Wimbledon Icon Serena Williams Poses In Bikini For Sports Illustrated
It’s Wimbledon season, and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit is making sure to celebrate it. They recently shared some photos of the many tennis stars that have appeared in the magazine on Instagram. One person who was included in the post was legendary tennis star Serena Williams. She wore a light green bikini with straps and posed in the ocean. Serena’s amazing figure was on display. How exactly did she get this figure? Here are 5 of Serena Williams’ diet and exercise secrets.
She Loves Cardio
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Serena shared some of her diet and workout secrets in an interview with Vogue. “My at-home fitness routine right now is just a lot of cardio,” she says. “I do HIIT workouts (high-intensity interval training), a little stretching, a little strength training, but mostly cardio training. I do the cardio exercises on Tonal, which is really helpful for me just to get my body back and used to calisthenics.”
She Loves The Elliptical
Serena tells Vogue that she loves using the elliptical to keep herself in shape, as it’s easier on her body. “My favorite type of cardio is running, but my body has to be fit to be able to run or else my knees will hurt. After playing tennis for so many years, you just wear and tear down your knees, so the elliptical has been growing on me, too.”
She Eats Mostly Vegan
What’s Serena’s diet? Mostly plant-based. “I’ve been an on-and-off vegan for a while,” Serena revealed to Vogue. “I was vegan for about six years and it was great. Now, I’m trying it out again because I really want to be healthy. And to be healthy, I need to eat healthy. When I don’t eat healthy, I just feel terrible–to be honest, I feel like I almost have pain. So now, I eat vegan about six days out of the week.”
She Takes Peloton Classes
Another thing Serena does to keep fit is take Peloton classes. “Those Peloton people are so inspirational,” she says to SELF Magazine. “They’ll be like ‘If you can get through this, you can get through your day, so you gotta do it!’ I’m like ‘I got you! I’m here!'”
She Hikes
Serena loves going on hikes to keep herself in shape. She shared this set of photos on Instagram of herself going on a hike by the beach. Serena captioned the post, “When someone tells you to ‘go take a hike…'” Hiking has a lot of health benefits. The Cleveland Clinic says that it can even help with sleeping. “If you struggle to get a good night’s sleep, then a hike might be beneficial. Exposure to vitamin D can help control your wake-sleep cycle. And being outside and exercising will also raise your body’s temperature, so when your internal temperature goes back down, it can lull you into sleep.”
