By Comic Chelsea Handler simply turned 48, and she or he celebrated by downhill snowboarding in a bandeau bikini, emblazoned with the US and Canadian flags — one thing that is develop into a birthday custom of hers in recent times. To the sound of Eminem’s “With out Me,” Handler hikes as much as a peak in her ski boots, skis slung over her shoulder, after which rips down a steep run. The caption, a easy: “48! Salud!”
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As onerous as is it to beat that birthday put up, her longtime coach, Ben Bruno, bought fairly shut: On Feb. 26, Bruno shared an Instagram video montage of many comical moments figuring out — or, extra typically, not figuring out — with Handler.
The video begins with Handler doing Bulgarian cut up squats weighted by one among her two canines, Bert or Bernice. (It is onerous to inform which.) She has the chow-chow combine cradled in her arms like an enormous sandbag whereas she pushes by way of reps on her proper leg. The difficult energy train improves your steadiness and builds energy in your quads, hamstrings, glutes, and core — and TBH, Handler makes it look simple.
That transfer could also be a part of the explanation why Handler feels sturdy sufficient to ski practically bare; constructing unilateral (i.e. one-legged) energy is extremely useful for snowboarding in addition to many different actions that require every leg to work by itself, corresponding to working or tennis.
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Bruno narrates the montage video with a voice-over: “At present’s Chelsea’s birthday, and I wished to place collectively a montage of a few of her greatest stuff. As a result of we have skilled, I do not know, eight or 9 years now — positively over frequent regulation — and in that point, she’s accomplished a lot to advocate for girls to get sturdy. As a result of loads of girls are scared that energy coaching . . . goes to bulk them up, and she or he has actually . . . turned that proper on its head.”
He thanked Handler for at all times being grateful and shouting out his coaching enterprise on social media. “Ben Bruno, thanks for my physique. I imply, I really feel so sturdy,” Handler says, together with a mirror-selfie video included within the compilation.
Bruno goes on to point out clips of Handler sassing him throughout exercises (which he offers proper again to her), in addition to different antics the 2 have gotten into collectively. We see Handler smoking whereas doing single-arm dumbbell presses, yelling at Bruno about his dad humor whereas doing poolside strolling lunges holding a dumbbell, and telling him to “go dwelling” whereas stretching on a Pilates Cadillac reformer. He included a little bit of her iconic birthday ski run, too.
As a lot because the montage makes their exercises appear like all enjoyable and video games, Bruno trains Handler onerous within the fitness center. In a video posted Jan. 20, Bruno confirmed Handler doing a fancy core transfer: a slider plank with a weight plate on her again and a resistance band round her ankles. In one other video Bruno posted in November 2022, he confirmed Handler doing a supported single-leg Romanian deadlift with a honking 53-pound kettlebell. “[Handler] has bought far more than 99 issues, however her core energy ain’t one. Actually spectacular stuff right here—loads of professional athletes wrestle with this one,” Bruno wrote because the January put up caption.
Not solely is Bruno’s birthday video for Handler an excellent reminder that you do not have to take your exercises too severely to reap the advantages of train, however it additionally makes us need to begin figuring out with knowledgeable comic. HBD, Handler — we won’t wait to see what your subsequent exercise with Bruno brings.
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