HEALTH and fitness experts in Burton have given mixed reactions to shocking photographs showing pop icon Madonna with veins bulging out of her arms.
Pictures published in the national Press yesterday revealed a rather thin-looking Madonna arriving home from a restaurant.
The protrusive veins in her arms were visible for all to see and are likely to cause concern for many fans. However, health experts in Burton believe this bizarre body formation is merely caused by a good diet and exercise.
Adam ‘AJ’ John, fitness manager at DW Sports, formerly JJB Sports, in Middleway Park, Burton, said that there was no reason why the amount of exercise a 50-year-old woman did would affect her arms.
He said: "I think she does a lot of heavy resistance training either using resistance machines or by using weights. I think it’s much more likely that she uses heavy weight lifts.
"She seems to work extremely hard which warms the body up and this causes the veins to be more noticeable on the surface.
"If she has been training all her life then there is no reason that that amount of exercise for a woman of 50 should be unhealthy. If she has a good regime and possibly includes splits — exercise in morning and evening — then it will be fine.
"As she is doing six days a week of exercise, I would imagine that one of those days would maybe be something fun such a tennis or swimming.
"Her arms could be down to her diet as well which is extremely important. She eats properly and has at least four or five meals a day, so I don’t believe that her arms are anything to worry about."
However, Andy Elliott, health and fitness manager at Fitness First, in Wetmore Road, Burton, said that while Madonna may be exercising a lot he would not recommend her diet to any of his clients.
He said: "It looks like she is on a really low diet of high protein but low carbohydrate. She seems to do a lot of weight training on her upper arms but seems really malnourished. She needs some fats and to increase her diet and also relax on the upper arm training.
"She needs to increase her carbohydrate intake as well and I would not recommend this diet to anyone."
