Anna Paquin Packs the Punch

The Academy and Golden Globe winner, Anna Paquin, played the role as a weak-minded waitress who has a preference for vampires in the recent hit HBO series, True Blood. But in the real world, this blonde bombshell is no weakling as she keeps a rigorous fitness schedule to stay in shape.

According to People Magazine, Anna works out several times a week where she does one to two hour-long sessions of high calorie burning and heart thumping exercises such as boxing and plyometrics. Plyometrics involves exercise with an abundance of jumping and bounding such as squats, jump roping and lunging. She also does weight training with her long time trainer, Clay Burwell, who owns the High Performance Gym in New York City. Clay said,

“She punches hard! And she has a mean left hook.”

You probably remember Clay as the guest trainer on the show, Make Me a Supermodel. Besides exercise, it is said that Anna maintains a vegetarian diet.