Furiosa's Elsa Pataky in Two-Piece Workout Gear Does a "Morning Train"

Elsa Pataky is a model and actress. She recently appeared in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, alongside her husband, Chris Hemsworth. She is best known for her role as Elena Neves in the Fast & The Furious franchise. Her other roles include Snakes On The Plane, Giallo, Di Di Hollywood, and Give ‘Em Hell, Malone. How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Elsa Pataky stays in shape and the photos that prove they work.

1. She Meditates

Pataky tells Harper’s Bazaar that she enjoys practicing meditation. "Once the kids are asleep, I try to meditate for 10 to 15 minutes, and I make sure I read and unwind before going to bed. At home we always try to put our phones aside just after dinner and we don't check them before bedtime, so we properly disconnect from the world for few hours.”

2. She Eats A Balanced Diet

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Pataky talked about her diet in her Harper’s Bazaar interview. She says that she makes sure to eat a balanced diet. “I make sure I eat as balanced and healthy as I can, although of course I have my cheating days," she says. "I do love cooking fresh fish in the oven or the grill, although my favourite moments are to cook and bake with my children. We always try to do it once every few weeks – from pizzas in the oven to yummy cookies."

3. She Takes Care Of Her Skin

Pataky shared her skincare routine in an interview with Grazia. “I love our moisturiser, which is coming soon! We’ve been working on it for so long, we took our time because we really wanted it to be perfect. But I also love our derma roller, I use it every day and I love it! It’s great for your skin. I use it every other night and it really invigorates my skin and improves the tone. I also love our Divine Ritual™ Balm, it really soothes the skin and I love massaging it into my skin before bed. The fragrance is also really beautiful, the scent of the botanicals really transports you to Byron.”

4. She Uses Sustainable Ingredients

When coming up with her skincare line, Purely Byron, Pataky made sure to use environmentally friendly ingredients. “It was really important to me to have products that contained 98% natural ingredients and were really sustainable,” she told Grazia. “I wanted something recyclable, because it’s very important to respect nature. We also wanted to impart the serene spirit of Byron Bay in each of our daily rituals, which we considered through every aspect of the brand. You can take a little moment for yourself and enjoy it without having to go to an appointment in the spa – you can do it yourself at home and still get the feeling. We hope it helps to give everyone a piece of Byron and give back to the community here.”

5. She Incorporates Workouts In Her Schedule

Pataky shared her wellness secrets with Harper’s Bazaar. She says that she always makes sure to incorporate fitness into her daily life. “I make sure I organise my time during the day and I follow a similar routine every day. For instance, I always try to fit in my exercise in the mornings – it doesn't need to be full-on workouts, but any type of movement. I try to make sure I do at least three to four workouts a week, mostly HIITs (20-40 min of intermediate training). The days I don’t, I would either surf or go horse riding.”

Elsa Pataky—the Spanish model and actress—knows a bit about Australia. She’s married to Australian Chris Hemsworth. And she’s recently been traveling in the continent. “Life is more fun when you are around @aprilmun and @lukemun. Enjoying the last day in Australia before the trip!” she captioned a photo of herself in a bathing suit—with her friends April Munro and Luke Munro. Read on to see 5 ways Elsa Pataky 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 Yoga

"It's just like another kind of energy you have in yoga," Pataky told Women's Health in 2019. "It's also for your mind. At the end you have that moment of laying down and five minutes of like [does an exaggerated exhale]. Kind of like a meditation. I think that's really important for your brain and to come down. At the end of the yoga, it's just good for me to lay down and think about nothing… or try to [laughs]."

2. She Weight Trains

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"Weight training with yoga really works with my body. I work out with weights, and the more and more I learn that, I'm not scared doing weights," she told Body+Soul. "I'm using more weight, and more weight, and more weight, and less repetitions to create that muscle. But stretching is such a important thing for the muscle—and in women, it's what makes you get the shape, the beautiful shape."

3. She Needs to Keep Going

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"I can't be without training for more than two weeks—I just get really nervous and my energy starts to go down," she said in March 2019. "When you start working out and your body's changing and you're achieving your goals, that's such a great thing. So, I think that's the motivation [to exercise]—feeling better and just being happy with you and knowing that you're healthy. If you know you're taking care of your body and you're doing it for a reason, you can put aside the, 'I can't do it.'"

