Jessica Alba is starting the new year on a sweaty note – in her workout gear. In a new social media post, the actress shows off her amazing body in a two-piece exercise set during an intense workout session with boxing instructor Yohanes Solomon. “The first Monday of 2025 - let’s get after it! 👊🏽💦 #MondayMotivation #Hustler #LetsGo,” she captioned the series of Instagram snaps and videos. How does she approach diet, fitness, and self-care? Here is everything you need to know about her lifestyle habits.
She Does the 321 Method
Jessica’s go-to trainer, Ramona Braganza, created her 321 Training Method for the actress. “I developed it when Jessica Alba and I were shooting many films on location, so I needed something effective, requiring minimal equipment, flexible whether you have 20 minutes, half an hour, or a full hour to train,” the celebrity trainer previously told Celebwell. The 3-2-1 Method starts with three cardio exercises. “An example of cardio could be either treadmill, spinning, or dance. Next up, the 2, which translates to two circuits. “Usually it’s three in a row exercises that train specific body parts on different days,” Braganza tells us. Then, one part core. “Twisting moves target obliques and transverse, the muscle that cinches in the waist,” are an exercise that Jess demonstrates in a recent workout video.
She Hikes
Braganza added to Harper’s Bazaar that she and Jessica sometimes hike together. “Sometimes when the gym is absolutely not what Jessica wants, we will go outside and walk the hills near her home.” 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
She Has Self-Confidence
“Before becoming a mom, my femininity was defined by society’s standards of what it means to be desirable to men,” Jessica explained to The Cut. “Now I understand what feeling powerful from a woman’s point of view means. It has nothing to do with whether someone desires you, it’s more about how connected you feel to yourself. You end up attracting people when you’re confident, and you feel good in your skin. And that’s a by-product of being connected to your feminine energy.”
Meditation
Braganza reveals that meditation is part of Jessica’s workout routine. “Our workouts have become more of a mind-body-spirit evolution as Jess is now in her 40s, which includes meditation before we train that raises our vibrations to give us a positive mindset and finishes with a gratitude meditation,” she says. “When you meditate, you may clear away the information overload that builds up daily and contributes to your stress,” says the Mayo Clinic. Benefits include:
- Gaining a new perspective on stressful situations
- Building skills to manage your stress
- Increasing self-awareness
- Focusing on the present
- Reducing negative emotions
- Increasing imagination and creativity
- Increasing patience and tolerance
- Lowering resting heart rate
- Lowering resting blood pressure
- Improving sleep quality
Boxing
In her recent post, Jessica boxes. Harvard Health maintains that boxing is a great way to build strength, improve balance, posture, and hand-eye coordination, boost mood and endurance, and help increase alertness.