Eva Longoria in Bathing Suit Poses on the Beach

Eva Longoria is 46 and in the best shape of her life! The actress and director shared a bunch of photos taken on a recent vacation, showing off her swimsuit body in a variety of one-pieces and bikinis. How does she stay in such phenomenal shape? On Sunday she shared a photo from one of her grueling workouts, revealing what gets her to the gym every day. Read on to see what pushes Eva Longoria to stay in shape (and some of her other stay-fit tips) and the photos that prove her techniques work—and to get beach-ready yourself, don't miss these essential 30 Best-Ever Celebrity Bikini Photos!

1. This Is What Motivates Eva to Stay in Shape

Eva shared a photo from one of her workouts, holding a kettlebell in one arm while executing a lunge. Most importantly, she revealed her motivation for working out. “Wishing about vacay brought me here this morning,” she captioned the pic.

2. She Also Showed Off the Results

Over the weekend, Eva shared a bunch of snaps from her recent vacation, demonstrating the results of her rigorous workouts: flat, washboard abs, fit, shapely legs, and gorgeously toned arms.

3. Eva Is Disciplined About Her Diet

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Eva works hard to maintain her figure, and diet is one of the key components. "Especially as you get older, people want to know the secret to looking good and there is no secret. It's diet and exercise," she revealed to Vogue Australia. She also emphasized the important of doing both. "People say they eat well but they don't exercise. Or they run 20 miles a day but they can't lose weight. You have to do both."

4. Her Workouts Are Intense

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"I do a lot. I'm a runner, I do yoga, I do pilates, I do SoulCycle and I'm just constantly mixing it up," she told People. She also works out with trainer Grant Roberts, and does serious weight training. Her Instagram feed is filled with clips of her hardcore workouts, which involve a lot of compound moves to work multiple muscles simultaneously, like squat/rows, sled pushes, battle ropes, and school deadlifts.

5. Her Go-To Cardio? Trampoline

Eva is a huge advocate of trampoline workouts on a JumpSport trampoline. “Saturday workouts are better with a trampoline,” she recently captioned an image of the springy workout tool, which she has dubbed the “Rolls Royce” of trampolines.

6. She Has a Healthy Outlet on Body Image

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Eva once revealed to Health that when she was her skinniest, she was also the unhealthiest n. “I try to have a healthy outlook. I'm your everlasting, hopeless optimist!” she said. "I don’t feel like we should go by these rules and social constructs of society where you have to be a certain size to be pretty," she told Health in 2017.

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1. She Goes Running In The Morning

Longoria revealed some of her wellness secrets to The Cut. She says that with her busy schedule, she has to work out first thing in the morning. “I’m a runner, so I usually get up at seven,” she says. “It depends because I always get eight hours of sleep. I try to wake up and immediately work out. I get up, put on my sunblock and running hat, and I’m off. I like to work out in the morning because the day gets away from me and I will never do it in the afternoon — I get too tired.”

2. She Studies Kinesiology

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Longoria is a wellness maven. She even studied it in college. Longoria tells The Cut that this helps her be more aware of wellness. “My bachelor’s degree is in kinesiology, which is the study of the body, the study of how things affect you — like lack of sleep, stress, and so on,” she says. “So I’ve been pretty cognizant of wellness my entire life.”

3. She Does A Lot Of Different Things For Wellness

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Longoria tells The Cut that wellness is a big part of her life. She says that she incorporates a lot of different things in her wellness routine. “‘Wellness’ seems more comprehensive,” she explains. “It feels more mind, body and soul, as opposed to ‘fitness,’ which to me reminds you of your body and how you take care of it. Wellness feels like making sure you don’t get sick, making sure you’re meditating, making sure you’re not stressed out, making sure you’re sleeping. I feel like wellness encompasses so much more.”

4. She Makes Wellness A Priority

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Longoria has a busy schedule, but she always prioritizes wellness. She tells The Cut, “Everything is about balance. I think people waste more time than they think. They think, ‘I don’t have time to meditate, or I don’t have time to work out,’ and yet they have time to be on Instagram for 30 minutes — like, that could have been their meditation session. You have to prioritize your time and efforts toward wellness.”

5. She Strength Trains

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Longoria shares some of her favorite workouts on her Instagram. One type of exercise she likes to do is strength training. She shared this video of herself doing a morning workout session. In it, she is seen doing bicep and tricep curls at her home gym. She captioned the post, “Rise and grind.”

