancing is a "great way to move in a proportionate way, so you don't overdevelop any muscles. You'll look like a long, lean, strong version of you." It also engages not just your body, but your brain as well.
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Kaiser had Shakira cut out extra sugar, dairy, unnecessary refined carbs, and other inflammatory fare, and she concentrated on eating whole foods and high-quality lean proteins.
She ate small meals throughout the day to keep her energy up, because when you have "16 to 18 hour days, you have to keep yourself nourished," Kaiser said. Shakira also made sure to eat a variety of different meals, since "when you're bored, that's when you reach for things you ordinarily wouldn't, just to keep yourself interested," Kaiser said.
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