Jenna Dewan in Two-Piece Workout Gear Shares "My Secret Weapon"

Jenna Dewan is showing off her pregnant body while doing pilates. In a new social media post the actress shows off her baby bump in a tight black workout ensemble while on the reformer. “My secret weapon forever,” she captioned the Instagram Stories clip. Aside from doing Pilates – which “strengthens the body's inner core while increasing its flexibility resulting in improved overall health,” per the Mayo Clinic – how does the actress stay in shape? Here is everything you need to know about her lifestyle habits.

1. Resting

Jenna maintains that resting is a key aspect of overall health. "Rest is the hardest thing for me to come by, as I'm sure most people can relate, but I try to get as much as I can," she recently told Shape magazine. "Making time for myself within working, within family, within all of that is very, very important for me and not the easiest to do, but I make it a priority."

2. Baths

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Dewan is a big fan of taking "me time," she told Shape. One of her go-to methods is taking a bath. How can baths do your body and mind good? They have been linked to better sleep and even found helpful to minimize anxiety and depression. One recent study even found that they may even boast cardiovascular benefits.

3. Plant-Based, Vegan Diet

Jenna maintains a plant-based diet. “I've been vegan before and I kind of went vegetarian while pregnant. But I really like [to get] as much vegetables and greens as possible, and then add in on top of that. I try to do an 80-20, 80 percent really good for you, and 20 percent to enjoy what I want to enjoy. But right now, I've been in this cleanse stage, so in the mornings I like a green juice — like a celery juice or green smoothie — and I'll have a cup of coffee,” she told POPSUGAR.

4. Weight Lifting

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Dewan is fully "addicted" to weight lifting. “I'm into variety, so I like to switch it up because I get bored easily. Lately, I started with a trainer, which for me is new because I had been just doing Pilates or dance-based workouts or yoga. The trainer's been great for me. He's full-on — we're deadlifting, we're squatting. But I give him 45 minutes and I'm like: this is the time I have, make it worth it. And it's really helped. At the moment, I'm preferring to sculpt and build muscle, so I'm definitely into weight lifting,” she told POPSUGAR.

5. Dance Based Workouts

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Jenna also loved danced-based workouts like Tracy Anderson. "With my career, there will be moments where they want a dance performance, so I end up back in the studio consistently, in different ways," she told POPSUGAR. For example, she learned to pole dance for her role in the movie "Let's Get Physical".

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1. She Mixes Up Her Workouts

Jenna explains that her approach to fitness has changed over the past few decades and now in her 40s, “the focus is muscle training with Pilates, plus hiking with friends,” she said. “I’ve turned my garage into a gym. I do a lot of workouts off the Mirror [an interactive smart gym with real-time feedback] and I have a Soul Cycle bike. I also do regular privates over Zoom with my Pilates instructor, Kim Carruthers. She’s a secret weapon and how I keep my muscles where they should be.”

2. Exercise Helps with Her Anxiety

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Jenna is all about the mental health benefits of exercise. “Sometimes I’ll have gone a few days [without a workout] and I wonder, ‘Why do I feel a bit more anxious than normal?’ [Then I realize] ‘Oh wait, you haven’t moved your body.’ I had two cesareans and that period of time where you’re not really walking well is difficult; my focus was on just surviving and taking care of my beautiful babies. But when I start to feel anxious, my first check-in with myself is, ‘When have you moved your body recently?’”

3. She’s All About Self-Care

Jenna pays attention to her cues -- especially when she starts experiencing anxiety -- and acts accordingly with self-care. “The things that help me are working out, moving, dancing, walking, getting fresh air or even taking 10 minutes to go in another room, to do anything, something just for yourself. I am also a huge fan of baths at night. That really helps me, locking everyone out of the bathroom for a bath all to myself with my oil and my salts and music to relax.”

