Julia Roberts. Michelle Pfeiffer. Jennifer Aniston. Cindy Crawford. Drew Barrymore. Claudia Schiffer. No, this isn’t the list of credits on Hollywood’s latest movie release. It’s the partial client roster of Kathy Kaehler, personal trainer to the stars.
You may recognize Kaehler from her regular appearances on NBC’s Today show with Katie Couric and Matt Lauer. At least once a month Kaehler flies to New York from her Los Angeles home to do a fitness segment on the popular morning program, showing viewers easy workouts they can do at home.
When she’s not on the air, she can be found training her famous clients, teaching an exclusive class at the Hidden Hills Community Center, promoting her new book, Kathy Kaehler’s Celebrity Workouts: How to Get a Hollywood Body in Just 30 Minutes a Day (Broadway Books, 2004), or starring in her new DVDs: Kathy Kaehler Basics: Workout Class (a step aerobics session) or Kathy Kaehler Basics: Total Fitness Workout (a cardio, strength training and flexibility program).
But while Kaehler enjoys rubbing shoulders with Hollywood’s A-list, she has the most fun being at home with her family. Kaehler is married to Billy Koch, co-owner of Little Red Feather Racing, a horse racing syndicate featuring the Breeders’ Cup-winning colt Singletary. They are parents to three active boys: twins Cooper and Payton, 8, and Walker, 4, who are all named after football players (so is the horse!).
When we caught up with Kaehler, she and her boys had just sent a new baby gift to Julia Roberts for her twins, Phinnaeus and Hazel, and Kaehler was ready to share her tried and true celebrity workout secrets.
FE: As a celebrity trainer, what’s your day like?
KK: I get up at 6 a.m. and do my own personal workout. I have a treadmill and I have a stationary bike. I do 20 minutes on my bike then I get on the treadmill. I have a weighted vest that looks almost like a bulletproof vest. It really hugs your body and your body assumes the weight. I started out with 2 pounds and moved up in 1-pound increments, and now I am at 12 pounds. I walk a mile with it on. And then my next mile I alternate running and walking.
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