Fab abs, Nicole Kidman. But this frantic effort to look half your age is frankly demeaning | Yvonne Roberts

Trying to stave off the advancing years is fine for a superstar. If only we mortals had the time

Nicole Kidman, 55, is not only an excellent, award-winning actress and reportedly good company, witty and clever. Next month's cover of Perfect magazine reveals that she also possesses the latest weapon in the anti-ageing armoury, namely muscles. Furthermore, unlike the deep-frozen facial impact of Botox for holding back the years, these are muscles that move - if Kidman's reverse plank, also pictured, is any guide.

Since the portrait of the actress was released last week, dressed in what looks like a quilted upmarket nappy, it transpires that she is definitely not alone in acquiring sculpted biceps, washboard abs and banished batwings (upper arm sag) in the elasticated period now known as midlife.

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