5 Ways Penny Lane Built Her Six-Pack Abs for SI Swimsuit Rookie Photos

Penny Lane is one of the winners of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit’s yearly contest: the SI Swim Search, for 2023. From the looks of a video she posted on Instagram in July, Lane is a great fit. In it, she is seen modeling in the SI Swim fashion show. She captioned the post, “Still pinching myself for waking down the @si_swimsuit runway! What a beautiful experience filled with so much positivity. Thank you Sports illustrated @theswimfluencenetwork for making this a reality.” How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Penny Lane stays in shape and the photos that prove they work.

1. She Meditates

Lane shared some of her favorite wellness practices in this Instagram post. One thing she likes to do is meditate. The Mayo Clinic states that meditation has a lot of benefits. “Meditation can give you a sense of calm, peace and balance that can benefit both your emotional well-being and your overall health. You can also use it to relax and cope with stress by refocusing your attention on something calming. Meditation can help you learn to stay centered and keep inner peace.”

2. She Swims

Lane loves to swim to stay in shape. She shares a lot of posts on Instagram of herself in the water. Lane shared this set of photos of herself snorkeling in the Palm Heights Grand Cayman. She captioned the post, “This was such an arm pinching moment. We were snorkelling around the coral Reef and this beautiful turtle came out of nowhere and swam with us.”

3. She Does Full-Body Workouts

Lane makes sure to workout on a regular basis. One thing she likes to do is do full-body workouts. She shared some of her favorite exercises in this video she posted on Instagram. In it, Lane is seen hanging from a bar pedaling her legs, leaning forward and back, using battle ropes, and doing arm and leg raises on a machine. She captioned the post, “Full body burn.” Doing full-body workouts ensures that your entire body is challenged.

4. She Paddleboards

Swimming isn’t the only thing Lane likes to do by the water. She also likes to go paddleboarding. Lane shared these photos on Instagram of herself paddleboarding in the Palm Heights Grand Cayman. Paddleboarding can help you build core muscles. The Mayo Clinic states that having a strong core is important. “Your core is the central part of your body. It includes your pelvis, lower back, hips and stomach. The stomach muscles sometimes are called abs. Core exercises train the muscles in your core to work in harmony. This leads to better balance and steadiness, also called stability. Stability is important whether you're on the playing field or doing regular activities. In fact, most sports and other physical activities depend on stable core muscles.”

5. She Eats Locally Sourced Food

In her wellness Instagram post, Lane mentions that she eats locally sourced foods. According to Virtua Health, local foods have a lot of benefits. “The main health benefit of locally grown food is that it’s fresher. Fruits and vegetables begin to lose their nutrients within 24 hours of being picked, so fresher produce is more nutritious. In addition, locally grown food is picked at its peak ripeness, when it’s most dense with nutrients.”

1. She Does Tabata

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Pippen has her own YouTube channel dedicated to sharing workout videos. She does a lot of different things to stay in shape. One thing Pippen is a fan of is tabata exercises. She posted this video of herself and her daughter doing a full body tabata workout. In it, they do exercises like jumping jacks, lunges, and hand taps. The Cleveland Clinic reports that tabata has a lot of benefits. “The answer is simple: You’d be hard-pressed finding another workout routine that builds as much cardiorespiratory endurance in as short a time. Studies have shown that devoting a few minutes to Tabata increases cardio and strength more than devoting far more hours to moderate-intensity workouts. It’s a pretty impressive fat burner, too.”

2. She Does HIIT

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Another type of workout Pippen likes to do is HIIT, or high-intensity interval training. She shared this video on her YouTube channel of herself doing a full-body HIIT workout. In it, Pippen is seen doing Arnold presses and front squats with hand weights. She’s also doing workouts like mountain climbers and jump squats. AceFitness.org states HIIT has a lot of benefits. “Anaerobic interval training uses the body’s reserves of energy and, after a workout, metabolism stays elevated and continues to burn calories for hours after the workout. This is due to something called the excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC) effect. With HIIT, you not only burn a lot of calories during the workout, but because of the high intensity you will continue to burn calories as your body replaces energy and repairs muscle proteins damaged during exercise.”

3. She Works Out Her Legs

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Pippen doesn’t skip leg day. She revealed some of her favorite lower body workouts in this video on her YouTube channel. In it, she is seen doing different kinds of squats, like static lunges, front squats with a shoulder press, and in and out squats with a press, all while holding hand weights. Pippen also does workouts like a hip bridge hold and side plank rotations.

4. She Works Out Her Abs

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Pippen has amazing abs, and she makes sure to do a lot of core exercises for them. She shared some of her favorites in this video on her YouTube channel. “I’m going to do a quick ab workout,” Pippen says to introduce the video. “All you need is 10 minutes.” In it, Pippen is seen doing crunches, static scissor crunches, v-sit ups, and bicycles, among others.

5. She Has Good Eating Habits

On Pippen’s website, she opens up about her wellness routine. One thing she talked about were some of her go-to diet tips and tricks. Pippen says that instead of doing a plan or a crash diet, she focuses on building good habits. “Instead of adapting a regimented diet, change the way you eat and practice healthy eating habits. Find a satisfying eating plan with a menu you can live with long-term, and make sure you’re eating the right amount of calories for weight loss.”

