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13 May 2010 6:03 AM, PDT | backstage.com | See recent Backstage news »

Is a surgeon who has spent thousands of hours studying his craft likely to operate with a dull scalpel? As an actor, your body is your tool. You sink time and money into honing your acting abilities. But that work can be shortchanged if your instrument is subpar. Even if your physique has little bearing on the roles you go up for, fitness is an essential component of your work life, whether it means doing a physical task take after take, performing eight shows a week on stage, or making your first impression on a casting director when you walk into an audition room."Training and eating well—or eating not well—those are the most obvious tools to become something better or sometimes something that isn't the ideal," says Whitney M. Cole (www.whitneymcole.com), a Pilates instructor and a personal trainer certified with the National Academy of Sports »

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