4. She Horserides

“I am a very active person. I want my body to stay young – in strength and energy. I want to still go horseriding with my daughter when I’m 80!” she told Body+Soul.

5. She Promotes Swisse

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Elsa promotes Swisse Wellness, Australia's No.1 Brand in Vitamins and Supplements. "Being outdoors and in nature is something that we continuously strive to do – me as an individual, but also as a family – and so the fit with Swisse is a great one that really highlights something that is important to both me and the brand. Filming at the waterfalls and with my horses in our hometown in Byron Bay with the Swisse team was an amazing experience and was also a great learning time for me to understand more about the brand and its products. I'm still getting to know all of the products, but I already have a few favorites that I use every day," Pataky said.

Nathalia Melo is offering some fitness tips for mom in her workout gear. In a new social media post the IFBB pro shows off her amazing figure while on the elliptical machine, while sharing a “message to moms who struggle with fitness.” In the clip she explains that the mistake many moms make is attempting to utilize the strategies that worked for them before their lives got so busy. For example, “If I eat a bit too much I am going to do extra cardio,” she says. She recommends moms “finding a different strategy” more conducive to their current lifestyle. How does she approach diet, fitness, and self-care? Here is everything you need to know about her lifestyle habits.

1. Morning Workouts

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Rise and exercise is Nathalia’s strategy. “One thing I do everyday to keep some sense of normalcy is to train every morning as soon as I wake up. I ask my husband to keep the kids while I train, and that makes a good start of the day,” she told Better Bodies.

2. 20 Minute Workouts

Nathalia recommends slipping in short workouts when you can. “My best advice is to schedule the workout but not obsess over it, because with kids, life always happens… Even if you can just get 20 mins in, remember that it is still better than nothing,” she says, recommending the following routine:

4 Rounds

20 (Each Leg) Banded Kickback

20 Banded Dumbbell Squat

20 Banded Single Leg Scattered Deadlift

30 Secs Banded Side To Side Shuffle Jump

15 (Each Leg) Banded Alternating Forward Lunge

3. Being Her Own Superhero

“Growing up, I didn’t feel like anyone was going to come and ‘save me’...From being given the scraps from the adults’ plates to being told I was the second-best option by the very people I looked up to, I felt powerless and small. Working on my body gave me a sense of control when I had so little of it in other areas of my life. Nobody in my family believed that spending money on a gym was “worth it,” so at 14, I decided to take matters into my own hands. I saved up my allowance for six weeks just to pay for one month of gym membership.- and did so repeatedly for months. This meant I could only go to the gym every other month, but I made it work. I wanted to be in sports, too, but that cost money—something that wasn’t prioritized in my house. Sports were the first to go whenever things got financially tough. So, I looked for options that were free and joined a nearby club. I ended up swimming for over a decade—not because I loved it, but because it was my only opportunity to be involved in sports as a child and teenager. I’m not sharing these stories for pity or praise. I’m sharing them to show you that: The unkind things others do to you don’t define you—they define them. Use these experiences as lessons to rise above. You can be the first in your family to do something great. Their path doesn’t have to define yours. If you want something badly enough, you’ll find a way. Finally, STOP waiting for someone to come and save you when you have the chance every day to save yourself! Become your own damn superhero!🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️,” she wrote in a post.

4. Controlling What She Can

“PCOS, ADHD, 2 kids in 14 months, a transatlantic move w/ 2 small kids, 40yo, likely perimenopausal, no family help nearby, working full-time, Immigrant, daughter of a single mom, SA as a child…These are all things that I could use to define me. Or to justify as to why I can’t accomplish ‘x, y or z’. But, the truth is that the moment I use things outside my control to justify a lack of progress or results, I am removing my agency. I can’t control my health conditions, I can’t control what happened to me as a child, and I can’t control aging,” she wrote in another post. “I find it so disempowering and quite sad to use uncontrollable variables as a reason to not work towards something. Focusing on the things we CAN control: activity, the food we eat, what content we consume, how much water we drink… is an empowering experience, it gives us agency over the outcome. Life is made of choices, and focusing on the variables we can’t control is to be making a daily choice to be a victim. Everyone has challenges (some more than others), so let’s make the daily choice to focus on what we can control and let go of what we can’t!”

5. What She Eats in a Day

Nathalie detailed her diet to Muscle & Fitness.

