Eva Longoria in Workout Gear Plays Padel

Eva Longoria is a Hollywood powerhouse. She’s an actress, best known for her role on the TV series Desperate Housewives. She’s a producer, and has produced the TV series, Devious Maids, and the films Food Chains and The Harvest. Last year, Longoria made her directorial debut on the film Flamin’ Hot. She also stays super fit at age 49: Longoria recently took up padel, and shared a photo on her Instagram story of herself on the court. How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Eva Longoria stays in shape and the photos that prove they work.

1. She Prioritizes Wellness

For Longoria, being healthy means prioritizing her fitness and her diet. She tells Vogue, “People say they eat well but they don’t exercise. Or they run 20 miles a day but they can’t lose weight. You have to do both. It depends, I’ll do a cleanse to feel better, but I’ll do no sugar to lose weight, or I’ll do vegan to lean out. Everything has a different reaction.”

2. She Works Out Early

Longoria tells ELLE that she makes working out a regular activity. She says that her secret is getting it done first thing in the morning. “We tend to overthink our workout routine—‘I don’t have a gym membership, I don’t have equipment at home,’—you don’t need anything to be active. Moving your body is a start. Wake up an hour earlier and go to the gym. I promise you’re gonna have way more time during the day because it just energizes you and your brain in a very different way than if you don’t.”

3. She Keeps Her Skin Hydrated

Longoria shared some of her skincare secrets in an interview with Glamour. She says that she makes sure to keep her skin hydrated, and shared her favorite products for doing so. “I remember doing a commercial with L'Oréal's Revitalift Triple Power Anti-Aging Moisturizer, this cream that has vitamin C and hyaluronic acid. It's plumping—I was like, Oh my God, it's one cream with everything. I use it at night as the last product in my skin care routine. I love that it is has three: hyaluronic acid, vitamin C, and pro-retinol. It leaves my skin feeling smooth and hydrated.”

4. She Uses Skincare Tools

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Longoria shared her favorite facial tools with Glamour. “Right now, I'm very much into the Facify Beauty Wand, which is this face massager. It has these rotating balls, you turn it on, and it vibrates, rotates, heats up, and cools. It's this great little machine. I use it every day, especially when I'm shooting, and it just gets the blood flowing. You're doing a facial massage, like doing the work of gua sha but easier because these balls are electronic and they're moving for you. And then I'm using the Lyma Laser lately. Oh my God, I noticed such a difference. Those two have been my go-tos.”

5. She Plays Padel

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As you can see from her Instagram story, Longoria likes to play padel. According to LTA.org, the sport has a lot of benefits. “It’s a full-body workout that keeps you moving from beginning to end – helping to improve your endurance, cardiovascular health and prevent health risk factors in the future. It involves plenty of running, movement from side-to-side and quick changes of direction and will help you build your speed and strength. Like tennis, while improving your overall aerobic fitness so you can run for longer, padel also helps you build muscle with short and explosive movements to benefit your anaerobic fitness.”

Eva Longoria has never been afraid of showing off her fitness. She seemingly has not aged a day since the beginning of her career, and her recent Instagram stories prove it. Longoria spent a day on a boat with her loved ones, and made sure to post a lot of photos and videos. She wore a black bikini, looking gorgeous, and sountracked it to "Can't Stop the Feeling." How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Eva Longoria 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 After Indulging

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Longoria isn’t afraid to indulge. Usually because she makes sure to hit the gym afterwards. She posted this reel on Instagram of herself doing exercises like lunges, lifting weights, and jumping on a trampoline. She captioned the reel, “After a weekend full of tamales, I had to drag my ass here this morning!”

2. She Works Out Her Arms

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Longoria makes sure to work out her upper body, including her arms. She posted this reel on Instagram of herself doing different strength training arm exercises. In it, she is seen doing lateral pulldowns while kneeling and tricep curls. She captioned the reel, “Rise and grind.”

3. She Does Trampoline Workouts

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For Longoria, jumping on a trampoline isn’t just a way to have fun, it’s a way to workout. The actress is open about her love of doing trampoline fitness classes. She posted this reel on Instagram of herself doing different exercises on the trampoline, like jumping jacks. Longoria captioned the reel, “Never miss a Monday!”

4. She Boxes

One of Longoria’s favorite ways to workout is boxing. She posted this reel on Instagram of herself boxing at home with her trainer. She captioned the reel, “Never miss a Monday! Thanks Chava for the workout!”

5. She Meditates

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Longoria tells Bustle that she practices meditation each morning. “Right after I work out and as I’m stretching, I meditate. It could be for two minutes or 20 minutes. It just depends on the day, but those are the two things that really center and ground me every morning.”

