Catherine Harding in Bathing Suit Says “Breathe”

Catherine Harding is taking the cold plunge in her swimsuit. The singer shows off her incredible figure in a bathing suit (and tolerance for ice-cold water) in one of her latest social media posts. “Breathe and try and relax,” she says in one of the Instagram Stories shared devoted to her cold therapy treatment. How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Catherine Harding stays in shape and the photos that prove they work—and to get beach-ready yourself, don't miss these essential 30 Best-Ever Celebrity Bathing Suit Photos!

1. She Is Real About Her Body

Catherine doesn’t believe in pretending that her body is perfect. “I woke up today and thought I want to be a bit more real on here.. so I took these photos,” she wrote in an Instagram post. “I train almost everyday and am careful of what I eat, I’m aware this isn’t very bad or “poor me” etc but I’m just showing i have loose skin after 2 kids that is wrinkly and crepey and yes sometimes it bothers me because it isn’t the Instagram version of “perfection” I am always seeing. I am my biggest critic and can be super harsh on myself always thinking of trying to be perfect, I’ve struggled with a weight complex my whole life but As I’m getting older I’m becoming more aware that if I as a fully grown adult woman can be so impacted by the Instagram version of perfection how will our young daughters be ? What pressure will they feel? I think it’s important to not let the idea of perfection be confused with being the best version of yourself. I’ve personally struggled with this a lot but am learning to accept myself more. I grew two beautiful children inside that stomach and yes it’s crepey and wrinkled when I squash it together 😂 but so what? It’s real life ✌️ Just thinking let’s try embrace our flaws more and accept ourselves fully.”

2. She Does Pilates

Catherine’s favorite workout is pilates. “Keep moving, keep stretching 🙆‍♀️ Back in my happy place,” she captioned an Instagram post of herself on her reformer. In another post she thanks her pilates instructor, Holly Bramley for helping her “stay toned, flexible and strong,” she writes. “Your classes are so challenging I love it!”

3. She Does Yoga

Catherine also does yoga. There is a laundry list of reasons to do yoga, explains Harvard Health. “Researchers found that people who practiced yoga for at least 30 minutes once a week for at least four years, gained less weight during middle adulthood,” they said. “People who were overweight actually lost weight. Overall, those who practiced yoga had lower body mass indexes (BMIs) compared with those who did not practice yoga. Researchers attributed this to mindfulness. Mindful eating can lead to a more positive relationship with food and eating.”

4. She Soaks in Hot Water

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Catherine enjoys soaking in hot water, in a jacuzzi or bathtub. 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.

5. She Does Cold Plunges

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In her latest post, Catherine reveals that she “is on a real health kick at the moment trying new things and just posting this to be accountable.” In the photo she sits in a freezing cold bathtub for four minutes. “It feels good,” she gushes after getting out. “Such a weird sensation that comes all over your entire body."

Singer and actress Louise Redknapp is enjoying the weekend. She did so by breaking out her swimsuit. Redknapp posted a stunning new photo on social media of herself posing in a swimsuit. She captioned the photo, “Happy Saturday.” How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Louise Redknapp stays in shape and the photos that prove they work—and to get beach-ready yourself, don't miss these essential 30 Best-Ever Celebrity Bathing Suit Photos!

1. She Runs

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Redknapp loves to run, in any circumstances. She revealed on her Instagram stories that she still runs when it’s cold and the winter weather is happening. "I went for a little run in the snow today. It's def helping me through lockdown."

2. She Speaks Out About Body Standards

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 06: Louise Redknapp attends The Virgin Atlantic Attitude Awards 2021 at The Roundhouse on October 06, 2021 in London, England. (Photo by Kate Green/Getty Images)

Redknapp is outspoken about her desire to be a role model for young women. She doesn’t want others to face unfair beauty standards or feel like they have to be thin. Redknapp even made a documentary about it. It was called The Truth About Size Zero, and talked about the singer’s struggles with her weight, and the dangers of losing too much weight. “Everything he said shocked me. It’s a shame. If every woman in the country, or every woman in the world, that wants to lose weight and become really skinny, if they could all just have half an hour sat down with a doctor telling them exactly what's going to happen to them, I think you’d get very few of them that would carry on with it," she told Sassy Bella.

3. She Does Pilates

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 04: Louise Redknapp performs at Mighty Hoopla at Brockwell Park on June 04, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Lorne Thomson/Redferns)

Redknapp loves to do pilates as a way to stay in shape. She posted this set of photos on Instagram of herself using a reformer. She captioned the post, “I wanna see you STRETCH... After 3 years I went back to Pilates with one of my closest friends @sianmarshallpilates who is an incredible Pilates instructor.”

