We join workouts with personal trainer who helps Shakira, Alicia Keys and Kelly Ripa stay in shape

Shakira’s backup dancer turned personal trainer Anna Kaiser is sharing the secrets to her famous clients’ fitness success in her studio classes and online

The Post joins a class at Kaiser’s Manhattan studio, practising moves also used by Shakira’s backup dancers and hearing about the health benefits of dance

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Celebrity personal trainer Anna Kaiser leads clients through in-studio classes designed to tone and sculpt. Her clients include Colombian singer Shakira, singer-songwriter Alicia Keys, and talk-show host Kelly Ripa.
Photo: Anna Kaiser Studios

Published: 4:15pm, 26 May 2024

Colombian pop star Shakira’s music video for her early hit She Wolf masterfully showcases her toned and sleek body. A great woman behind this great woman helped her achieve this fabulous fitness.

Look closer at the 2009 video and as the singer, songwriter, musician, and dancer writhes and curls her toned muscles into all sorts of contortions, there, in the background is backup dancer turned personal trainer and nutritionist Anna Kaiser, responsible for honing those famous hips – and the rest.

In her studio based in the US state of Connecticut, Kaiser is very much the star of the show. She still trains Shakira, who has been her loyal client for 14 years, along with singer-songwriter Alicia Keys, actress and talk-show host Kelly Ripa and other celebrities.

Thousands of other clients join her sought-after training programme in person and online. Her Instagram account, @theannakaiser, has more than 288,000 followers.

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During the summer months, Kaiser runs pop-up classes in East Hampton on Long Island in New York state, and trains clients in Manhattan at a concierge studio.

The mother of two is bouncing with positive energy when I arrive at the Manhattan studio for a chat ahead of her class.