Gwyneth Paltrow Looks Years Younger in Workout Gear, Honoring "Wellness Wednesday"

Gwyneth Paltrow is an actress and wellness maven. She won an Oscar for her role in Shakespeare In Love. She also won an Emmy for her role on the second season of Glee. Paltrow is also a wellness maven, and has the brand Goop. She recently shared a photo of a Skims outfit on her Instagram story, captioning it, “#WellnessWednesday before a break.” How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Gwyneth Paltrow stays in shape and the photos that prove they work.

1. She Walks

Paltrow shared some of her wellness secrets in an interview with Vogue. In it, she talked about one of her favorite ways to stay in shape. “I also love to walk,” Paltrow revealed. “I walk and walk and walk! Someone once said to me ‘walking brings the soul and the body together,’ and I really believe that.”

2. She Gets Facial Treatments Done

Paltrow shared her skincare secrets in her Vogue interview. She says that she likes to have different treatments done to her face. “I used to get facials regularly, especially when I lived in London, with Anastasia Achilleos, but I haven’t seen her since before the Covid-19 pandemic,” Paltrow said. “I really love a facial massage, [lymphatic] drainage, and working the muscles, as opposed to lasers. I’m a little freaked out about using lasers on the face, and I’ve seen weird results on certain people. It feels risky. Once in a while, I’ll do a facial with red light for inflammation or something like that. We also sell the Lyma laser at Goop—it’s really good and gentle, so I’ll do that.”

3. She Embraces Herself

In her Vogue interview, Paltrow talked about the importance of embracing her changing looks. “As women, we want to be healthy, we want to be aging,” she said. “This idea that we’re supposed to be frozen in time is so weird. I love it when I hear somebody like Andie MacDowell, with her beautiful grey curls, talking about embracing aging and the difference between how we handle a George Clooney [compared to how most women are perceived]. It’s handsome to go grey [as a man], but for women, it’s like, ‘What do you plan to do about your wrinkles and your aging skin?’ There’s definitely a double standard. But again, we want to be aging! I think we want to be setting examples of how you can age. Every woman should do it how they want to do it. Some women want to address every single thing aesthetically, and some women want to be a fabulous French grandmother who doesn’t ever do anything. Everybody should be empowered to do it how they want to.”

4. She Loves Baths

To wind down, Paltrow likes to take baths. She shared her favorite bath products in her interview with Vogue. “We made a bath product at Goop that I love, which is called the Martini—it has oils and different salts in it,” she said. “There’s a brand called Bathorium that I use, as well as Pursoma. I like to mix up the bath salts and make it a really sensual experience. Very, very hot water and stay in it for 20 or 30 minutes.”

5. She Works Out Regularly

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Paltrow makes working out a priority in her life. She revealed in an Ask Me Anything series that she exercises regularly. “I do something six days a week, but with a lot less intensity than I used to,” Paltrow explained. “Even just going for an hour walk, or like now, I’m walking around our giant Goop office. I usually take multiple spins around to stretch my legs. But I try to do something – a little something – every day.”