Eva Longoria in Bikini Says “Must Try!!”

Eva Longoria is cooking in her bikini. In a new social media post, the Desperate Housewives alum shows off her fantastic figure while in the kitchen. “You guys, this tomato carpaccio came out 👌🏽 must try!!” she captioned the Instagram video. How does the star maintain her fit physique? Here is everything you need to know about her diet and fitness routine.

Eva loves padel. Jorge Rodriguez, Juan Lebron’s padel coach, explains that there are several reasons why padel is a great workout. “One of the many objectives that we seek to achieve through participating in sport is to improve general muscle tone, and playing padel even helps tone the muscles in the face, because you will not stop smiling. It also improves our coordination, mobility and reflexes,” he writes for racquet brand Babolat. Padel, which is basically a fusion of tennis, badminton, and squash, is also a great workout for the glutes, “and all the muscles we use in the arms, making our posture firmer.” It can burn between 700 and 1000 calories and helps strengthen your heart and improve other aspects of your health.

Eva sweats for the mental health benefits. “I work out five, six times a week, but my workouts are my mental health hour. I really need that energy and endorphins in the morning to really function throughout the day. So I love that it obviously has great side effects of being in shape, but for me it really clears my mind and I’m a better mom, and I’m a better businesswoman, and I’m a better wife because I get those endorphins first thing in the morning,” she told Reader’s Digest’s The Healthy.

Eva “started coming out of postpartum with bouncing. I love my trampoline workouts because it’s high-intensity but low-impact, and I don’t have the best knees,” she told The Healthy. “Bouncing on the trampoline was amazing. And it’s also great for your mind. It’s a lot of mental gymnastics as well with sequencing, and memorization, and it’s like a dance routine, and so it’s creative. I mean, it was really servicing everything I was looking for at the time.”

Eva also weight trains, viewing it as a “supplement” to her jumping. “I do a lot of weight training with my trainer,” she said. According to the Mayo Clinic, strength and weight training help reduce body fat, preserve and build lean muscle mass, and increase calorie burn. Strength training may also help you:

• Develop strong bones
• Manage your weight
• Enhance your quality of life
• Manage chronic conditions
• Sharpen your thinking skills

Eva maintains a mostly plant-based diet. “After I run, I eat probably the same thing every morning, which is egg whites with spinach and turkey bacon,” she dished to The Cut. “I could easily be a vegetarian because I love vegetables so much and I feel like L.A. is a place that can support healthy living,” she added to InStyle. “I love cooking with vegetables and I have a secret for cooking with vegetables, [which] is that they don’t need a lot. A lot of people cover them in cheese or cover them in a sauce, and vegetables really only need olive oil.”