Tracy Anderson's Anti-Bat Wing Routine

Okay, its well known that I don't like Tracy Anderson, I think she's a fraud and a bad trainer. She doesn't believe women should like more than 3lbs of weight and she thinks everybody can look like Madonna. Well, here's a home video of her doing her anti-bat wing arm exercise routine, which is pretty much a bunch of arm gyrations set to a beat. I'm sure it gets your heart rate up and that your arms are feeling it by the end of the five minutes, but I don't think that it should serve as a replacement for some weight resistance or weight lifting toning which is important for bone health as well as the aesthetics of the arm. Did you know that Michelle Obama can bench press 200lbs? Isn't that awesome and quite frankly, her arms are my personal envy.

Splitsville: Madonna and Tracy Anderson

Former BFF's, Madonna and her controversial trainer, Tracy Anderson

So, apparently Madonna and her controversial personal trainer, Tracy Anderson have parted ways. The break-up comes after criticism of the pop icon's highly muscled arms and charges that she has become obsessed with exercise, working out 4-6 hours per day at times. It is also rumored that Madonna was not pleased with the Philippe van den Bossche, former director of her Raising Malawi Charity, leaving the post to join Anderson in New York as her new boyfriend.

Following the break-up, Anderson is now being sued by a former partner, Glynn Barbar, for $1 million dollars. He alleges that she swindled him our of $1 million in initial investments in her business and despite her evident success, she has not returned any of the venture funds to him. In the NY Post article, his English seemed a bit broken, so I hope he has contracts and documentation to back up his claims.

I'm not celebrating the demise of Ms. Anderson's business--and of course she still has her #2 client, Gwyneth Paltrow, at least two studios, and a DVD business. In previous FFFB posts, I've pointed out that Ms. Anderson claims that anybody can look like Madonna, which is patently false and which dismisses the value of body diversity. We've also called Ms. Anderson out for her size 0 perfection worship and the promotion of fitness routines that might fall in the exercise-bulimia category. Its crucial to remember that sometimes these media empires, particularly those that are predicated on flash-in-the-pan exercise fads are sometimes a house of cards. Ms. Anderson's fame and fortune seems to be just that. So, instead of trying to find the right exercise guru to fix our problems, let's all make a commitment to do something reasonable today. Thursday I went to the gym and got on the elliptical machine for 30 minutes (after having taken a mile walk as part of a campus Wellness activity), Friday and Saturday I helped a family member move (that's cardio and toning!), Monday I took a 50 minute walk outdoors, today I take another walk and I'll do a Pilates DVD (its Fall break, so I should be able to squeeze both in).

Madonna's Trainer Denies She's Unhealthy

Madonna is known lately not for her singing, or her divorces, or her adoptions, but for her overly buff, vieny arms.

Wednesday morning on The Early Show, celebrity trainer Tracy Anderson addressed the controversy over the 50 year olds bulging biceps that looked like they were literally hanging off her arms. "She's strong, healthy, and gorgeous," Tracy told the reporter when she was questioned about the "scary" arms she had in a photo taken recently.

She denied that the Material Mom was over doing the workout and said that the photos could have been misleading. "She does my method so well - she looks like she's 18," Tracy said as she showed the audience how to work out to achieve the Madonna and Gwyneth Paltrow look.

Tracey Anderson has lost her mind. Madonna could not pass as 18 to save her life. I don't think Madonna looks 50, but no one on the planet would mistake her for under 30.

If we want to strive for older lady hotness. Lets look at Tina Turner and Cher as muses. At 62 Tina Turner has a better chance of stealing a man from Beyonce then Madonna at 50.

Tracey Anderson is sell a little more then personal training. She is also sell a load of Bullsh*t to her Celebrity contacts.