Ana Ivanović In Workout Gear “Went Out For a Run” With Bastian Schweinsteiger

Tennis champion Ana Ivanović had fun doing one of her favorite workouts—going for a run with husband Bastian Schweinsteiger. Ivanović, 36, shared a picture of herself wearing a blue shirt and white visor, smiling with Schweinsteiger posing in the background against a backdrop of trees. “Went out for a run 🏃🏻‍♀️. Check out @bastianschweinsteiger new post to see how he tries to catch up 😅,” she captioned the post. Ivanović’s approach to training is unsurprisingly intense and disciplined—here’s how she takes care of her health and wellness.

1. Training Every Day

Ivanović works out and trains on a daily basis, building strength and improving technique. “I train every day except when I’m on a long-haul flight,” she told Women’s Health. “I do two hours on the court working on my stamina and technique and follow that with 30 minutes of bodyweight training like squats, press-ups and burpees. Preventing injury is so important. I activate the muscles in my core and back on a daily basis to keep it strong. TRX training and low-weight, high-rep strength sessions are essential.”

2. Healthy Habits

Ivanović is a strong proponent for a balanced life. “I keep a healthy body, a healthy look,” she told Vogue. “It’s important not to be obsessive about anything—fitness, training, eating—because then you end up focusing on only that. And you can’t obsess about anything when you’re on the road… I lift weights. A lot of it is endurance.”

3. On the Run

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For Ivanović, running is a soothing and relaxing activity. “It surprises a lot of people, but I really love running,” she told Women’s Health. I can go out wherever I am in the world for 40 minutes and clear my head – it’s like a form of meditation. When I get downtime I love a glass of red or white and I make a mean chocolate brownie – I’m no Jamie Oliver, but they’re not bad!

4. Wellness and Rest

Ivanović is careful to make time for rest. “Wellness to me means taking care of my body,” she told The Cut. “It means a lot to me because I have a lifestyle where I travel to a lot of different time zones and food conditions and have to compete on a high level. You really have to take care of your body, your mind, your food as well. It’s very important to listen to my body, to what I need. But I always try to find time for myself.”

5. Beauty Secrets

Ivanović uses Elizabeth Arden’s Eight Hour Cream to fight off dryness. “I’ll use it sometimes for elbows, or when I travel on a plane because you get so dehydrated,” she told Vogue. “I have a lot of hair, and it’s quite heavy: Sometimes I’ll braid it for a match so it’s all together. In cities like Miami, my hair can get so frizzy, it looks crazy. I use TRESemmé Extra Hold hairspray. I use a lot of it.”

Austrian long jump champion Ivona Dadic works hard and plays hard—but even her play is beneficial to the intense training regimen she has as an athlete. Dadic, 29, shared pictures of herself taking a cold dip in a natural pond in beautiful Turcini, Montenegro, wearing a red bikini that showed off every inch of her muscular physique. “Perfect cooling down after a hard training session 😊,” she captioned the Instagram post. Dadic has a work ethic typical of an Olympian —so how exactly does she do it? Here are 5 ways the track and field star trains, eats, and competes.

1. Training vs Competing

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Dadic finds competing a walk in the park compared to her training. “Training should be so hard that this enables you to have no fear even in the toughest of competitions,” she says. “It should be easy compared with what you do every day… Technique is not necessarily a product of talent. It can be influenced easily with hard work and that can help you to gain a lot of points. For example, in the past I was not such a good hurdler. But we worked a lot on my technique and changed this year from an eight-step to a seven-step approach to the first hurdle, which is a big benefit for an athlete of my height. But changes like this take a lot of time and you have to be tough and believe in what you do to get through these times.”

2. Training Six Hours a Day

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Dadic’s training regimen is hardcore, to put it lightly. “I train six days a week for about six hours a day,” she says. “The training is very sprint-heavy, of course there is also strength training, especially legs and upper body. In addition to the individual disciplines, we also have running units of around 40 minutes on the training plan. Since a heptathlon competition lasts two days, endurance is also required and you should be well prepared.” Dadic’s training makes working out for fun difficult. “Although I like to go horseback riding or play tennis on vacation, it's difficult to get excited about sporting hobbies in addition to training,” she says. “That's why I prefer to devote a large part of my free time to my friends and family.”

3. Healthy Training Diet

Dadic has a sweet tooth that she keeps under control while training. “Although I don't have a specific diet plan, nutrition is an important issue,” she says. “You eat consciously, especially before competitions. The sense for this develops over time or it arises through common sense. I'm currently trying to avoid meat, which works quite well. But sometimes I can't resist sweets when I'm not competing.”

4. Weightlifting Superstar

Dadic allows fans a sneak peek at her workouts via her social media—and she’s clearly not afraid of weights. “It’s not just cardiovascular exercise, such as running or aerobics, that can benefit your heart,” says Emma Mitchell, physiotherapist at Bupa UK. “Strength training is also good for your heart health. Some studies have shown that just one hour of weightlifting per week can reduce your risk of having a heart attack or stroke as you get older. This may be because strength training can help to reduce your blood pressure and might lower your risk of obesity too.”

