Obviously Garner followed rather the program to remain in battling shape throughout her 5 years on Alias, thanks to superstar fitness instructor Valerie Waters, who concurrently prepared her for 2005’s Elektra, which Garner shot throughout a hiatus from her program. Needing to be in hair and makeup by 5: 30 a.m., she ‘d awaken at 4 a.m. for a 60- minute full-body exercise, warm-up to cool-down.
“Do you think that she really wants to get up at 4 in the morning? No,” Waters informed the Los Angeles Times in2005 “It’s just as hard for her to get up after a few hours sleep as it is for everyone else…You still have to not eat the cookies; you still have to not have that glass of wine.”
But Garner was practical about physical fitness from the start, informing E! News in December 2001 about the needs of playing Sydney, “I love it, because it forces me to take care of myself physically. And normally working hours like this you would really let that fall to the wayside. Not that I’m great about it, but pretty much, you know, I have a fight right now and so this morning I got up at 4 to run for half an hour. It just keeps you honest with it, because you have to be warmed up and you have to be in good shape, or you’ll get hurt.”
Even Sydney’s smooth, positive stride took practice, with Waters assisting her align her walk while reinforcing practically every muscle in her body. “She’s worked on me,” Garner described to U.S.A. Today in2002 “In real life, I have kind of a ducky walk. That’s just me trying to be as kick-ass as this chick deserves to be.”
She likewise studied with taekwondo grandmaster Byong Yu, and has actually been a fan of kickboxing exercises since.
“Her work ethic is just incredible,” Waters, who’s been Garner’s go-to fitness instructor for the much better part of 20 years now, informed In Design in2014
