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We posted the scans from Ashley Greene in September 2010′s Women’s Health issue (if you didn’t see them, check them out here) - well here is a video from that shoot and the article  I have always loved her but after reading the article, I LOVE her even more – “A lot of people like to be super-tiny, but I don’t want a child’s body – I want a woman’s body that’s extremely fit. It’s so much sexier”!! Hell yeah girl! <3

“I’M A COMPETITIVE LITTLE SUCKER”

AS THE BENEVOLENT VAMPIRE ALICE IN THE TWILIGHT BLOCKBUSTER, ASHLEY GREENE IS ON THE RED-CARPET RIDE OF HER LIFE. LUCKILY, SHE ALREADY HAS THE CONFIDENCE TO HANDLE IT. SO HOW DOES SHE KEEP IT TOGETHER AT THE TENDER AGE OF 23? THERE’S A LOT OF PRESSURE ON VAMPIRES THESE DAYS….

By Monica Corcoran Harel

Green contact lenses and the odd fang flash just don’t cut it anymore. Take the characters from Twilight, for example. In the third instalment of the blockbuster series, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, these undead creatures of the night have to run, fly and do battle with the forces of evil – all while looking impossibly gorgeous.

Actress Ashley Green was up to the challenge. To play the part of the vampire Alice Cullen – family to Kellan Lutz’s character Emmett and the brooding Edward (Robert Pattinson), as well as loyal pal to the human object of Edward’s desire, Bella (Kristen Stewart) – she had to sculpt her 1.67m frame into a lean, mean bad-guy-fighting machine. “Before we started filming, fitness was [already] a priority for me,” says Ashley. “I’ve always been active. I went from dance to tae kwon do to being on the swimming team and playing volleyball. I like sports that are fun and engaging, so it doesn’t really feel like you’re working out.”

She had a few physical advantages as well, she admits. “My body holds muscle really easily, and I tend to bulk up if I’m lifting weights.” So, while filming, she focused on cardio, squats and planks during her daily hour-long interval sessions. “I did side planks for my obliques, which are one of my trouble areas,” she says. “And traditional planks tone your back so you don’t have that little bit of fat hanging over your bra. Ugh!” Ashley even inspired squat contest among her female co-stars (“I’m a competitive little sucker,” she says with a laugh).

She did a couple of non-traditional weight moves: working with kettlebells and pushing a big box filled with weights across a room. “My butt and legs were so sore!”

But this is not a woman who’s obsessed with counting her ribs, as many other starlets seem to be. “A lot of people like to be super-tiny, but I don’t want a child’s body – I want a woman’s body that’s extremely fit. It’s so much sexier,” she says.

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