Dame Helen Mirren reveals her 60-year-old fitness secret: a 12-minute military workout.
Dame Helen Mirren has revealed the 12-minute military workout that's helped her maintain her incredible figure for 60 years. The Oscar-winning British actress, 79, is known for age-defying looks and glamorous red carpet ensembles. And now she's lifted the lid on the fitness routine, which was originally created by the military, that she's done every day for the last six decades.
She told Woman's Weekly that she is 'a big believer in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) women's exercise regime, which is 12 minutes.' Helen explained: ' it doesn't mean joining expensive gyms. It is an exercise regime that starts from very low and easy, then if you follow it through it can become quite difficult. She admitted: 'I've never gotten past the second level but it's a nice little exercise programme.' The programme is called the XBX routine, which means ten basic exercises, and was created by Dr Bill Orban in the 1950s for the Canadian Air Force's new female recruits to improve their fitness levels. It's a physical fitness program composed of four charts of ten exercises, arranged in progressive order of difficulty. The ten exercises on each chart are always performed in the same order, and in the same maximum time limits. The charts are divided into levels and there are 48 levels in all, 12 in each chart. It includes 30 seconds each of simple exercises like toe touching, knee raises, lateral bending and arm circling. The programme's official booklet explains: 'The exercise plan in the XBX booklet provides women with the opportunity to achieve physical fitness in an enjoyable, interesting manner for a total investment of 12 minutes a day.
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