5. Mountain Runs

Dadic didn’t allow pandemic lockdowns to interfere with her training regimen. “When the situation came to a head in the week before March 16, I packed hurdles, javelins and a few other things in the car so that I could train at home in a reasonably meaningful way,” she says. “There is also a perfectly equipped gym at my friend Dario's house in Steyr. And a special training plan was worked out, for example with intensive mountain runs on lonely forest roads for stability over the 800 meters, hurdle training on the asphalted alley in front of the house or jumping exercises on the gravel paths of a park just around the corner. There, to the amazement of the few walkers, I was even [doing] shot put a few times.”

Bulgarian sprinter Ivet Lalova-Collio took some time off from her intense training regimen to don a swimsuit and spend quality time with friends at the Gloria Verde Resort in Turkey. Lalova-Collio, 39, shared a beautiful picture of herself posing in a white and tan bikini on a dock, against a background of blue sea and skies. “GIRLS 🫶🏼”, her friend Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk—a champion long jumper—captioned the post. The Olympian athlete has an incredibly impressive strong physique, and she works hard to maintain her tone and muscle. But how exactly does she do it? Here are 5 ways Lalova-Collio stays one of the fastest women in the world.

1. Weights and Running

Lalova-Collio’s training routine is what you would expect from an Olympian—she runs and lifts heavy weights. “In the winter I do a lot of weights, at least 3 times and tempo runs after,” she says. “In the summer I do fewer weights, but lots of high intensity running. I have weeks that I don’t have a day without putting on my spikes. I think about big championships from the moment I step on the track. Knowing that you have to be at your best there is taking me slowly to the moment and the day of the race. At the day I love some music during the warm-up, I do some strides, some active stretching, getting faster and faster in about 1 hour before the competition.”

2. No Outrunning a Bad Diet

Lalova-Collio recognizes how important diet is—especially for an athlete—when it comes to staying fit and healthy. “If I organize myself around training and what I have to eat and around sport, it's easier so the days goes almost like normal,” she says. “It's all about training, resting and recovery. I spend more time cooking - I really want to eat good and I keep telling people 'don't worry so much about exercise,' be careful because if you stay home all day, you end up eating so be careful about that so I pay more attention to diet.”

3. Strict About Exercise

Lalova-Collio didn’t let pandemic lockdowns get in the way of her training regimen—instead, she became creative about working out outside of the traditional gym environment. “We have a state of emergency - we are not under a lockdown - but we have a lot of restrictions,” she says. “We can't go to parks, tracks are closed, gyms are closed but it's your choice if you want to go out but we all prefer to stay home as much as possible. It's tough times for people who train like us! We run in the streets but I keep saying that athletics is a 'poor' sport - we don't need that much to do what we do. We run, we jump, we do the basic things the human body can do although we try and improve them into something superhuman. Even if we have to run on the street or have to run on the stairs in our building, we are going to make it!”

4. Triumph After Tragedy

Lalova-Collio says a serious accident that almost derailed her career in 2005 was actually the making of her. “I love to say that what saved me when the accident happened was that I was really young,” she says. “I was 21 years old. By that time and in my head, there was no possibility that I’m not coming back and I’m not running again. So I had no idea what I’m facing and how long it’s going to take and how hard it’s going to be and I never thought about it. Of course, I had my dark moment and as I said, I cried a lot. It was really tough for me watching the World Championships in Helsinki later, that the same season that I wanted so bad to be there and compete. But I worked, even on that and it saved me, but mostly my motivation to come back saved me.”

5. Power of Positivity

Lalova-Collio says if she could go back in time and give advice to her younger self, it would be to surround herself with positive people who encourage her, and get rid of negative people who would hold her back. “You will later work with a mental coach and discover many empowering things inside of you,” she says. “You will read books on the subject and by training your brain you’ll reach that state of feeling just how you want to feel - which is so important in both training and competition. I’d also say make sure you surround yourself with supportive and positive people.”

Hungarian tennis champion Fanny Stollár’s career takes her all around the world—and most recently, she got to visit India. Stollár, 25, shared a picture of herself wearing blue shorts and a matching crop top, glowing in the sunshine as she posed near a tennis court. “Hello India🇮🇳 Back to business! Might need to get some tan going as well don't you think?🤪☀️”she captioned the post. Here’s how the athlete stays strong, fit, and full of energy.

1. Tennis, Of Course

Stollár’s tennis training is a full-time workout regimen in itself. “Tennis is a full-body workout,” nutritionist Dr. Rohini Patil tells GQ India. “As you sprint around the tennis court, you work your leg muscles. Your core is working as you maintain your balance while chasing the ball. Participating in this sport can help you improve your balance, flexibility, coordination, and agility,” adds nutritionist Dr Rohini Patil.

