Basketball Sensation Hailey Van Lith in Two-Piece Workout Gear is "So Fine"

Hailey Van Lith is posing in her TCU uniform and heating up her social media feed. In a new post the college basketball star drives her followers wild in some promo pics for the NCAA women’s basketball season. “The Intro,” she captioned the series of Instagram snaps. “Revenge tour,” commented one of her followers. “So fine,” added another. How does she approach diet, fitness, and self-care? Here is everything you need to know about her lifestyle habits.

1. Pescetarian Diet

Hailey maintains a meat-free diet. However, she does eat seafood. “I’m a pescetarian now,” she revealed in a video and makes sure to eat enough protein. She eats “just fish and eggs” and “no chicken, no red meat,” she said. “I eat dairy products, but not animals.”

2. Cooking

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One way Hailey ensures healthy eating is by cooking her own meals. She told ESPN that she has a hobby in the kitchen – she is “addicted” to baking shows. “I’m a little baker,” she said. “I watch all the shows.

3. Work Ethic

It’s not all natural talent for Haile. She has a strong “work ethic,” she explained to ESPN. “Results might not come now but they will come later. And I'm willing to work as hard as I need to.” She has also said that she is “addicted” to basketball.

4. Coffee

Hailey hydrates during her games, but when off the court you can find her drinking coffee. There are several benefits of drinking coffee in moderation. “It acts on your brain to improve memory, mood, reaction times, and mental function,” says Cleveland Clinic, citing a study finding that caffeine can improve endurance and performance during exercise. It is also antioxidant-rich, can ward off diabetes, prevent neurologic disease, lower cancer risk, and ward off depression, they point out.

5. Rowing

Hailey’s training is “off the chart” according to her coach. She gets her body ready for basketball with a rowing machine. "I watched her on a rowing machine and the thing was about to burn up. I've never seen a kid go so hard. It's just what she does," he told the Courier-Journal. According to AFPA Fitness, a rowing machine exercises your upper body as well as your lower body. “The rowing stroke when using an indoor rower is composed of 65-75% leg work and 25-35% upper body work,” they say.

WNBA star Te'a Cooper is upping her fitness game by working out with personal trainer Tisch Tosch Training, and developing her strongest physique yet. Cooper, 26, tagged the trainer in an Instagram video of herself working out in black two-piece workout gear and black Travis Scott sneakers. @mstischh getting the body together,” she captioned the post. Here’s what Cooper does on and off the court, and what’s next for the champion.

1. Plant-Based Diet

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Cooper took part in a cooking competition with plant-based ZENB pasta, which she says has changed the way she eats. “Having more ideas and more recipes is fun and meeting new chefs that own businesses and stuff has been fun,” she tells Blavity. “I think the fact that the noodles are yellow peas is the most interesting thing to me because it tastes just like the noodles that I use that are not yellow peas. It’s way healthier and I love pasta. They had mac and cheese, stuff that I normally eat that I would love to have made plant-based or healthy.”

2. Self-Care Sessions

Cooper takes self-care seriously (as she should!). “For me, that looks like working out, taking care of my body, eating healthy, getting my hair done, getting my nails done — looking cute,” she tells Blavity. “Taking pictures of myself, just doing stuff that makes me feel good.”

3. Hollywood Luxury Hair

Cooper is proud of Hollywood Luxury Hair, her hair and beauty brand. “I wanted to have a hair brand ever since I was in high school,” she tells Black America Web. I really wanted to be particular on the quality of the hair and the prices. I wanted it to be great quality but affordable because, you know, as an athlete, you sweat so much and you have to change your hair a lot. It’s actually hard to maintain natural hairstyles. I really wanted to have my own brand where I could also give back to the little girls growing up and the girls that wanted to have their own hair, or be endorsed by somebody with a hair company. I wanted to be that person.”

4. WNBA Inspirations

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Cooper is inspired by her fellow athletes. “Arike Ogunbowale, for sure,” she tells Black America Web. “She plays for the Dallas Wings and is killing the fashion this year. I love what she’s doing on and off the court. Flau’jae [Johnson] and Angel [Reese] — those my girls; they’re killing it! DiDi Richards is the other brand ambassador for my hair, and she’s killing it off the court and on the court. She played for the New York Liberty and she has her own podcast and talk show now with the WNBA, so that’s dope.”

