Ask Alfonso: I Want A Bikini Model Body!
Hi Alfonso,
I am a 25 year old female and am a very active person. Plus, I started going to the gym about 2 months ago on a regular basis.
My goal is to achieve a Fitness Bikini model “look”.
Do you have any workouts, tips, or program and diet you can recommend?
Regards,
Nadia
Hey Nadia how are you?
Congratulations on getting the gym consistently for two months. You’re well on your way to a better, fitter you.
There’s noting wrong with having a particular “look” as a goal, in fact it’s the number one reason people start a program or diet to begin with. Sadly, very few people hitting the gym have health in mind and are more concerned with vanity. I know because I used to be one of them!
The problem with a vanity driven goal is that in some instances it can be achieved in an unhealthy way, and although you may look better, your health isn’t any better off. Whereas when you focus on a program driven by health and fitness goals, you get the best of both worlds. Not only will you be healthier and more functional, but inevitably you’ll look better as well.
There is no one diet or program to achieve a fitness model look, and like most other modeling, much of it is reliant upon your given genes. Now of course you can always improve both your fitness and looks, but if you weren’t born with an hourglass shape, most likely you’ll never have one. But you can still look great!
I learned early on in bodybuilding that the real competition was not with the other guys on stage, but with myself. After all, how could I feel like a failure if someone else had huge calves and mine were smaller? He had the genes for them and I didn’t. So I began competing with former versions of myself, and was driven to look better, and perform better in the gym.
Truthfully looking back over the last 15 years I can say I accomplished my goal. I’m thrilled with how I look now, and can clearly see the timeline of progress. I would urge you to not look at bikini models and try to emulate them, but instead to focus on yourself. You’re only 25, and I can say that exercise maturity takes a long time. Take a look at most fitness models, both men and women, in their 20’s, then again in their 40’s. They always look better in their 40’s, and this is because nothing replaces time in the gym. When someone has worked out and eaten well for years, it shows.
As for diets and programs, I have my recommendations all over the site. Any of my signature workouts would be great for increasing your fitness level while building muscle mass and maturity. Bikini models tend to have lower than average body fat, so you’ll need to watch those calories and work hard to burn some extra to drop a few pounds.
Nadia, it’s really quite simple. Eat healthy, workout consistently, with an appropriate, varied routine that encompasses all aspects of health and fitness and you’ll surely strike gold.
Focus on being the best Nadia you can be!
Let me know how it goes and if any of you out there would like to book a more in-depth consultation with me – just drop me a line via the How To Book button in the sidebar.
And if you have a question – please just click here. I’d love to help you!
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about 1 year ago
Another ‘empty’ comment/ answer back. I really find your website promotes good things, but you tend to give a very random answers to your readers/ followers. What Nadia was looking for, I feel, was a workout draft designed for a person, who recently hit the gym on regular basis, preferably with metabolism raving exercises or circuit workout.
about 1 year ago
“Another Empty” comment? Really. Ory, I will not tell anybody that following a particular workout or eating a specific diet will make them look a particular way. Nadia asked for tips, nutrition advice, and workout programs. Those are all over my site! I wouldn’t make any suggestions to her that I wouldn’t to anyone else. Telling someone “eat this, workout that way, and you’ll look like this” is EXACTLY what I’m against.
What part did you dislike? The part where I suggest she not compare herself to fitness models? Or the part about vanity driven goals sometimes leading to unhealthy habits? Or maybe it was the part where I suggested she exercise and eat healthy consistently to achieve better health, fitness and to look better?
In my workout section of the site, I have many unique circuit style programs with “metabolsim raving exercises” that would work amazingly well for her an anyone else.
You’re right, BodyRock.Tv has great workouts. I’ve commented on Zuzi’s workouts numerous times. However that doesn’t mean someone following her workouts will have a bikini model body. So sorry you found this to be another “empty comment”. Thanks for your input, even though I disagree completely
about 1 year ago
I think you are being unfair here. He was not given any detail about the person or what her workouts look like, just asked for a very general advice, to which he has replied adequately.
about 1 year ago
Just to follow up from previous comment.
Nadia, you can find great exercises here: http://www.bodyrock.tv
Regards,
Ory
about 1 year ago
Question:
Do you Ory realy think that everyone that does Bodyrock is going to look like Zuzana :-s
Realy?
I have to agree with Alfonso here. His answer is the only right one.
Do the best “you” can and you will look and feel the best “you”can!!
X
about 1 year ago
I too follow Zuzana’s workouts, but still come here for tips, advice, workout routine ideas, or only interesting and well written articles.
But my goal was never to become a version of Zuzana, but the best version of myself. Which I achieved and continue to improve every day with the lifestyle I’ve pursued so far.
Though her advice (on both fitness & diet) is one that should work for almost everyone, you cannot tell a person DO THAT and YOU WILL LOOK LIKE THAT, and certainly not basing this on the “25 year old, active person, model look wanted” template.
As you already see from some of the posts of some bodyrockers, they all have different body shapes, and there are some people that achieved their looks in 3-6 months, and some that are working for over two years and are still not “there”.
So it all comes down to self education on what we can do for ourselves with the help of the free advice we are given. The time it takes us to get there only depends on pure will power.
about 1 year ago
Alfonso- I appreciate your thoughtful response. Finally a fitness expert is being truthful and honest. I need to be reminded not to compare myself to others. Everywhere I look on tv, magizines etc there are beautiful skinny women. It is hard not to compare and wish I were someone else. You send a positive message about fitness for me and my children. It’s not all about looks. Thank you.
about 1 year ago
Very well-rounded answer with solid advice. While I do love Zuzi’s workouts and follow them myself, you do have to incorporate other forms of training into your routine to really ‘stick with it’ for the long term. This will really give you a well-rounded program! Otherwise, you may find yourself getting into a rut and not really progressing.
Other people worth following, other than Alfonso and Zuzana are: makingthebest09 (just search this name on youtube), and Blogilates.com (Cassey Ho is a pilates instructor who has super-fun vidoes on youtube)