Ice Hockey Star Mikayla Demaiter Shares Swimsuit Photo "Just in Case"

Mikayla Demaiter started her career as a hockey superstar. She then built a strong following on Instagram. Demaiter is known for posting revealing photos on her page. She shared a new set of them from a photoshoot this week. In them, Demaiter wore a red swimsuit, her figure on display. She captioned the post, “I may be hard to forget, but here’s a reminder just in case.” How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Mikayla Demaiter stays in shape and the photos that prove they work.

1. She Played Hockey

Demaiter played hockey most of her life. Hockey has a lot of benefits. SilverSkateFestival.org states, “Hockey is a physically demanding sport that requires players to be in top physical condition. Playing hockey can have a positive impact on a person’s overall wellness. Hockey requires players to be highly coordinated, have good hand-eye coordination, and have good stamina. These attributes can help to improve a person’s overall fitness level. Playing hockey can also help to improve mental well-being. The fast pace of the game can help to improve focus and concentration. Being part of a team can also help to boost self-confidence and self-esteem.”

2. She Goes Outside

Demaiter spends a lot of time outside. She shares a bunch of photos on Instagram of herself doing outdoor workouts like riding jet-skis and swimming. New York Presbyterian states, “Being outside supports an active and healthy lifestyle, which is one of the best ways to improve your health. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, physical activity can help manage your weight, reduce the risk of chronic diseases, and make your bones and muscles stronger.”

3. She Does Squats

Mikayla Demaiter's fitness regime includes squats, a powerhouse exercise targeting her legs and glutes. With a history in hockey, she recognizes the importance of strong lower body muscles for optimal performance. Squats not only build muscle but also improve overall balance and posture. Follow her lead for sculpted legs and enhanced athletic prowess.

4. She Does Cable Pulls

Incorporating cable pulls into her routine, Mikayla Demaiter emphasizes upper body strength. These dynamic exercises engage multiple muscle groups, fostering a toned and balanced physique. As an ex-hockey star, Demaiter knows the significance of a strong upper body for both on-ice agility and off-ice fitness. Learn from her dedication to achieve an impressive upper body definition.

5. She Does Pre-Workout Stretching

Mikayla Demaiter's secret to injury prevention and flexibility lies in pre-workout stretching. Prioritizing warm-up stretches enhances muscle elasticity, range of motion, and blood flow. By nurturing her body's readiness, Demaiter ensures a safe and effective workout. Embrace her practice of pre-workout stretching to elevate your own exercise routine and maintain long-term physical well-being.

Lacrosse champion Alex Aust is sharing throwback summer bikini pictures to herald the approach of the colder months. Aust, who is a Team USA gold medalist, posted a snap of herself wearing a tiny bikini while posing in the surf at the beach, looking fit and sunkissed. “When AA reminds you she creates magic,” Aust commented about famed photographer Alex Ashman. So how does she do it? Here are 5 ways Aust stays fit, strong, and happy.

1. HIIT Workouts

Aust is a big fan of HIIT workouts, and shares her routines online. “HIIT can help to decrease body fat, increase strength and endurance, and improve health outcomes, but it is not necessarily better than other exercise formats,” say the experts at Harvard Health. “Its main appeal is that it can achieve similar fitness and health benefits in a shorter duration, and that it includes periods of rest.”

2. Say No To the Scales

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Aust refuses to weigh herself, instead focusing on her strength and energy. “As athletes, we don’t have that stick-thin body type, but at the end of the day, our bodies are our vehicles,” says Nicole Aust, Alex’s sister and former Maryland Lacrosse teammate. “If Alex’s body is skinny and small, it’s not going to perform the way she wants it to on the field and she’s learned to cherish that.”

3. Professional Trainer

Aust developed at-home workout The Sweaat Life to continue working out during the pandemic lockdowns. “All of the things that I am involved with, I think back to my training at Maryland, hearing Cathy’s [Reese] voice in the back of my head, telling me to believe in myself,” she says. “That definitely is something that I constantly reflect back on when I do something or I put myself out there for another goal I am trying to reach.”

4. Sports Illustrated Model

Aust was emotional about her photoshoot for Sports Illustrated, as she worked incredibly hard to make it happen. “I felt every emotion I had in the past eight months,” she says about seeing the pictures for the first time. “Working my butt off to be the best version of myself. I saw that in a moment. I never realized a photo of yourself could be that powerful.”

5. She’s a Role Model

Being a role model for young female athletes is something Aust takes seriously and is proud of. “What’s more important than actually playing, though, is being able to reach these young female lacrosse fans,” she says. “That’s my biggest thing. To me, it’s super important that we have the visibility of the WPLL and have it on ESPN3, so that the girls on my club team can watch us play and see these high level athletes and hopefully in 15 years see them on these teams, which would be really, really cool.”

