Chanel Collette in Two-Piece Workout Gear Shares "My Yoga Journey"

Chanel Collette is a fitness trainer. She shares a lot of workouts on Instagram. In May, she shared a video of herself doing yoga. Collette captioned it, “My yoga story ⬇️ …Is the most patient & beautiful thing I have done for myself in my adult life. It’s the ONE ☝🏽 thing I have done COMPLETELY FREE of expectations. Every task, every hobby, every THING I have put immense pressure on myself to be, not just good at; but great at. But never with yoga.” How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Chanel Collette stays in shape and the photos that prove they work.

1. She Does Yoga

Colette talked about her yoga journey in the caption of her Instagram post. “I started 7 years ago practicing and laughing at myself bc of how little I could do, but my body STILL felt better AFTER what little I did. That was my hook, but slowly my mind quieted, and internalized pressure never showed up on my mat with me. All these years later, I practice *hopefully* 2-3x per week. I still take low heat, low intensity classes. I just started going up side down last year. But none of that actually matters at all. And that’s the beautiful part for me 🤍.”

2. She Hybrid Trains

Collette likes to hybrid train, as she thinks it’s the most effective way to train. She shared her routine in this Instagram post. “As a former cardio junkie & half-marathon-er it took me years to finally get a grasp of true hybrid training to support BOTH endurance training and progressive strength training,” Collette wrote in the caption. “Don’t be like former me - under recovered and weak knees that took me out of my long distance training. My hope is these suggested weekly training schedule splits give you some insight into how you could potentially design your weekly workout load in a balanced way to log some miles and some weights.”

3. She Does Leg Presses

A lower body workout that Collette does to stay in shape is the leg press. She shared her favorite foot placements on the machine in this Instagram post. Collette captioned it, “TAKE NOTES & SAVE. The leg press might be my favorite lower body machine for these reasons here. These are just my top 4️⃣ favorite foot placements so this list isn’t exhaustive by any means. Because we can’t forget the single leg options too.”

4. She Works Her Back

In this Instagram video, Collette and a friend do back exercises. She captioned the post, “Train Back With Us 💪🏽. When picking out your movements for a well round back day we highly suggest targeting 3 of the following areas: 1 Neutral & Narrow Grip Row ⏩️ the Landmine TBar Row is a perfect example. 1 Single Arm Movement targeting Lats ⏩️ the isolateral pull down. 1 Upper Back / Rear Delt movement ⏩️ the cable face pull. Coach @_casey.dixon_ and I had a stellar back day @everydayafs during her quick visit to Louisville. Always a good session training together.”

5. She Tracks Her Food

Collette revealed in this Instagram post that she tracks her food, and that she makes sure to do it accurately. “Underestimating calories (or not tracking at all) CAN be the reason you’re not seeing fat loss when that is the desired goal. My hopes with sharing this is to prove the point that WE ARE HUMANS, Not food calculators or magicians with food scales for eyes. When it comes to being in a TRUE DEFICIT where fat loss takes place, most can’t leave a lot of room estimation on a regular basis. It’s likely NOT that the deficit ISN’T working, OR that you have to constantly go LOWER in your target calories. But more likely, you need to be MORE ACCURATELY tracking because many of us (even the very seasoned ones) typically underestimate total calories with the naked eye.”

Chanel Collette is promoting her “stronger not smaller” mindset – in her workout gear. In a new social media post the fitness model shows off her fit figure while traying to motivate women to hit the gym. “When I think things have improved….I forget in my little bubble of ‘fitness’ instagram where I’ve curated my feed of 30+ year old women with the same mission as my own. Then I go and join a commercial gym….And I’m reminded women my age still need me loud and proud, and grunting in the weight room telling them they deserve AND need to be in it. We shouldn’t be the minority in there. We should take up just as much space - If not more and be welcomed (preferably with 12.5 , 17.5 and 22.5 dumbbells but that’s a post for another day),” she captioned the series of Instagram snaps. How does she approach diet, fitness, and self-care? Here is everything you need to know about her lifestyle habits.

1. Tempo Training

Chanel is an advocate of tempo training. “Let’s talk TEMPO and what that REALLY means for training,” she wrote in a recent post. “Tempo training can increase TUT (time under tension) and this is a great way to increase muscle activation, growth, and endurance without relying SOLEY on heavy weight. The research speaks for itself… & we are big fans of using this with our clients.”