2. Sled Workouts

Stollár uses a weighted sled to build her strength and get some low-impact yet intense cardio. “More and more, you can find sleds in commercial gym settings, but you’ll mostly find them in a lot of CrossFit facilities, specialty gyms and studios, or athletic training facilities, where there is either grass or AstroTurf,” Noam Tamir, C.S.C.S. tells Runner’s World. “It’s great for runners as it helps strengthen the upper body and posterior chain.”

3. Kettlebells At the Gym

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Stollár uses weights at the gym, both barbells and dumbbells. The CDC recommends adults do strength training at least twice a week and 150 minutes of aerobics a week. “Weight-bearing exercises include things like climbing stairs, playing tennis and hiking,” according to UMMS. “Lifting weights and bodyweight exercises are always great ways to build bone strength.”

4. Hiking Workouts

Stollár loves to hike, especially when she’s in sunny Los Angeles. “When you’re dressed for success, hiking is a great total-body workout,” Michael Bednarz, DPM, FACFAS, tells Piedmont Healthcare. “It strengthens the large muscles in your body, while stimulating the feel-good chemical hormones of adrenaline and endorphins that boost your mood and energy levels… If you have any type of hypertension or heart disease, be sure to consult your doctor before hiking. Even if you are healthy, climbing vertically can be a whole new ballgame. You use very different muscles than you do on flat surfaces, so be sure to stretch and listen to your body’s limits.”

5. Avocado Toast

Avocado toast with pomegranate is one of Stollár’s go-to healthy snacks. Avocados are a great source of healthy fats, experts say. "They're packed with good fats and fiber, which means they help you stay full longer," registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator Charlotte Roberts tells Cedars-Sinai. "They're also a great source of vitamins."

Dutch runner Femke Bol is celebrating after winning gold in the mixed 4x400m relay. Bol, 24, shared a picture of herself wearing black shorts and an orange shirt, walking on the track. “Time to get to the start line of my second Olympic Games ✨I cannot wait to enjoy and feel the wonderful atmosphere while giving it my all on the track ❤️‍🔥This will be my schedule:

03/08 20.55 4x400 mixed FINAL

04/08 12.35 400 hurdles heats

06/08 20.07 400 hurdles semis

08/08 21.25 400 hurdles FINAL

09/08 10.40 4x400 women heats

10/08 21.14 4x400 women FINAL

Thank you for all the support, the journey to the games showed me once again how amazing the team around me is and I’m forever grateful for them 🥰,” she captioned the post. Here’s what the athlete’s training and fitness regimen looks like.

1. Hard Work

Bol works hard for her record-breaking speed. “I think that speed is not the most natural thing to me,” she told RunBlogRun. “I work hard to get more speed. But with the fatigue and the lactic, I keep thinking, what is the right pace? I think that is where my talent is. Also, in a 400 flat, what the pace should feel like. I love to go through the lactic and go deeper and go faster. Or in training, when I am full of lactic, can I do one more – when we have a lot of reps in a session. I think that is it, and I need to continue to be able to think and plan because you need a good plan.”

2. Inspired By Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone

Bol is a huge fan of fellow competitor Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone. “It's inspirational and motivational how McLaughlin-Levrone's racing and seeing how she's raising the bar,” she told Longview News-Journal. “In all honesty a couple of years ago if you'd told me people would be running 400m hurdles in 51sec, I wouldn't have believed it, and now I'm one of them doing it. The moment you see someone doing it... there's is something in your head that thinks 'maybe I can also do it'. For sure it's something that pushes me to become better and dream better on the 400m hurdles.”

3. Training Camp

Bol trains with a large team in The Netherlands. “I train at Papendal, the National Dutch Sports Center,” she told RunBlogRun. “There is a big group, I think fourteen 400m runners. And also Ajla Del Ponte from Switzerland. So it’s a pretty nice group to be in. We train hard, a lot of tough training – some do more endurance, others more speed. It’s a big group, but training is adapted to the person. I think it’s a nice atmosphere that we train in. In the end, we’re all sore and tired, but we keep having fun. We work together and push each other on. It’s a great place to be and one of the best places in which to become one of the best athletes.”

4. Clearing Her Head

Bol has loved running since she was a young girl. “It was always a way to clear your mind and just have fun and not think too much about other things,” she told Athletics Weekly. “That’s still what I like so much about it. I have sessions I like more and I like less but I enjoy every session and mostly the lactic ones because then it really clears your mind and the only thing you can think about is the pain and how you are going to recover. I just love how you really can mentally challenge yourself so much in the sport and just let go of everything a bit by running.”

5. Loving the Journey

Bol is proud of her accomplishments. “I sometimes ask how I have achieved these things, but I do work hard for it and do so many things for it,” she told RunBlogRun. “It’s not like I click my fingers, and I get it. But still, there are a lot of other athletes who train just as hard and are not achieving these things. I do ask how I have achieved this, and I think it’s amazing. I am enjoying it a lot, which helps.”