Body Blog: Get Miss America’s Bangin Bod

Before Miss Indiana was crowned Miss America 2009, TV viewers watched and envied the bodies of 15 in-shape young women strutting across the stage. How do these college-aged women keep their fabulous figures while juggling classes and life in the dead of winter?

The new queen, Katie Stam went home with a $50,000 scholarship and $1,000 for a preliminary swimsuit and fitness award. This basically was a check for having the hottest body. How does the new queen stay fit? You might be surprised.

On Miss America’s official website Katie cites a favorite hobby as working out on a Power Plate!

According to Power Plate’s manufacturers, if you stand on the machine’s vibrating plates for 10 minutes a day and three times a week, you will lose weight, increase bone density and improve your overall health. The whole idea is trying to keep balance on the vibrating platform while you tense and release your muscles 30 to 50 times per second during strength-training moves like squats or bicep curls. There are more than 30 private studios and fitness centers across the nation offering total-body training classes which typically last 25 minutes.

Unfortunately, most gyms still do not carry Power Plates, and many experts are weary of them. But that doesn’t mean you can’t get a Miss America body.

The University of Indianapolis student was not the only contestant that appeared to be a devoted gym goer; all of the contestants had amazing toned figures that proved that naturally stick-thin women are a dying breed. They didn’t look unappealingly thin and seemed to have healthy appetites and exercise routines. To get killer curves like these women, try some of these free lower body ballet routine, starring Tyler from Real World Key West, you can do in the comfort of your dorm or apartment. Pilates also will increase your flexibility, tone your body and give you the curves that you covet.

Want faster results? Try taking a fish oil supplement 45 minutes prior to your workout to burn extra fat!

The goal of Miss America is to promote healthy and real bodies, not the super-thin model bodies we see all over the media. And that body is easy to get with the right workout. Good luck!

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