Maggie Q in Two-Piece Workout Gear Shares Dip Workout Video

Maggie Nichols is sharing a new workout video – in her exercise gear. In a new social media post the gymnast turned personal trainer flaunts her amazingly fit figure while unveiling a new routine with her followers. “FULL BODY WORKOUT,” she wrote in the captioned. “Day by day, what you choose, what you think, and what you do is who you become.” How does she approach diet, fitness, and self-care? Here is everything you need to know about her lifestyle habits.

1. Battling an Eating Disorder

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In Maggie’s memoir Unstoppable! she reveals that collective trauma led to an eating disorder: “My weight was something I could control. It was all I thought about,” she says. However, she didn’t let her struggles, which included testifying against Larry Nasser, break her. “I’m so much stronger as an athlete and as person," she says. "I'm healthier, physically and mentally." During her eating disorder she obsessively counted calories and cut carbs, dropping down to 6.5 percent body fat.

2. 75 Hard

Maggie recently completed the 75 hard challenge. “75 hard challenge = conquered,” she captioned a post. “It’s been a journey of discipline, self-discovery, and a profound transformation into a more resilient, better-equipped version of myself both physically and mentally. This challenge has taught me that true growth lies in the discomfort, that discipline is the sculptor of success, and that the journey to my best self is a daily commitment. This challenge is a testament to the incredible power we hold within, awaiting discovery through consistency and resilience. Undoubtedly, this challenge has been incredibly tough, but it’s transformed me profoundly. There were long travel days, busy days, holidays, adverse weather… but I discovered that when passion fuels determination… you find a way to make it happen. No matter what! Thanks to everyone who cheered me on along the way!”

3. Walking

Maggie loves going for walks on the beach. “Afternoon walks by the ocean,” she captioned a post.

4. Ab Workouts

Maggie recently shared an ab workout with her followers, recommending doing the following exercises for three rounds, 40 seconds on 20 seconds off:

- Plank hold

- Bicycles

- Tuck in + v-up

- Long scissors kicks

- High plank toe touches

- Long tuck in to long leg lift

5. Full Body Workout

Maggie’s recent full-body workout follows:

1. 10 min walk / mobility
2. Chin ups 4x AMRAP
3. 40s on 20s off - 4 rounds

In and out squat

Curl to press

Sumo squat to curtsy lunge

Renegade row

Jump lunges w/ weight

Plank

Rest 1 min

Actress Maggie Q (real name Margaret Denise Quigley) is sharing her favorite ab workout with fans and social media followers. Q, 44, posted a video of herself wearing purple two-piece workout gear, showing what her routine looks like. “When people talk about wanting abs, I think they’re really just saying they want a flat tummy. But! Having a strong core is so much more than that. A strong core optimizes your body for daily tasks, helps prevent injuries, and it improves your quality of life (aka decreases discomfort). Try these deep core strengthening exercises. Really focus on engaging your abs while you’re doing them for maximum benefit,” she captioned the post. Here’s how the star stays fit, ageless, and full of energy.

1. Beauty Advice

Q says her best beauty advice is to sweat. “I make sure I work out, and when you sweat it’s like a natural facelift. Don’t discount it! I do lots of stretching to stay limber, cardio and strength training—and it has to be daily to get the endurance up,” she told New Beauty. “I steam in the morning with oils when I can, and then I use very cold water. I like products without chemicals that act like food for the skin. If you’re going to nourish, it must be a product worth absorbing into your skin.”

2. Yoga Practice

Q is a devoted yogi, and says the most important part of her practice is alignment. “Without it you aren’t doing yoga!” she told THRIVE. “How has your relationship with your body changed over the years? I know my body better than I ever have. I listen to it. I also thank it for giving me the problems it has, because it put me on a journey to understanding how the body can function optimally.”

3. Gut Health

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Q is passionate about gut health, and has her own line of probiotics called ActivatedYou. “I have always struggled with gut health,” she told THRIVE. “Whatever brought that on, I couldn’t say, but breaking down foods has been a challenge for me even before I knew what that challenge was. Giving my gut the extra help it needs to fight the good fight for my body is the most important thing I do every morning. I am regular, energetic and ready for whatever challenge food can bring. And there are MANY!”

4. Hiking With Her Dogs

Q’s dogs mean the world to her, and she tells them every day she loves them. One of her favorite activity is hiking in nature with her pups. “I hike in the mountains for about two hours every morning with my dogs, Romeo, Nevaeh, and Don Julio,” she told Women’s Health. “It’s our bonding time. I need to be in nature to feel good and feel balanced, and they always pull me out.”

5. That Ab Workout

Here is Q’s ab workout, as per her Instagram post:

“I used a 20lb kettlebell and a set of 10lb dumbbells. You should find the weight that’s right for you by selecting a weight that is challenging, but that you can control. Do each exercise for 30 seconds followed by 30 of rest. Complete the circuit 3-4 times for a deep burn.

1. Kettlebell Standing crunch, alternating legs
2. Kettlebell circles/around the world, clockwise first

- counter clockwise,

3. Double dumbbell hold, march alternating legs
4. Single dumbbell hold: right hand-right leg - high knee + leg raise
5. Single dumbbell hold: left hand-left leg - high knee + leg raise.”

Meagan Good is breaking a sweat in her workout clothes. In a new social media post, the Harlem star shows off her incredible body in leggings and a sports bra as she executes a variety of strength and weight training exercises at the gym. “Oh hello 2024 …” she captioned the Instagram video. “Well let me get in the gym because sista body is tight and right!” commented one of her followers. “Superherooooooo,” added singer JoJo. How does Meagan achieve her amazing figure? “I work with my trainer Augustina about four to five times a week for 45 minutes a day. We start out on the treadmill and then we do a lot of exercises using my own body weight. My favorite workouts are anything having to do with making my waistline trimmer and toned. My least favorite is any type of pushup! Everybody wants lightning in a bottle, and while healthy things in a bottle do help, you have to do the work to get the results you really want,” Meagan previously told Black Doctor about her approach to exercise. Celebwell has all the details about her “very heavy core” workout.

1. Reverse Cable Wood Chops

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According to Kendra Gamble, HIT Fitness Training, Huntingdon Valley, PA, NPTI Certified Personal Trainer and Nutritional Consultant, the first exercise in Meagan’s routine is reverse cable wood chops. This is “excellent core exercise and works the obliques in rotation as well as the hips if done right, which she is,” she explains.

2. Chest Press with Legs Elevated

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Next up, Meagan does a chest press with legs elevated/floating, a “super challenging core exercise but again very excellent for the core,” says Gamble. She does note that amateurs should probably skip this one, as it is better for “a little bit more advanced gym goers but also excellent for the chest as well.”

3. Romanian Deadlift with Kettlebell

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The third exercise? An RDL, or Romanian deadlift with a kettlebell, “one of the most top exercises for working the hamstrings (back of legs) and glutes (butt),” says Gamble. “It looks like she is more hamstring biased because her knees are a little straighter.”

4. Starfish Crunches

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Meagan also does starfish crunches, “another good core exercise,” she says. This is a great ab workout that you can do at home without weights, she adds.

5. Cable Crunches

Meagan also does a cable crunch variation. “Cable crunches work the actual abs muscles that are usually the ones visible to the eye with low body fat percentage,” she explains.