Strictly's Eddie Kadi says partner Karen Hauer bootcamps him every day

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Strictly Come Dancing contestant Eddie Kadi has been putting his all into learning his dance steps. However, before dance partner Karen Hauer gives him his daily choreography, she insists Eddie completes a daily bootcamp.

According to Karen, strong muscles are the basis of good dancing because they lead to better posture. And judges Craig Revel-Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Shirley Ballas and Anton Du Beke are always looking for good posture when they award their scores. “She makes me work my glutes, that’s my buttocks!” exclaims Eddie, 40. “I have a six-pack on my bottom right now that I’m really proud of.

I’m sore! If I’m not sore, Karen’s not happy.” It might be tough, but Karen insists that dancers need to be strong to hold the correct posture – something the judges have regularly pulled Eddie up on. “We do a 30-minute workout,” explains Karen, 41. “Right now I am doing core but we do legs and posture, too.

We focus on different things every day to make him strong. People think dancing gets you fit, which it does with stamina and cardio, but it’s important that your muscles are strong so you can hold the frame and create line.” Karen’s Strictly workout involves many exercises and she’s even thinking of installing a bar in the studio where they’re training to make Eddie do pull-ups. “I need him to be strong from the inside out,” she says, mercilessly. “We do press-ups, rows, running, lunges… Everything you can think of to strengthen those muscles.” The training is intense but Eddie is already feeling the benefits. “I feel fantastic,” he says. “I feel different.