Meal 1 : 5 Egg whites, 1 cup oats, 1 ½ cup Berries

Meal 2: 5 oz Salmon, 1 cup Steamed broccoli, 4 oz Sweet potato, 1 Apple

Meal 3: 5 oz Chicken breast, 1 cup Steamed vegetables, 1 Wholewheat tortilla wrap ( up to 15g of carbs per wrap), 1 Banana

Meal 4: 1 Nonfat plain Greek yogurt, 1.5 oz Raw almonds (roughly a handful)

Viktoria Varga, wife of ex-Southampton striker Graziano Pelle, is currently in Saadiyat Island, and is making sure to spend time at the beach. She shared a new set of photos from the trip this week, where she wore a pale yellow bathing suit. She captioned the post, “The beach is not always a place, sometimes it’s a feeling.” Read on to see 5 ways Viktória Varga 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 Works Out On Vacation

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Varga does a lot of traveling. And she makes sure to stay in shape when she’s on the road. She shared this video on Instagram of herself working out on vacation. In it, she is seen doing lunge squats and curls with weights. She captioned it, “A vacation is meant to be enjoyed – so I eat whatever I want. But to make sure I stay in shape I do a bit of activity every day. For example: swimming, kayaking, beach tennis or simply a nice walk on the beach and a few exercises afterward.”

2. She Uses A Resistance Band

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Varga uses different pieces of workout equipment to stay in shape. One thing she enjoys using is a resistance band. In this video, she is seen doing opposite arm and leg extensions, and bridge raises with butterflies with the band. In this video, Varga does standing back leg lifts and pulses, and donkey kicks with the band.

3. She Works Out Her Legs

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Varga makes sure to workout her legs. She shares a lot of lower body exercises on Instagram. Varga posted this set of videos of herself doing lower body exercises at home. In them, she is seen doing lunge squats, lunge squat pulses with her foot balanced on a chair, bridge raises with a knee cross, and squats while bending forward. She captioned the post, “Home workout. Glutes/legs.”

4. She Circuit Trains

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Varga likes to circuit train to stay in shape. She shared this at-home circuit on Instagram. In it, Varga is seen doing step-out squats, butterflies in a squat, knee lifts in a bridge, and scissor kicks. She captioned the post, “Simple yet effective home workouts. 4 rounds of 30” per exercise with 20” recovery. Simple but effective exercises to do at home. Complete 4 rounds 30 sec. work, 20 sec. rest.”

5. She Does Couples Workouts

Varga and her husband, Graziano Pelle, like to workout together. Sometimes they will do couple’s exercises. While in quarantine, they tried out some couple’s exercise challenges on social media. Varga shared this video on Instagram of them doing a bicycle exercise with her on top of him. She captioned it, “Found some fun videos of those good old lockdown days. I miss my quarantine buddy.”

Frida Redknapp is making memories in paradise in her swimsuit. The stunning wife of footballer Jaime Redknapp shows off her impossibly toned abs in one of her latest social media posts. “Days to remember,” she captioned the Instagram snap of herself on the beach in the Maldives. How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Frida Redknapp 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 Kickboxes

While in the Maldives, Frida got an outdoor workout in, starting with kickboxing. “Dream Gym,” she captioned the post. "This kind of boxing has many health benefits, because it constantly requires you to think, change your position, and change your posture," physical therapist Linda Arslanian, director of rehabilitation services at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women's hospital tells Harvard Health."

2. She Strength Trains

In the same post, Frida also shows off some of her strength training moves, including doing weighted squats. Each week adults need 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity and 2 days of muscle strengthening activity, according to the current Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans

3. She Does Yoga

Frida is also a devoted yogi, even managing to get a session in when surrounded by her kids. “Love a peaceful yoga 🧘🏼‍♀️session,” she joked in this photo. 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.”

4. She Has a Workout Buddy

The couple that sweats together, stays together! Frida has the ultimate workout buddy – her husband. The two even spent last V-day at the gym sweating together. “Valentine’s Day @jab_box with my girl . You killed us @george__veness,” Jaime captioned the post.

5. She Runs

Frida also enjoys running, especially when it involves helping other people out. “Great morning running for such an incredibly important cause,” she captioned one of her Instagram posts. According to the Mayo Clinic, running is great for cardiovascular health, muscle building, and weight loss. “For every mile run, the average person will burn approximately 100 calories,” they say.