Eva Longoria is 46 and in the best shape of her life! The actress and director shared a bunch of photos taken on a recent vacation, showing off her swimsuit body in a variety of one-pieces and bikinis. How does she stay in such phenomenal shape? On Sunday she shared a photo from one of her grueling workouts, revealing what gets her to the gym every day. Read on to see what pushes Eva Longoria to stay in shape (and some of her other stay-fit tips) and the photos that prove her techniques work—and to get beach-ready yourself, don't miss these essential 30 Best-Ever Celebrity Bikini Photos!

1. This Is What Motivates Eva to Stay in Shape

Eva shared a photo from one of her workouts, holding a kettlebell in one arm while executing a lunge. Most importantly, she revealed her motivation for working out. “Wishing about vacay brought me here this morning,” she captioned the pic.

2. She Also Showed Off the Results

Over the weekend, Eva shared a bunch of snaps from her recent vacation, demonstrating the results of her rigorous workouts: flat, washboard abs, fit, shapely legs, and gorgeously toned arms.

3. Eva Is Disciplined About Her Diet

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Eva works hard to maintain her figure, and diet is one of the key components. "Especially as you get older, people want to know the secret to looking good and there is no secret. It's diet and exercise," she revealed to Vogue Australia. She also emphasized the important of doing both. "People say they eat well but they don't exercise. Or they run 20 miles a day but they can't lose weight. You have to do both."

4. Her Workouts Are Intense

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"I do a lot. I'm a runner, I do yoga, I do pilates, I do SoulCycle and I'm just constantly mixing it up," she told People. She also works out with trainer Grant Roberts, and does serious weight training. Her Instagram feed is filled with clips of her hardcore workouts, which involve a lot of compound moves to work multiple muscles simultaneously, like squat/rows, sled pushes, battle ropes, and school deadlifts.

5. Her Go-To Cardio? Trampoline

Eva is a huge advocate of trampoline workouts on a JumpSport trampoline. “Saturday workouts are better with a trampoline,” she recently captioned an image of the springy workout tool, which she has dubbed the “Rolls Royce” of trampolines.

6. She Has a Healthy Outlet on Body Image

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Eva once revealed to Health that when she was her skinniest, she was also the unhealthiest n. “I try to have a healthy outlook. I'm your everlasting, hopeless optimist!” she said. "I don’t feel like we should go by these rules and social constructs of society where you have to be a certain size to be pretty," she told Health in 2017.

If you want a body like Eva Longoria, you are going to have to work for it! The 46-year-old kicked off the week by revealing what an average workout session looks like for her via social media. “I just finished. Bounce, weights, trainer. Never miss a Monday. Never. Miss. A. Monday,” she said during her Instagram Stories clip, looking absolutely exhausted post-workout sesh. She also revealed a few of her moves. Read on to see 5 ways Eva Longoria 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 This Squat Combo

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Because just doing a squat wouldn’t be enough for Eva, she showed off a combination move. In her banded squat to side kick, she wears an exercise band around her thighs, squats, and then kicks a leg out to the side. Then, she squats again, and kicks the other leg out. Want to steal Eva’s workout style? In this clip she wears Buffbunny Collection's Rosa Sports Bra ($48) & Rosa Pocket Bike Short in Vineyard Dark Red ($54).

2. She Also Does This Modified Plank

Most people struggle to execute a standard plank, but not Eva. She is in such fantastic shape that she can do an extremely tough modification, which involves planking and then rotating her body to the side, back into plank, and then to the other side. She shared a video of this move over the weekend. Eva also wore Buffbunny in this workout video, the Revolution Sports Bra ($48) & Rosa Legging in Midnight Navy ($68).

3. Her Leg Workout Is Intense

To kick off 2022, Eva shared a video detailing her leg workout, and it was just as brutal as you might expect. For most of the moves she wore her resistance band to maximize the burn as she squatted, lunged, and kick-backed her way through the routine.

4. Here Is What Her Overall Workout Routine Looks Like

According to another one of Eva’s videos, she starts her workouts with some stretches, followed by some exercises on her JumpSport trampoline—including a variety of crunches. Next, she lifts weights. “I do very heavy weights,” she told Women’s Health in the March 2022 issue. “I feel like my body changes the most when I do that—I wear a heart rate monitor, and I can see my heart rate spike from just doing a heavy bicep curl,” she added. After lifting weights, Eva does some more ab exercises, including bicycles. Finally, she stretches.

5. She Works Out Daily

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Eva works out every single day for up to 75 minutes. “If I have to wake up early and take a flight, when I land, I’ll go for a walk because I didn’t get to work out,” she told Women’s Health. “Even if it’s just stretching, I need to do something.”