'I don't want to rely on airbrushing': Victoria Beckham's 7 days a week fitness regime

Victoria Beckham has revealed how she keeps her tiny figure in shape - she works out EVERY day.

The fashion designer hits the gym seven days a week so that she doesn't need airbrushing in magazine pictures.

This may come as a surprise to some fans - photos of her posing for Armani with husband David Beckham were widely believed to have been enhanced.

Victoria makes the admission about her intensive exercise regime while talking about her successful fashion line in American fashion bible Harper's Bazaar.

Her own work: A toned Victoria Beckham features on the special edition double front cover of December's Harper's Bazaar

'I didn’t want to rely on retouching,' she said. 'I wanted to look at those pictures in 20 years’ time and say, “Wow, look – after three kids – I didn’t look bad.”'

The hard work has undeniably had an impact on her figure.

The toned and trim 31-year-old features over an extensive 16 pages of the December issue.

Contrary to the expectations of some, Victoria's designs have been acclaimed.

But she reveals she was incredibly nervous when launching her range.

'I felt beyond vulnerable,' she said. 'I’d never known nerves like it in my life. The night before, I got nodules in my throat.

'I’d never felt such anxiety. I was very aware that people were expecting very short clothes, probably quite revealing, and I really went against that and showed the other side of me.'

At ease with herself: Victoria says fashion is more suited to her than singing

Despite finding fame and fortune with the Spice Girls, Victoria also reveals that fashion is more suited to her personality than singing.

'I just want to learn as much as I can,' she said. ' I was always pushed into the theatre and dance – it’s just taken me a long time to figure out what I wanted to do.'

And in a frank admission she dismisses her attempts at a solo career, which were panned by critics.

'People never believed the solo singing career, and it wasn’t the real me – I was a little bit lost at the time. I don’t mind making mistakes. I just can’t live with anyone else’s mistakes.

'I’m a complete control freak. I’m not the easiest person to work with because I’m so passionate and being a working mum, it’s a balancing act.'

Didn't want to rely on airbrushing: David and Victoria Beckham feature on a Emporio Armani billboard on Sunset Blvd in Hollywood

Photographed by Alexi Lubomirski, the special double-cover December issue sees Victoria wearing a range of outfits - from an Yves Saint Laurent leather bodysuit to her own figure-hugging silk gazar dress.

It also carries the verdicts of respected fashion designers.

Roberto Cavalli said: 'It’s difficult to create fashion, you can’t just learn it, you have to have fashion in your DNA, and she has it.'

And shoe designer Manolo Blahnik was equally complimentary.

'She’s a creature of today, a total artefact of today,' he said. 'She knows what women want.

'Her things have created an incredible stir, and in recessionary times, this is so fabulous.'

* Read the full interview with Victoria in the special double cover December U.S. issue of Harper’s Bazaar, on sale November 5.