- Celebrity trainer Mark Jenkins has worked with Beyoncé, P. Diddy, Busta Rhymes, and Brandy among other celebrities.
- Jenkins told INSIDER the secret to Beyoncé's hourglass shape at the Burner Fitness app launch event.
- The moves and suggestions have nothing to do with working your core but rather balancing your figure.
Beyoncé is known for her bold voice and bolder style, but the celebrity is also well-known for her figure. The 36-year-old brings her dedication from the stage to the gym too, usually styled in some of her own athleisure designs.
You might wonder how this busy businesswoman and mom keeps up her stamina and, more specifically, how she maintains her hourglass curves.
Mark Jenkins, a celebrity fitness trainer who's worked with Beyoncé as well as artists like P.Diddy and Busta Rhymes, says getting an hourglass shape like Beyoncé's has less to do with abdominal work than you think.
According to Jenkins, one of the trainers who has partnered with the new Burner Fitness app, the best way to create that hourglass figure is to strengthen, widen, and define, your shoulders and back.
"If I [sic] were going to pick one move for Beyoncé, it would probably be something for her shoulders, because there is no one exercise that is going to take care of [both] her hips and butt," he told INSIDER. "If I round off those shoulders, everything else is going to look smaller on stage."
Jenkins said this creates an hourglass shape, and thus helps balance the top of her body from the bottom.
"With women, I tell them all the time, 'Your hips and your butt are not going anywhere,' and sometimes your waist is what it is bone structure-wise," he said. "But if you round those shoulders off and bring the lats out you have a waistline."
Jenkins says this is especially visible when you "lean the person out," or, in other words, as the client loses body fat.
To work the latissimus dorsi muscles — the part of your back and shoulder located under your armpits — and the middle deltoids — the tops of your shoulders — Jenkins recommends doing dumbbell pullovers as he finds they give you a good stretch and definition.
"I've got a couple of go-to moves, but it always depends on your body type, so it’s very individual," Jenkins said. If dumbbell pullovers don't feel right to you, explore other exercises that work for your body.
Remember that the key to creating this shape is balance, so take into account your own physique before heading to the gym for back and shoulder day.
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