How to get a body like Margot Robbie: Star’s personal trainer reveals what it REALLY takes to achieve her incredible figure after she turned heads on the Wuthering Heights promo tour
She’s one of the most talked-about stars thanks to her incredible acting and head-turning looks.
And Margot Robbie has been wowing on the red carpet while promoting her new film Wuthering Heights.
The former Neighbours star, 35, has been leaning into the Georgian era of the film throughout the press tour, with several sultry and dramatic looks.
Displaying a sculpted, gym-honed figure, Margot’s outing comes just a year after welcoming her first child.
She gave birth to a baby boy in October 2024 with her husband Tom Ackerley, with the pair keeping his name under wraps.
Now, personal trainer David Higgins, has lifted the lid on the secrets behind her jaw-dropping post-baby transformation.
Want to get a body like Margot Robbie? The star’s personal trainer has revealed what it really takes to achieve her incredible figure (pictured in April 2025)
The star has been wowing on the red carpet while promoting her new film Wuthering Heights, leaning into the Georgian era of the film with several sultry and dramatic looks
Now, personal trainer David Higgins, has lifted the lid on the secrets behind her jaw-dropping post-baby transformation
First and foremost, Margot uses a combination of strength training and reformer Pilates, as reported by Women’s Health.
Usually, she will spend five minutes on a foam roller to warm up before doing 15 reps of each exercise.
This includes supine chest presses, bent-over rowing, right and left side, standing bicep curls, seated shoulder presses and supine skull crushers.
She then does a 100-rep ab challenge, which includes 20 crunches, toe taps on each side, and curtsy lunges on both sides.
Margot is a long-time reformer fan.
She once told the Telegraph: ‘If I’m making a conscious effort to exercise, I work with a Pilates trainer on a reformer machine, and that suits me and my body best.’
David explained how the actress will usually spend two minutes on each exercise.
He told the publication: ‘I stick to durations over reps when using a reformer machine.’
When it comes to working out, Margot uses a combination of strength training and reformer Pilates (pictured with personal trainers Rik Melling and David Higgins)
As for which one she decides to do between strength training and reformer Pilates, it’s usually up to how her body feels on that day.
But when it comes to cardio, it’s a big ‘no’ from Margot, and David believes that strength training can act like ‘secret cardio’.
‘By doing a full-body workout, your heart has to work hard to redirect the blood to the correct part of your body as and when you work it – from your upper-body to your lower-, for example,’ he said.
Margot tends to focus on her core, with an upper body workout that leads into a 100-rep ab challenge.
One workout she does is skull crushers on a bench with her legs into a table top position at 90 degrees.
As for the ab challenge, this includes 20 crunches, toe taps on each side, and toe taps with legs together.
According to David, Margot would do this five times within each workout, meaning that’s 500 reps.
He also revealed that the actress can hold a plank for four minutes and 10 seconds.
Detailing her stricter ‘clean’ diet, she said that for breakfast she’ll typically opt for porridge with blackberries or a ‘green machine’ smoothie with kale and apple
Now, like anything, consistency is key.
David and Margot have been working together on and off for years, with their Barbie schedule lasting around 12-15 weeks.
And if it’s one thing for certain, the actress will always fit a workout in whenever she can.
‘We would train together five days a week, for 45-60 mins each time,’ David added.
The Oscar nominee previously opened up about her approach to diet and fitness, revealing she likes to indulge her sweet tooth most of the time but will eat clean in the lead-up to a movie.
She told Emirates Woman: ‘I’m not good at doing moderation. I get miserable if I don’t eat. I can’t just have a salad every day and a half a glass of wine every second day. I can’t do it.’
Detailing her stricter ‘clean’ diet, she said that for breakfast she’ll typically opt for porridge with blackberries or a ‘green machine’ smoothie with kale and apple.
At lunchtime, she’ll have something like lemon chicken with brown rice or mackerel salad with tomatoes and cucumber.
Margot also enjoys boxing and leg workouts, which she got into when training for her role in 2016’s Suicide Squad (pictured in the film)
Dinner is typically tuna steaks with sweet potato or a vegetable hot pot with rice noodles.
She said that while she enjoys a glass of wine every so often, she bans saturated fats, fast food, sugary drinks and chocolate in the lead-up to an event or a premiere.
‘I don’t have a very good diet,’ she confessed. ‘I love beer, fries, burgers, but if I have to get into a bikini then I’ll eat carrot sticks for three days. I’m one extreme or the other.’
When it comes to working out, however, the star is more dedicated.
While Margot has an incredible figure, she’s stressed in the past that she wants to be strong not skinny.
Ahead of her role in 2016’s The Legend Of Tarzan, she explained that she didn’t see the need to slim down for the role of Jane.
Justifying her decision to skip training sessions during filming to head to London’s iconic pubs instead, the actress said she didn’t want to be too thin as Jane.
‘It’s the 19th century (in the film) – if she’s got a bit of weight on her, it’s probably a good thing,’ she mused.
‘I’m not going to look thin just for the sake of it.’
