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There's a lot of pressure on vampires these days. Scary stares and fang flashes just don't cut it anymore. Take the characters from Twilight, for example. In the third installment of the blockbuster series, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, these undead creatures of the night have to run, fly, and do battle with the forces of evil, all while looking impossibly gorgeous.

Actress Ashley Greene was up to the challenge. To play the part of vampire Alice Cullen, kin to Kellan Lutz's character Emmett and the brooding Edward (Robert Pattinson), as well as loyal pal to the human object of Edward's desire, Bella (Kristen Stewart), she had to sculpt her 5'5" frame into a lean, mean bad-guy-fighting machine.

"My body holds muscle really easily, and I tend to bulk up [if I'm always lifting] weights," says the 23-year-old Jacksonville, Florida, native. So while filming the movie in Vancouver, she focused on cardio, squats, and planks during her daily hour-long interval sessions. "I did side planks for my obliques, which are one of my trouble areas," she says. "And traditional planks tone your back so you don't have that little bit of fat hanging over your bra. Ugh!" Ashley even inspired squat contests among her female costars ("I'm a competitive little sucker," she says with a laugh). She did add in a couple of nontraditional weight moves: working with kettlebells and pushing a big box filled with weights across a room. "My butt and legs were so sore!"

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