5. Swimsuit Model

Cooper was thrilled to be a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model. “I’ve never taken a bikini picture,” she tells Blavity. “I don’t really take pictures in bathing suits. I kind of just wear ’em for the pool, so that was very different to have all those cameras on you, you in a bathing suit, you kinda gotta be sexy… They kind of just give you confidence that you can’t really deny in that moment ’cause you’re in front of the camera. So you got the water, the weather, the scenery, the bathing suit. You got people encouraging you. It was a great time for me. The group of women that I did it with were so amazing and we all had different stories, so I think SI highlighting each person and their story made it even more powerful.”

Hailey Van Lith, the basketball sensation making waves from LSU to TCU, recently made a slam-dunk announcement on Instagram, rocking her new jersey and captioning it with, "The pen has officially hit the paper." But how does she keep her game on point? Dive into these five tips straight from the court and beyond, along with some inspiring snapshots that showcase just how she stays at the top of her game.

1. She Plays Basketball

Basketball is naturally the main way Van Lith stays in shape. Fitness Advisory states that the sport has a lot of benefits. “Basketball requires you to jump while playing, as well as running back and forth multiple times. In a basketball game, you rely on your body positioning and the ability to maintain that position when an opponent is pushing against you. This is why playing basketball can strengthen all parts of your body, especially your core muscles, neck, lower back, and arms.”

2. She’s Pescatarian

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In a video, Van Lith revealed that she is a pescatarian. The Cleveland Clinic states that being pescatarian has a lot of benefits. “One of the main benefits of going pescatarian is replacing less healthy meats with heart-healthy fish. Most Americans don’t eat enough seafood, which contains high amounts of the omega-3 fats EPA and DHA. Fruits and veggies also contain antioxidants, special compounds that lower your risk of getting heart disease. Adding these foods to a diet that’s higher in fish provides a double dose of heart health benefits. Another potential plus for your heart: Letting red meat go. Regularly eating red meat and pork increases your risk of heart disease. Red meat is also higher in calories and unhealthy fats than fish or plant-based foods.”

3. She Speaks Up

Van Lith isn’t afraid to speak up for causes that she believes in. In an interview with ESPN, she called out the racism that her teammate, Angel Reese, and other teammates of color received. "I'm in a unique situation where I see with myself, I'll talk trash and I'll get a different reaction than if Angel [Reese] talks trash. I have a duty to my teammates to have their back. Some of the words that were used in that article were very sad and upsetting. Calling us the dirty debutantes, that has nothing to do with sports. That's not motivating. But in my opinion, I know for a fact that people see us differently because we do have a lot of Black women on our team who have an attitude and like to talk trash and people feel a way about it. At the end of the day, I'm rocking with them because they don't let that change who they are. They stay true to themselves, and so I'll have their back."

4. She’s Tough

Van Lith opened up about the impact her father has had on her to NBC. “I think a lot of people see me as a hard-nosed, fiery, tough player who plays physical and my dad brought that out in me. He said this is a trait that would be very valuable to my career. He definitely set me up for success there from the toughness aspect of things. Our workouts were very intense. We had a lot of back and forth bickering but our relationship is is so much more than that and it’s grown so well. I am tough and I am smart and he’s helped me accept that. As a woman in my sport [he’s helped me] be okay with being vocal. That toughness that he showed me from a young age has helped me.”

5. She Takes Things One Day At A Time

Van Lith tells The LSU Wire that she takes basketball one day at a time. “I think it’s unprecedented, and we just gotta put one foot in front of the other, and I think you have to lean into the people that have been here and just accept the challenge,” Van Lith said. “I think it’s about mental toughness, true competitiveness, and knowing who you are. My motto for this year has been ‘Take one step every day.’ Sometimes I have bad games, but the next morning I get up and take another step. It’s hard, but that’s why I came here.”