4. She Aims To Be Fearless

LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 13: Louise Redknapp attends the "Everybody's Talking About Jamie" World Premiere at The Royal Festival Hall on September 13, 2021 in London, England. (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)

Redknapp talked about her approach to life in an interview with Red magazine. She says that she aims to be fearless. “When I was having a really rough time with everything, a close friend said to me: ‘Be fearless’,” she explained. “I lost the meaning of these words for a while and I'm working hard to get it back.”

5. Don't Be Quiet, She Says

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 18: Louise Redknapp attends the Warner Music & CIROC BRIT Awards house party, in association with GQ, at The Chiltern Firehouse on February 18, 2020 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Warner Music)

In her memoir, Redknapp talked about what led to her divorce, and what she learned from it. She says that she is no longer afraid to say what she needs to say. “Once you run too fast, you can’t make up the ground you’ve lost. Stop, say what you need, say what you think, don’t be afraid to say what’s really going on. You don’t have to be quiet."

Nadia Bartel, the Australian fashionista and entrepreneur, is taking advantage of the summer weather, and her recent Instagram story proves it. Bartel posted a photo of herself lounging in a chair in a sandy space, in a zebra-print bathing suit, showing off her impressive abs. How does she stay fit? Read on to see 5 ways Nadia Bartel stays in shape and the photos that prove they work—and to get beach-ready yourself, don't miss these essential 30 Best-Ever Celebrity Bathing Suit Photos!

1. She Meditates

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Bartel revealed to House of Wellness that she has just started to pick up meditation. “I am a really spiritual person and in the past year I have become even more so. I really got into meditation and became more consistent with it – it is something that I love.”

2. She Runs

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Bartel says to House of Wellness that during quarantine, she started running to stay in shape, and to improve her mental health. “I can think so much clearer when I run and it releases things that are cluttering my mind,” she says.

3. She Stays Positive

Bartel tells House of Wellness that she makes sure to stay positive, even when things get difficult for her. “Just because something bad happens, you shouldn’t become pessimistic about it. I’m not wired like that. Maybe it’s the breathing I do?”

4. She Remembers to Breathe

Bartel says that she makes sure to breathe whenever her life gets too crazy and that this helps keep her mental health in check. “It’s just so incredible, but when you breathe, you let go of negative emotions and you think a lot clearer. It’s the best thing I’ve ever done for me,” she says to House of Wellness.

5. She Gets Outside

Bartel is a big fan of doing outdoor activities, or just going outside to get fresh air in general. Her Instagram is full of posts of her enjoying time outside, from hanging by the pool, to the beach, to going on a hike in her most recent Instagram story.

Rapper Saweetie has had the busiest schedule this year, wrapping it all up with appearances at the Jingle Ball. She promised she’d relax and was going someplace “tropical” for the holidays and her new photos of her in a bathing suit at a resort, on Instagram, prove she made it happen. She captioned the sunny pics with a palm tree, flower, water, yoga, star and snowflake emoji. How does she stay so fit while keeping so busy? Read on to see 5 ways Saweetie stays in shape and the photos that prove they work—and to get beach-ready yourself, don't miss these essential 30 Best-Ever Celebrity Bathing Suit Photos!

1. She is Going to Take a Deep Breath

"I'm going to take a deep breath and release some stress," the "My Type" rapper told People about her getaway. "Hopefully I'm able to evaluate, reflect on and see what I can do better next year, because I work a lot." "Balance needs to happen," she adds. "I feel like I'm being run down to the ground right now and my body doesn't feel good. I've had mental breakdowns and it's just really stressful, but it's nice to be acknowledged because it lets me know that my hard work isn't going unnoticed."

2. She Has Been Outspoken About Stress

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"It's just trying to find balance right now. I have no balance. Everything is just work, work, work and I don't have an outlet," she told People. "I don't have a therapist. I don't hang out with any of my friends because I work so much, so it's just trying to thug it out into until the New Year."

3. She Hopes to One Day Open a Mental Health Resort

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"You see artists, especially women artists, venting online and it really makes my soul sad that no one is protecting our mental health," she told People. Without a healthy mind, there can be no consistent music. "So it's definitely a domino effect and if I can get some investors before I become a billionaire, creating a wellness resort for celebrities and public figures, athletes, entertainers is like one of my primary goals."