4. She Eats Healthy Most of the Time

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In a previous interview with Us she revealed that she eats healthy, most of the time! “I believe in eating 80/20,” she explained. “I do 80 percent as healthy as possible — vegetarian and vegan, as healthy as I can.” She fuels up on nutritious foods like “lots of vegetables and lots of smoothies” most of the time, allowing herself a little room to cheat. “And then 20 percent I’m eating Mexican food if I want it,” she said. “You know, I’ve gotta be able to indulge and have a glass of wine and feel good in that way, so that helps me not be so strict and so focused in one way.”

5. She Drinks Hot Water with Lemon

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She also starts her day off with hot water and lemon as well as supplements. “I love healthy living,” she said. “I’ve taken quite a lot of supplements, I make quite a lot of smoothies. I’m, like, really about trying to keep myself in balance and healthy as much as possible.”

Jenna Dewan works hard for her physique—but sometimes that drive backfires, as she highlighted in a video posted on social media. Dewan, 43, is seen working out in black leggings and a white crop top (so far so good), jumping onto a block. Somehow, during the jump, the dancer managed to break not only a nail but her hand. “And she kept working out 😯 #tbt to one of my more painful moments of 2023,” she captioned the video. Dewan has been in the public eye for over 20 years—here’s what her workouts and diet look like now.

1. She Loves Weights

Dewan is a dancer, but these days she is heavily into weight lifting (no pun intended). “I'm into variety, so I like to switch it up because I get bored easily,” she tells PopSugar. “Lately, I started with a trainer, which for me is new because I had been just doing Pilates or dance-based workouts or yoga. The trainer's been great for me. He's full-on — we're deadlifting, we're squatting. But I give him 45 minutes and I'm like: this is the time I have, make it worth it. And it's really helped. At the moment, I'm preferring to sculpt and build muscle, so I'm definitely into weight lifting. But I still love my Pilates. I still love my Tracy Anderson. I love yoga, whenever I get to it. And then I have a bike at home, like a cycling bike that I'll do. If I just don't have time, that's kind of what I get into.”

2. 80/20 Diet

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Dewan’s diet is mostly plant-based. “I've always been 'healthy,' but the last couple years we've been kind of all over the place. So I'm back on a health kick at the moment,” she tells PopSugar. “I've been vegan before and I kind of went vegetarian while pregnant. But I really like [to get] as much vegetables and greens as possible, and then add in on top of that. I try to do an 80-20, 80 percent really good for you, and 20 percent to enjoy what I want to enjoy. But right now, I've been in this cleanse stage, so in the mornings I like a green juice — like a celery juice or green smoothie — and I'll have a cup of coffee.”

3. Crystals and Connections

Dewan’s spiritual life is very important to her. "I definitely believe in the unseen and connective energy that we all can tune into," she tells Shape. "I love the feeling that nothing is random and that there is something greater than you and a connected force to the whole universe… I loved crystals, and I learned more about the properties of each crystal and the Feng Shui of where to put them in the house, and it just became almost a hobby."

4. Rest and Meditation

Dewan has learned how important it is to carve time out for self-care. "Rest is the hardest thing for me to come by, as I'm sure most people can relate, but I try to get as much as I can," she tells Shape. "Making time for myself within working, within family, within all of that is very, very important for me and not the easiest to do, but I make it a priority." "I go in and out of being a really great meditator and someone who does it when they can, but even just one meditation a day or every other day — as much as I can to keep my stress levels down — is really good for me.”

5. Financial Planning Skills

Dewan partnered with Wells Fargo bank to help working mothers understand their finances better. "Planning for the future, managing your financial health and well-being, all of that's been valuable and something I've had to learn," she tells Forbes. "I have an overall simplistic goal with budgeting things. I ask myself, what is an immediate necessary financial need? What is my overall for the year? What are my goals, and where am I trying to go? I try to have a bit of a general idea and a general budgeting plan. Then, I am open to flowing with that and figuring that out. But I definitely think it's about looking at things in the big picture and then the immediate image."