To play in the big leagues of women's hockey, you have to be skilled, fearless and strong. Some have represented their country in the Olympics, winning medals. Others play in the National Women’s Hockey League. All have one thing in common: a grit and determination to win, and to not be afraid of a smash to the face. They are also all incredibly fit. (You try ice skating at whooshing speeds while people chase you with a big stick.) How do the premier women at the top of their game stay in shape? Here's how.

1. Hilary Knight

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Hilary Knight is the youngest person to play for Team USA. She shared her training secrets in an interview with ESPN. “Our training program is split into different phases through the summer, usually comprised of upper and lower body as well as conditioning, plyometrics, and core work everyday. For us, anything with core strength or legs is huge.”

2. Hayley Wickenheiser

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Hayley Wickenheiser is a former hockey player for the Canadian National Team. She shared some of her workout secrets with The Globe and Mail. “Staying limber when it’s cold out is really important,” Wickenheiser said. “You want to get your core body temperature high enough that you’re not going to pull your muscles or hurt yourself. You need to make sure the joints are oiled up and mobile.”

3. Marie-Philip Poulin

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Marie-Philip Poulin has won two gold medals at the Olympics. She shared how she trained for the Olympics with Best Health Magazine. “To prepare for the Olympic Winter Games, my routine included working out up to three times a day. We train extremely hard, year round in order to be the best country on the ice. Our training methods as a team have evolved, we work with the best trainers and incorporate new technology in the gym. We monitor things like nutrition, body composition and raise our mental focus to new heights.”

4. Amanda Kessel

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Amanda Kessel wants to share women’s hockey with the world. "We've come a long way with women's hockey, but still, I think a lot of people [in America] don't realize that there's a women's league," she told ESPN. "I also don't think a lot of people realize most of the players are also working normal jobs. Probably 99 percent are playing hockey and have a full-time job. My roommate was a recruiter. Another [teammate] worked in the fashion industry, one was studying to be a lawyer and worked at a law firm, a few others teach hockey."

5. Kendall Coyne Schofield

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Kendall Coyne Schofield shared how she and her husband stayed active during the pandemic to ESPN. The other thing we've been doing is committing to biking around the town to local business and ordering takeout food to support them. It promotes exercising, and it promotes supporting local businesses during challenging times. [This weekend] we had a 7-mile ride. I have to say I'm a little more optimistic about biking than my husband is, being a 300-pound man, but he's been a trouper. We go on a bike ride, and then stay inside the rest of the day to follow guidelines with social distancing."

6. Meghan Duggan

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Meghan Duggan shared how she eats healthy with USADA. “Just like everyone else, I also enjoy a meal out every now and then! When I’m somewhere new, I look for restaurants that prepare foods in a healthy way, so that means minimizing the deep-fried foods or added sauces. Again, it’s all about choosing things from a menu that are fresh instead of processed. Freshii is one of my favorite places to grab a meal that is energizing and quick. I’m a sucker for any restaurant that has some version of a power bowl!”

7. Brianna Decker

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Brianna Decker shared her approach to training with Cosmopolitan. "I'm 5-foot-4, and as a forward there are a lot of the defenders that I'm going up against who have a lot of size to them so I have to muscle through a lot of people. The stronger you are the better, but you have to be careful about how much muscle you put on so you can keep your speed up. I play a more physical game, and I have tested my game out at different weights. I didn't like how I played when I was seven pounds lighter because even though I felt a little faster, I felt I was being pushed around. I don't let ‘ideal image’ affect me. Plus, some guys are really into athletic girls and some guys aren't! I'm surrounded by such a mixed group of people — to us the ideal body type is being athletic and being fit.”

8. Shannon Szabados

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Shannon Szabados was the first woman to play in the Southern Professional Hockey League. "I'm just a hockey player that loves to play hockey," she said to AL.com. "If (pioneer) is the word people want to attach with it, it seems weird to me to have that kind of title. But if that's what comes along with it and maybe it opens up some doors for future generations, that's good."

9. Natalie Spooner

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Natalie Spooner opened up about her diet in an interview with Olympic Canada. “In January 2014, when we traveled across Alberta playing exhibition games against boys, we’d often have a pre-game meal as a team. It’s standard to eat about three hours before a game, with maybe a small snack a little bit closer to the whistle. By this time, we had tapered down our training hours, but the scheduling was just as exhausting given all the travel we were doing.”

10. Megan Agosta

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Megan Agosta talked about returning to hockey after having her daughter to CBC. “It's not only going back to working shift work, sleeping, eating and training at different times, but I do have Chance and I have my two stepsons," she said. "That's our family. On top of that, training to try to be the best I can be every single time I put on that Canadian jersey, it hasn't been easy. Knowing myself, I've done everything I could to be at the top of my game."

