A body to kill for

Fancy being on the silver screen? Well, sharpen your acting skills, perfect your PR and sign up for dance lessons. And oh, before you sing the dotted line, get yourself a bod like one of our bodylicious stars.

Deanne Panday, personal trainer to the stars. Train’s Preity Zinta.

“She has a genetically athletic body. And her best physical feature is her her legs. She’s got terrific calves; it’s very difficult to tone your legs if you don’t have good calves. She is disciplined and to get her legs you’d have to do medium to intensive work on your legs - leg extensions, lunges, leg curls - and basically work on your calves.”

She says a healthy meal is best for people who work out. “I recommend a hearty breakfast because it kickstarts your metabolism and keeps it burning through the day,” she adds.

Esha’s fab-abs: Satyajit Chaurasia, owner, Barbarian Gym, Lokhandwala Trains Esha Deol.

“Isha is athletic and works hard. In her regime, cardio is permanent. After 25-30 minutes of cardio, I make her alternate it with walking. For her abs and stomach, I have her alternate 25 crunches and leg ridges each after which I make her do three super sets of the same. To get rid the love handles I usually make her do side leg ridges.”

After making Esha work out five times a week, Satyajit insists she stay true to her diet — high fibre, low fat and no carbs after eight o clock.

Bipasha’s buff bod:Mickey Mehta, holistic health guru and spiritual advisor

Trained Bipasha Basu for her Ford International Super Model contest

“With a body like Bipasha’s, you’d have to put it through a lot of abuse before you could get it out of shape. Bipasha is naturally fit and her body naturally responds to exercise and fitness. For a overall sleek and toned look like hers, I recommend equipment-free training. Ideally I’d suggest a boot camp like training because that sort of regimen is more effective, keeps the body fitter for longer if you do have to go off working out at any point and is a lot more interesting. I’d suggest a combination of calisthenics, pilates and yoga. To add spice to the regimen, a little swimming also could be done.”