Gezary Matuda in Bathing Suit Says "Today is Complicated"

Gezary Matuda is a professional fighter and champion, known for practicing jiu-jitsu. She is currently spending time in Brazil, and just shared a stunning new photo on Instagram. In it, Matuda sunbathed on the beach. She wore a white bathing suit and a multicolored bucket hat, her toned body on display. She captioned the post, “Today is a rough one.” How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Gezary Matuda 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’s Not Afraid To Be Vulnerable

Matuda opened up about her career to The Jiu-Jitsu Times. She says that she isn’t afraid of showing her soft side once in a while. “Professional athletes, we don’t show a lot of emotion,” she explains. “We train to be killers. We train to be strong. We don’t want to show a weak side. If you have a moment of weakness, you clean up your tears and keep fighting. So, to open up to someone you trust, and admit that you’re feeling kind of weak, and to have someone listen – that makes a huge difference when you’re dealing with a career transition.”

2. She’s Motivated By Success

Matuda talked about about what motivates her to The Jiu-Jitsu Times. “There is nothing that compares to this great feeling of being a world champion as a black belt,” she says. “The feeling that all that hard work paid off. It’s hard to find something else that’s going to give you the same pleasure in life. So that’s why you want more, and more, and more. Every year you win that title, it feeds that adrenaline. You get addicted to this feeling. Everything else feels boring. Everything! If you ask me if I do something outside of jiu-jitsu, my answer is just ‘eat, sleep, and train.’ This is what brings us pleasure – the serotonin, the adrenaline, all the things that make us feel great. That’s why I think it’s so hard when you start to think about stopping.”

3. She Does Ab Circuits

Being a professional athlete, Matuda has to stay in shape and work out on a regular basis. She shares a lot of her favorite exercises on Instagram. Matuda likes to circuit train. In this video, she shared one of her ab circuits. Matuda is seen doing sit-ups, toe-touches, and heel touches, starfish crunches, and side-plank ups. She captioned the video, “Abs on fire.”

4. She Knows Herself

Matuda talked about how she manages her mental health to The Jiu-Jitsu Times. She says that one of her secrets is just knowing and staying in-tune with herself. “I’d think to myself, ‘I’m so good at what I do, what am I going to do next? I don’t know how to do anything else.’ That’s when you feel so lost. And that’s when depression and anxiety happen. That’s why you have to know yourself.”

5. She Swims

Matuda loves to swim as a way to stay in shape. She shared this photo of herself in a pool in Miami Beach on Instagram. Matuda captioned it, “From Florida with love.” Matuda also posted this photo of herself wading in the ocean. She captioned it, “Who protects me doesn’t sleep. Happy Friday everyone!”