SECRETS OF AN A-LIST BODY: This week, how to get Penelope Cruz’s calf muscles

She is, of course, known for her impressive acting skills.

But, in addition to that, Penelope Cruz also has an impressive body – as she revealed when she flashed a glimpse of toned calf muscles on the red carpet, this week.

Posing up a storm in a revealing dress at the Everybody Knows premiere in LA, she looked years younger than her true self. 

‘I do Bikram yoga, which has completely changed my body,’ the 44-year-old mother-of-two has said. ‘You’re drenched in sweat throughout.’

She also works with a trainer and does strength training with resistance balls and weights.

WHAT TO TRY: With the single leg calf raise, you target the muscle in the lower leg more effectively than with a double calf raise. 

Stand on your left leg, near a wall for support, with your right leg bent behind you at around 90 degrees. 

What’s her secret? She works with a trainer and does strength training with resistance weights

Keep the ankle, knee and hip of the left leg in vertical alignment, to protect your knee joint. Press down into the ball of your left foot to raise your body upwards.

Keep your abdominal muscles engaged, to avoid shifting forwards or backwards. Raise up as high as is comfortable and then go back down, until your left heel is just above the floor.

Repeat ten times with your left leg, before changing sides. Perform three sets.