Tammy Hembrow has become a large presence on social media. She is known for sharing fitness and diet tips on her different pages. Hembrow also posts a lot of revealing photos on Instagram. She shared a new set of beach photos on her account this week. In it, she posed in the ocean in a light green bathing suit with flowers. How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Tammy Hembrow stays in shape and the photos that prove they work—and to get beach-ready yourself, don't miss these essential 30 Best-Ever Celebrity Bathing Suit Photos!

1. She Does Quick At Home Workouts

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Hembrow opened up about her fitness secrets to Women’s Health. She says that she likes to do workouts at home. “I recently posted an at home HIIT workout on my YouTube channel. I did it in the process of moving house when I was really feeling the need for a pick-me-up. There was a lot going on that week and I was feeling it, I decided to film and post it on my channel to show how I can fit in a quick workout throughout your day.”

2. She Eats Clean

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Hembrow makes sure to eat healthy. She talked about it in the caption of this Instagram post. “People always ask me how to lose belly fat. The first and most important thing when it comes to a toned tummy is DIET! And I don't mean crazy diets or starving yourself. I mean eating a clean, whole, healthy diet.”

3. She Uses A Cable Machine

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Hembrow shares a lot of workout videos on YouTube. In them, she talks about what equipment she likes to use. Hembrow posted this video of herself doing lower body exercises. In it, she uses a cable machine. Hembrow does cable squats with a RDL, cable sumo squats, and B stance RDLs.

4. She Works Out Her Abs

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Hembrow shares a lot of workouts videos on Instagram. She shared some of her favorite ab exercises in this video. In it, Hembrow is seen doing toe touch crunches, candlesticks, and plank dips. She captioned the post, “Ab work. Try these in a circuit of 30 seconds each for a 3-4 rounds.”

5. She Weight Trains

Hembrow likes to weight train to stay in shape. Especially when she wants to workout her back and arms. She shared this video on Instagram of herself doing different weight training exercises. In it, Hembrow does bicep curls, lateral pulldowns, and pull ups. She captioned the post, “Back and bi’s.”

Taylor Hill, the supermodel and former Victoria's Secret Angel, is no stranger to being in front of the camera. That’s one reason why she’s so good at social media. She has almost 19 million Instagram followers, who come to see her latest looks; accordingly, she shared her latest swimsuit scenes from Zara Swim. “Stunning Lady,” said Emily in Paris star Lily Collins. “Tay so beautiful❤️❤️” commented fellow model Elsa Hosk. How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Taylor Hill stays in shape and the photos that prove they work—and to get beach-ready yourself, don't miss these essential 30 Best-Ever Celebrity Bathing Suit Photos!

1. She Does Group Fitness Classes

Hill has gone to ModelFit, which did full-body group fitness classes. "We do a lot of slow, muscle-targeting movements with gliding discs and two-pound weights. Almost kind of floor Pilates in a way because we get on the floor, and she puts resistance bands around my ankles and things like that. It's so hard—it doesn't sound hard, and it doesn't look hard, but I could back squat, like, 85 pounds, and I quiver when I do this. I'm like, Oh my God, I can't stand up anymore because I'm so sore! It's amazing," she told Byrdie.

2. She Tried Strength Training

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"I used to do a lot of weight training, lifting, and things like that," she says. "It was really difficult, which I liked, but then I realized I wasn't getting the results that I wanted. You have to drink gnarly protein shakes and all of that to build that muscle, especially when you're as tall as me. I'm like; I can't develop muscle; it's just not working!” she told Byrdie.

3. She Used to Bulk Up Before a Show

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“I eat 3,000 calories a day before the VS show. Three thousand!” she told The Sunday Times back when she was modeling for Victoria’s Secret. “There’s no way you look like that and don’t eat. You would die. Victoria’s Secret girls are like athletes. We’re like Olympians. We’re strong.” She added: “I just love being me.”

4. She Cares for Her Skin

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“I just keep it really easy, and I use really clean products without a lot of chemicals in them. I use a very simple face wash called CeraVe. It’s for [removing] makeup that causes acne. And then I use coconut oil for hydration. It’s the best! Hair, skin and nails,” she once told Coveteur. “When I’m not working, I literally don’t have a beauty routine. I try to just roll natural, because, you know, I work everyday and put makeup on like crazy everyday. I think on my days off, it’s really nice to just give my skin a break and just hang out; put my hair in a knot and just walk around.” Consuming coconut oil can be good, as well. “It's the quality of your cholesterol that matters, and coconut oil actually increases the good cholesterol, HDL. It increases the LDL, but it makes the particles better so they're not as damaging,” says Dr. Mark Hyman to the Mayo Clinic.

5. This Was Her Diet in NYC During the Victoria’s Secret Years

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"I drink protein shakes, eat a lot of chicken, and try to make more home-cooked meals. It's really hard in New York because everything is so small. My kitchen is tiny, but it's nice because it forces me to learn something new every day and not cook the same things over and over. Snack-wise, I like dark chocolate just because it's something sweet and it makes me feel like I'm eating what I want," she told Allure. Dark chocolate is a healthy choice. "Flavanols are a type of flavonoid that’s found in plants such as the cacao tree. These trees produce the cacao beans used to make chocolate," says the Cleveland Clinic. “Flavanols are abundant in cacao beans,” says dietitian Devon Peart, MHSc, BASc, RD. “The cacao beans are fermented and roasted, producing what we call cocoa beans. We make cocoa solids from those" and dark chocolate "contains two to three times more flavanol-rich cocoa solids as compared to milk chocolate,” Peart adds. “It’s significantly higher.”