11. Meaghan Mikkelson

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In the same CBC interview, Meaghan Mikkelson talked about playing hockey after having her kids. "I think I said to [teammate Natalie] Spooner a couple of weeks ago 'I'm 34 years old. I've been on the team for 12 years and I've had two babies and I think I'm the strongest and fittest I've ever been in my life.’ I don't know if it's the mom strength kicking in. Physically, mentally I think I'm the strongest I've ever been in my career."

12. Rebecca Johnston

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Rebecca Johnston talked about how she got interested in hockey to The Calgary Journal. “I would say my inspiration for getting into hockey would be my dad and my siblings. I have five brothers and sisters and we all play hockey. So, it was instilled in us when we were born as a big part of our family, as we all love it. So, it’s something I wanted to do.”

13. Jennifer Wakefield

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Jennifer Wakefield shares some of her favorite workouts on Instagram. One thing she likes to do is strength train. She shared these photos of herself doing a lunge with a dumbbell and doing a twist with a band. Wakefield captioned the post, “@aycane.circle gear is 🔥”

14. Kacey Bellamy

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Kacey Bellamy opened up about dealing with failure in a letter to her younger self on The Players Tribune. “You’re going to get your heart broken. You’re going to have sleepless nights filled with tears and emotion. You’re going to think about quitting hockey for good. But you’re not a quitter. You’re going to use the adversity as motivation. You are going to stitch up every interior wound through work and sweat. Every 5 a.m. wake-up. Every sled push. Every shuttle run. They’ll all be worth it — eventually.”

15. Lara Stalder

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After the 2022 Olympics, Lara Stalder called for her native Switzerland to support women’s hockey. "My message is to build a league in Switzerland. Make the best league in Europe. Obviously, there should be one league, like the NHL, for all of us to compete against the best players. But I think we're far away from that in Switzerland, and that needs to change.”

16. Sarah Nurse

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Sarah Nurse opened up about not wanting to pressure herself to Fashion Magazine. “During these times I’m very careful to not pressure myself into productivity or comparing what I’m doing to what anyone else is doing. We have to respect that we all handle this changed way of living differently. Some days I may work out, clean the house, go for a walk and cook dinner while other days I may sit and watch TV all day and that is OKAY. I try to filter my news and information to stay informed and not consume an amount that will leave me with anxiety. It’s important to surround myself with positivity and stay connected to the people in my life that matter the most. We’re all on the same team and with some patience, discipline and love, we’re going to come out of this together.”

17. Julie Chu

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Julie Chu talked about her approach to dieting with The Huffington Post. “Nutrition is huge for us. We work with a nutritionist who is part of the U.S. Olympic Committee. She does amazing things for us, like teaching us how we can better fuel our bodies immediately before and after a workout. What we do in those time frames really makes a difference in both quick recovery or to keep our energy up. Of course, it's also about balance and moderation: I like a burger and fries like everyone else. But having a balance diet helps us perform our best.”

18. Melodie Daoust

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Melodie Daoust opened up about being an openly queer athlete to Mombian. “We know that Hockey Canada is behind us and also is behind every player, whether they’re from different nationalities or have different skin colour or who you’re with in your personal life. And that makes it way easier to be who you are and open about it all.”

19. Cassie Campbell-Pascall

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Cassie Campbell-Pascall opened up about her workout secrets with Health Insight. “I still exercise a lot but I’ve learned to exercise properly according to my age and my body. I have a mindset where I can always try and push myself through things, but as I mature, I also understand I have to be smarter with how I work out and make sure that I’m eating healthy and taking care of aches and pains more and more. It’s taken time for me to fully understand that, as far as the way I can train, I’m not an Olympian anymore. It’s been a challenge to figure that out, but I feel that I’m in my best place ever as far as fitness in the post-athletic career stage of my life.”

20. Caroline Ouellette

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Caroline Ouellette was inducted into the Hockey Hall Of Fame in 2023. She talked about being a female hockey player in her speech. “I played with boys from 9-17 years old and all those years I was the only girl on my team. I heard about every possible name-calling. These challenges helped me develop a deeper appreciation of how lucky I was to play hockey when so many women around my age couldn’t have this same opportunity.”

Gymnast Olivia "Livvy" Dunne is channeling that back-to-school feeling in her swimsuit. The LSU and social media superstar just shared a fantastic new image of herself in a black swimsuit prostrated on the back of a boat, with stunning blue waters behind her. “There’s 104 days of summer vacation til school comes along just to end it…” she captioned the picture, quoting “Today Is Gonna Be a Great Day” by the band Bowling for Soup, aka the theme song from the Disney animated series Phineas and Ferb. How does the 20-year-old phenomenon stay in shape? Here’s how.

