Work Out Like a Victoria Secret Model

She also works her clients out “for aesthetics, not athletics” so many of her fitness moves are tweaked to really chisel the abs, thighs, and butt rather than make you stronger and faster. Everyone has different goals and that’s totally fine—and walking the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show is one type of goal. Starting that day, Heather sent me a workout over text or by email every night. I would do the workout the following morning and then report back to her. For example, one day I had to do three sets of something called a Bulgarian lunge, three sets of curtsy lunges, then three sets of pistol squats (chat with me on Instagram if you want to talk about how ridiculously hard pistol squats are) followed by some ego-trampling plyometrics. (Heather likes jump lunges, squat jumps, tuck jumps, and star jumps.) Another day I might have to climb on the Step Mill or walk at a fast clip with the treadmill incline raised up to 14 or 15. I would do this for an hour. Yes, AN HOUR. Having just run a marathon, I was used to long workouts, but not at that incline. Heather would email me things like “you’re going to kill it at the gym tomorrow” or “people are going to pay to watch you work out.” Both messages helped! Before we started, Heather had me send her a three-day diary of every little thing I put in my mouth. As a food editor I thought I was a reasonably healthy eater so I felt pretty good about what I was sending her, but Heather was not impressed with my diet, especially all the carby snacks I was enjoying such as sesame seed crackers and hemp heart bites. I also had regular cravings for my favorite sweet treats: cookies, chocolate, and ice cream.