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1. She Works Out After Indulging

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Longoria isn’t afraid to indulge. Usually because she makes sure to hit the gym afterwards. She posted this reel on Instagram of herself doing exercises like lunges, lifting weights, and jumping on a trampoline. She captioned the reel, “After a weekend full of tamales, I had to drag my ass here this morning!”

2. She Works Out Her Arms

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Longoria makes sure to work out her upper body, including her arms. She posted this reel on Instagram of herself doing different strength training arm exercises. In it, she is seen doing lateral pulldowns while kneeling and tricep curls. She captioned the reel, “Rise and grind.”

3. She Does Trampoline Workouts

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For Longoria, jumping on a trampoline isn’t just a way to have fun, it’s a way to workout. The actress is open about her love of doing trampoline fitness classes. She posted this reel on Instagram of herself doing different exercises on the trampoline, like jumping jacks. Longoria captioned the reel, “Never miss a Monday!”

4. She Boxes

One of Longoria’s favorite ways to workout is boxing. She posted this reel on Instagram of herself boxing at home with her trainer. She captioned the reel, “Never miss a Monday! Thanks Chava for the workout!”

5. She Meditates

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Longoria tells Bustle that she practices meditation each morning. “Right after I work out and as I’m stretching, I meditate. It could be for two minutes or 20 minutes. It just depends on the day, but those are the two things that really center and ground me every morning.”

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1. She Enjoys What She Does

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Longoria has a very busy schedule, which you think could stress her out. However, you’d be wrong. Longoria says that the secret to managing her stress with her busy schedule is doing projects that she enjoys, and that won’t drain her. “I enjoy everything that I do, and I only say yes to things that don’t give me burnout,” she said to Bustle. “When they approached me to do a podcast, I knew it had to be something I’m going to enjoy, so that every time it’s on my calendar, I don’t dread it. That’s how I approach everything in my life.”

2. She Takes Time For Herself

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Longoria tells Bustle that despite her business, she still prioritizes her time to herself. “For me, it’s being aware, taking emotional inventory, working out, meditating, listening to podcasts, and prioritizing ‘me’ time, whether it’s a massage or seeing my chiropractor.”

3. She Monitors Her Sleep

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Longoria’s beauty sleep is extremely important to her. She says to Bustle that she used the pandemic to check in with herself, and to make changes to her routine. Longoria decided to monitor her sleep, and see how to get the best sleeping schedule for her. “I have the Oura Ring, which uses biometric data to figure out your sleep pattern. What I found is I get deep sleep when I don’t eat super late, so I usually eat with my son around 5 or 6 in the evening, and then I’m done for the night.”

4. She Uses A Trampoline

Longoria is open about her love of trampoline workouts. She tells Bustle, “It’s so good for lymphatic drainage. I burn more calories doing that than running an hour, so it’s really changed my life.”

5. She Strength Trains

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Longoria is also a big fan of strength training and lifting weights. “I do very heavy weights,” Longoria tells Women’s Health. “I feel like my body changes the most when I do that. I wear a heart rate monitor, and I can see my heart rate spike from just doing a heavy bicep curl.”

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1. She Doesn’t Wear Too Much Makeup

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Longoria has amazing skin, and one of her secrets is rocking the natural look. “People think the trick to looking younger is makeup, but it’s skin-care,” Longoria told Allure. “If you don’t have good skin, piling on makeup just makes you look older and much worse. When it comes to makeup, I don’t overset or over powder it. The more powder you put on the fine lines in your face, the more you see it. Most people say ‘oh let me cover it’ but it looks much thicker and worse.”

2. She Puts On Sunscreen

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Longoria tells Allure that sunscreen is a big part of her skincare. “My mother was so strict on wearing sunblock,” she says. “She always said, ‘the skin you take care of in your 20s is the skin you have in your 40s’.”

3. She’s Not Jealous

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On the Connections podcast, Longoria revealed that she avoids feeling jealous. "I think jealousy takes up such an amount of energy," she says. "I remember being so jealous and like, your stomach is inside out. It's the worst feeling. Why would anybody want that feeling?”

4. She Promotes Diversity

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Longoria is very philanthropic. One of her goals is to increase diversity in the media. She tells Us Weekly that she is working to get more stories told on television. “I have been part of VH1’s huge diversity initiative to get diverse storytellers behind the camera because if you get ’em behind the camera, then it translates to in front of the camera.”

5. She Cut Out Certain Things

After having her first child, Longoria decided to eat healthier to lose the baby weight. She told Us Weekly that she has cut out certain food in her regular diet. “I haven’t drunk wine. I haven’t eaten sugar. I haven’t seen a carb in awhile.”