2. Yoga

Chanel is a yogi. “My yoga story ⬇️ … Is the most patient & beautiful thing I have done for myself in my adult life. It’s the ONE ☝🏽 thing I have done COMPLETELY FREE of expectations. Every task, every hobby, every THING I have put immense pressure on myself to be, not just good at; but great at. But never with yoga,” she writes in another post. “I started 7 years ago practicing and laughing at myself bc of how little I could do, but my body STILL felt better AFTER what little I did. That was my hook, but slowly my mind quieted, and internalized pressure never showed up on my mat with me. All these years later, I practice *hopefully* 2-3x per week. I still take low heat, low intensity classes. I just started going up side down last year. But none of that actually matters at all. And that’s the beautiful part for me.” There is a laundry list of reasons to do yoga, explains Harvard Health. “Researchers found that people who practiced yoga for at least 30 minutes once a week for at least four years, gained less weight during middle adulthood,” they said. “People who were overweight actually lost weight. Overall, those who practiced yoga had lower body mass indexes (BMIs) compared with those who did not practice yoga. Researchers attributed this to mindfulness. Mindful eating can lead to a more positive relationship with food and eating.”

3. Tennis

Chanel enjoys tennis so much she models a collection of tennis gear with Paragon. “The courts are calling,” she captioned a post. According to ACE Fitness it blends together cardio and aerobic exercise, as there is a lot of running around, and hand-eye coordination. "While tennis provides numerous health benefits—improved aerobic fitness and anaerobic endurance, muscular fitness (grip strength and endurance), flexibility, multiple skill parameters (balance, speed, agility and quickness), reactivity, and power—it also is psychologically demanding," they say.

4. Hiking

Chanel also likes to hike. “90,000+ steps across 5 days , my long time client & audacious friend @ashaott22 left loving my Ol’ Kentucky home. *mission accomplished*,” she captioned a post. According to the National Parks Service, the physical benefits of hiking include:

• Building stronger muscles and bones
• Improving your sense of balance
• Improving your heart health
• Decreasing the risk of certain respiratory problems

5. Running

Chanel is a runner, but makes sure to avoid fasted runs. “If you want to get better at running and make running BETTER for you - you need to be fueling to make that happen. Her “go-to fast digesting carbs sources” are fruit, cereal, rice cakes, honey, and jelly and sourdough English muffins. “I’m not a gel fan - never have been - even in my long distance days of my past. Can’t get them down so I just stopped trying. I like food, food likes me,” she adds.

Chanel West Coast is heating up the beach in her swimsuit. In a new social media post the star of MTV's Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory and Ridiculousness shows off her amazing body modeling a bathing suit from her Coasty Swim bathing suit collection with one of her pals. How does the reality star approach health and wellness? Celebwell rounded up her top lifestyle habits.

1. Exercising So She Can Eat Whatever She Wants

Chanel would rather workout more so she can eat whatever she wants than diet. “You need to work out! I mean a lot of people like to start themselves on cute diets but the truth is you can really eat whatever you want as long as you workout on a daily basis,” she told HollywoodLife. “I try to eat healthy but since I work out I still enjoy a large pizza by myself! But In & Out burgers and all those things, you can have those as long as you workout.”

2. Focusing on “Problem Areas”

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Chanel designs her workouts on specific areas of her body that need work. One of them? Her arms "That is a big problem area for me," she said in a YouTube video before executing a minute of push-ups using floor hooks, squats with a cross punch with dumbbells, dumbbell curls, and dumbbell iron crosses.

3. At-Home Workouts

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Chanel enjoys working out at home. “Well I have a trainer,” she told Flaunt. “During the pandemic, I got really into working out on my own. Figuring out all of my own workouts. I have a mini Barbie looking gym in my garage, it’s really cute. The cuter the gym is, the cuter your workout clothes are, you get more ‘oh, I’m trying to look cute and do this.’ I know a lot of good home workouts, I posted a couple of workout videos on my YouTube.”

4. Three Workouts Per Week

How many times a week does Chanel hit the gym? “As much as I can,” she told Flaunt. “I film a lot so on average, I workout 3 days a week. That’s a good amount to stay in shape. If I wanted to be a real fitness person and get really into it, I’d work out every single day. But I don’t have the time for that.”

5. Meditation

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Chanel gets her zen on. "At some point during the pandemic, I might've been going crazy. It was all the time I spent at home, people sending me conspiracy stuff. People made me feel like I was going insane," she told Flaunt. "Meditation has changed my life honestly," she said. "Meditation is key. Everyone needs to meditate, set aside time to mentally decompress.” “When you meditate, you may clear away the information overload that builds up every day and contributes to your stress,” says the Mayo Clinic.

6. Cardio

Chanel also does a lot of cardio. “I wouldn’t say any workout is bad or I hate it but for women focus on your cardio, because if you do too much weights and you are a woman then you are going to bulk up a little bit you know,” she told HollywoodLife.