1. She Dedicated Her Childhood to Training

Despite the photo of Dunne looking like she’s enjoying the dog days of August in some exptiing location, taking in the sun, she has worked incredibly hard her entire life. “I pretty much sacrificed my summers, those pool days, those beach days with their friends. I was in the gym training,” Dunne told the Today Show.

2. She is a Hit on Social Media

Dunne posts photos of herself dancing and sunbathing, which have made her an Internet sensation, both as a talented athlete and as a pin-up queen. “As a woman, you're not responsible for how a man looks at you and object defies you. That's not a woman's responsibility,” Dunne told the Today Show. She did add: “There are some people occasionally that do reach out, and it is a bit concerning….They gave us some new rules for US athletes just to keep us safe, to not go into the stands after meets, and we have a new security person that travels with us.”

3. She Has a Great Support System

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“When it comes to what you have on your plate, you've got athletics, you've got class, oh by the way, you have NIL”—that means “name, image, and likeness,” which she can monetize. “How do you go about managing all that?” asked a reporter from On3. “I would say having a good support system is so important,” she answered. “My family, they stand behind me and my mom, she helps me, my sister, she helps put together videos and sends it to the brand while I'm at practice or competing. So she's definitely a huge component in my everyday life and helping me with these brand deals. But having a good support system and compartmentalizing your day so you don't get overwhelmed.”

4. She Swims

Swimming offers a plethora of health benefits for both body and mind. It's a low-impact exercise that enhances cardiovascular fitness, strengthens muscles, and improves flexibility. The buoyancy of water reduces stress on joints, making it suitable for all ages and fitness levels. Regular swimming can aid in weight management, promoting calorie burning and increased metabolism. Moreover, it's an effective full-body workout that engages various muscle groups, enhancing tone and endurance. Beyond physical advantages, swimming also boosts mental well-being through its meditative rhythm and soothing effects. Overall, swimming is a holistic activity that fosters vitality, strength, and a tranquil mind.

5. This is Her Plan to Be Successful After Graduation

“I have one more year of school at LSU and one more year of gymnastics, which is insane to me. So I'm hoping just to have a good last year at LSU. But after school, I would definitely like to have my own brand. Yes, I love working with brands, but I would like to have my own thing, my own product one day. And I'm not sure exactly what that is yet, but I definitely feel like I can do something entrepreneurial, so I would like to have my own product,” she told On3.

Daisy Kelliher is the chief stew on the hit Bravo series, Below Deck Sailing Yacht. She shares a lot of revealing photos on Instagram. Recently, Kelliher shared a photo of herself in a black and white zig-zag halter swimsuit. Her impressive figure was on display. Kelliher captioned the post, “Don’t forget to be sun safe.” How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Daisy Kelliher stays in shape and the photos that prove they work.

1. She’s Grown Confident

In an interview with Dockwalk, Kelliher talked about being a chief stew, and how she’s grown. “It was definitely a challenging season for me but I felt confident in my management skills. I liked to see that I had become the chief stew that I always wanted to be. I am supportive and I am kind, but it’s hard to see these things without them literally being shown to you on TV.”

2. She’s Learned Her Management

Kelliher tells Dockwalk that she has learned how to manage her other stews. “I took the things I didn’t like about my chief stews, which were they weren’t very approachable and strict and I’m like, we’re making beds and heads, there’s no need to undermine me or talk down to me. I think that kind of defined my management style. To an extent, I have to tell people what to do and be a bit of a boss, but I definitely feel like more of a team player and more approachable.”

3. She Hikes

Kelliher does a lot of outdoor workouts to stay in shape. One thing she likes to do is to go on hikes. Kelliher shared this video of herself and some friends hiking in Donegal. She captioned the post, “Our hike up mount errigal. Took 3 hours in total moderate level- really good path. Can’t believe how lucky we got with the weather was pretty much first day of spring. Just the most incredible views of Donegal. Some of Lord Of The Rings was filmed here.”

4. She Skis

Kelliher likes to ski to stay in shape. In this set of photos she posted on Instagram, she is seen on the slopes. Kelliher captioned the post, “The amount I have done of the last ten days has just been incredible. La➡️ San Antonio ➡️ aspen. I feel so incredibly lucky to have the amazing experiences and share them with the most amazing people. If your ever in San Antonio you have to stay in @thehotelemma but it’s not over yet next stop beaver creek.”

5. She Swims

Kelliher spends a lot of time by the water for her job. She also likes to swim to stay in shape. Kelliher shares a lot of photos on Instagram of herself in the water. She shared these photos of herself climbing out of the ocean, captioning them, “Coming up to Caribbean season.” Kelliher also shared this photo of herself in the pool, captioning it, “My plan for the week, pool, Bali, bed.”