Washington, DC personal trainer Josef Brandenburg helps celebrities get ready to look their best in their bikinis. He also wants everyone reading this to know that this is something that anyone can do – its not just for celebrities. Any woman can get a bikini worthy body ASAP if she will just follow his 5 keys to looking your best.

1. Throw away your scale. What really matter is the way you look. To look better you need two things – less fat and more muscle. Josef says he has never met a woman (other than bodybuilders) who actually have too much muscle. If you drop 20 pounds of fat, and gain 10 pounds of muscle you will look like yu dropped 30, even though the scale will only reveal a 10 pound drop.

2. Sometimes faster really is better. When you are in a high intensity training interval you will find that your body will burn calories more efficiently. This kicks your metabolism into high gear so that you will be burning calories for hours after workout. Josef advises his clients to choose their cardio workout they prefer and go full force for at least 1 minute then they can back off for 2 minutes. He also suggests that they do this for at least 4 repetitions.

3. Get rid of the aerobics. Aerobic exercise – like jogging – is pretty much a complete waste of time in the quest for a bikini ready body. Research in the Journal of Obesity shows that the average woman will drop fewer than 4 pounds with 6 hours per week of aerobic exercise doen for an entire year.

4. Get heavy! Now that we’ve gotten rid of the junk training – the aerobics, lets do something worth your time – metabolic resistance training. These are total body, intense workouts where you alternate upper and lower body exercises – like 12 lunges followed by 12 push-ups. This will tone and tighten your body like nothing else.

5. Get used to cutting out the carbs. Lets face it, for as long as we can remember people have been testing the theory of what carbs do to someone trying to loose weight and it has been proven that you can drop up to 75 to 100% more fat then you would on a regular low fat diet. You will also find that your energy level will increase and you will not be as hungry.

To get your body bikini ready in time for the beach follow Washington, DC personal trainer Josef Brandenburg’s 5 points from above. You don’t have to be a celebrity to look like one.