Following Sarah's 2012 “TV’s Hottest Female” win, the Fairly Legal alum and former NFL cheerleader told Shape magazine that year that she often followed a “dedicated diet and fitness regime.”
In a workout routine designed by Sarah for Shape, the actress shared the secret to her “bangin’ bod” (Shape’s words in 2012, not ours) with the world.
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During the intermediate workouts, she prioritized her “calves, hamstrings, thighs, quads, glutes, hips, triceps, back, chest, shoulders, lats, forearms, biceps.” She then recommended multiple reps of “jump rope, squats, tricep extensions, lunges, crunches, and dumbbell curls.”
“Begin this workout with 3 to 5 minutes of jumping rope, then do 20 reps of each exercise,” Sarah advised. “Complete three sets. The key to this routine is to try not to rest between each move. Remember to keep your heart rate up so you'll burn more calories!”
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"Sarah Shahi is def giving me motivation to lose weight and work out #maybeoneday," a fan named Shama tweeted in 2015.
"Sometimes i just think about how Sarah Shahi can bench press more than my entire body weight, like girl wtf. Bench press me," another fan named Katie wrote in 2017.
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