4. She Takes a Ginger Shot Every Morning

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“I take ginger shots every morning and I take vitamins. I just feel like a certain type of cleanliness. People don’t talk about it — but let’s talk about it — healthy bowel movements are really important. You got to get that thing flowing,” she told Page Six.

5. She Weight Trains

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“Weight training is a type of strength training that uses weights for resistance. Weight training provides a stress to the muscles that causes them to adapt and get stronger, similar to the way aerobic conditioning strengthens your heart,” says the Mayo Clinic. “Weight training can be performed with free weights, such as barbells and dumbbells, or by using weight machines. You can also increase your strength through other types of resistance exercises, such as by using your body weight or resistance bands.”

Francesca Allen, star of Love Island, is making confidence work for her. She posted two swimsuit photos this week—one in which she captioned a photo of her in a swimsuit from Dubai: “Gotta respect the chutzpah ✨Gift”—chutzpah being the Yiddish word for extreme self-confidence, or impudence—and another was a paid partnership with shopping site Cliud Eighteen in which she said “Sandy toes, sun kissed nose, she’s an Island chic.” How does she stay so fit while keeping so busy? Read on to see 5 ways Francesca Allen stays in shape and the photos that prove they work—and to get beach-ready yourself, don't miss these essential 30 Best-Ever Celebrity Bathing Suit Photos!

1. She Protects Her Skin

"I’ve tried so many different things for my skin, I feel like I’ve done things that are really bad, like I even started using sun beds and things like that, which were the worst thing I could have done, because they just scar your face. But now I constantly use a retinol and alway make sure in the morning, even in England, that I put a SPF on,” she told Heatworld. You should, too. What is SPF anyway? "So if you stand outside in a particular location and you're testing the sunscreen and it takes you 10 minutes to develop redness to the skin without the product on, but then you apply the product on a different area of skin and it takes 50 minutes for the skin to show redness, then that is an SPF factor of 50 over 10, which equals 5,” Dr. Dawn Davis, a Mayo Clinic dermatologist, says.

2. She Does Yoga

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"Recently I’ve been doing yoga which I never liked in the past. I’ve always done quite high-intensity things such as running, HIT training or boxing, but since lockdown and with me being home a lot, I’ve been doing yoga before bed and it just makes me sleep a lot easier. A lot of the time, when I lie in bed, I can just be thinking of loads of things I need to do tomorrow and doing yoga before bed really helps,” she told Heatworld.

3. She Lost Weight

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Allen lost weight and fans noticed. “I don’t get people being nasty in my DMs. Everyone’s really kind and I’m so grateful for my following,” she told the Daily Mail. “But I’ve had a couple of people messaging me about my weight and saying I edit it my photo. I’m like – hun – I’ve actually lost nearly 2st, so I am gonna look a bit different.”

4. High Intensity Workouts Can Burn Fat

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High Intensity workouts, or HIIT, can be a great way to get sweaty. Try doing exercises that are performed in superset fashion. This means that you will do exercises 1a, then move immediately to 2a; rest for one minute, then repeat 1a & 2a again until you have done each circuit 3 times. After one circuit is complete, rest for two minutes and hydrate before moving on to the next circuit. Here's an example, from trainer Mark Langowski:

1a. Split Lunge with Biceps Curl: 12 reps each leg. For Men Use 15’s-25’s, For Women Use 5-10lb db’s.

Hold the weights at your side. Now, as if you were standing on a balance beam, with one foot in front of the other, separate your feet 2 feet apart. Inhale as you kneel down; your front knee should be at 90 degrees and back knee almost touches the ground. Sit down into the glute of your front leg. Exhale as you press back up to the starting position. Do 12 reps on that leg. Then repeat with the other leg.

2a. Chin-ups. If you can do at least 8 chin ups in a row: Do three sets of chin-ups, each set to failure.

If you cannot do at least 8 chin ups: Use the squat rack and do three sets of body rows. Position the bar at about chest height and grab it with an overhand grip, hands about shoulder-width apart. Scoot your legs forward until your body is at a 45-degree angle to the ground and your weight is resting on your heels. Now pull yourself up until your chest touches the bar, then lower yourself back down. 12 reps.

5. She Feels “in Tune” With Herself Like Never Before

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“2021 I’ve never felt this in-tune with myself like I do currently, I know who my friends are I know what my goals are and I feel empowered for it! I’m sure like me, many of us have lost ourselves time to time but I can promise without struggle there is no success and you can’t enjoy the good if you have never experienced the bad,” she has said.