Laverne Cox in Bathing Suit Says "Refresh, Revive, Renew!!!"

Laverne Cox is in vacay mode in her Gucci swimsuit! The Orange Is the New Black star flaunts her incredibly fit figure while vacationing in the tropics in a few of her latest social media posts. “Refresh, revive, renew!!!” she captioned one. “It's not me!! I am not the problem!!!! It's not me!!! Darn it!!!” she wrote about another. How does the actress and activist stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Laverne Cox 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 Promotes Inclusivity in Fitness

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Cox explained to InStyle that she believes every single person has the right to work out and feel comfortable doing so. "I've talked to trans folks who haven't felt comfortable at a certain gym. They don't feel like [the gym is] inclusive or they're not supported, they're singled out, or harassed there. So having this space be inclusive for people of color or LGBTQ folks, is crucial," she said.

2. She Dabbled in Veganism

In 2017, Cox went vegan for a short period of time. “Found out today that @rubyrose and I are both Vegans. It's only been 12 weeks for me but I feel so much better,” she wrote on Instagram. Four months into her plant-based diet she learned she had a soy sensitivity. She then started incorporating fish into her mostly plant-based diet.

3. She Is Motivated By Others

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During her InStyle interview Laverne revealed that she was inspired by the man she was dating. "He's in incredible shape, and he'll send me videos of him working out, and he boxes. He's really committed to working out, so I'm going to get it together," she said.

4. She Does Therapy

Laverne is a huge proponent of therapy. “When you have trauma, eventually it needs to be reprocessed. What I'm working on with my therapist now is building up my resourcing, so that when it's time to reprocess the trauma, it's not re-traumatizing. You don't want to flood yourself revisiting that trauma because that can keep you from healing—you have to go slowly. My therapist defines trauma as too much too fast, or too little for too long,” she told Health.

5. She Doesn’t Like to Exercise

“I started dance classes again and it's so much fun. I hate working out, so getting in a rhythm has been a struggle,” Laverne confessed to Health. “When I go to the gym, it becomes goal-oriented and not process-oriented. When I start thinking about the results, it's not a good space for me to be in. I'm better when I focus on the journey. I want to turn 50 and be healthy. That's part of the reason I started dance classes again. I want to feel good in my body, mind, and spirit.”

Actress and activist Laverne Cox has become known for showing off her figure on Instagram. She’s posted both swimsuit photos and videos of her dancing or modeling a new swimsuit. Cox recently posted another dancing video on Instagram from a recent vacation. She captioned the video, “There was something about being in Mexico that made me dance 24/7.” Read on to see 5 ways Laverne Cox 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 Bikini Photos!

1. She Dances

Cox posts a lot of videos of her dancing on Instagram, and is open about her love and experience with dancing. Cox has dance experience and previously worked as a drag performer before making it as an actress. In this video, Cox is seen dancing in heels, and she captioned the post, “Oh I haven't been dancing and definitely not dancing in heels lately. It felt good this day to do a little two step. I definitely need to work my stamina back up and find my full groove again. I'm forever a work in progress. And you definitely need to swipe for that third slide. Shout out to @nicolescherzinger for the inspiration.”

2. She Swims A Lot

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Cox loves to swim and posts a lot of photos and videos of herself enjoying time in the pool. Cox posted this reel of herself enjoying the pool with the caption, “Vacation’s all I ever wanted.” Cox revealed in The New York Times that she doesn’t just swim on vacation. “I just moved into a condo, and we have a pool. It’s one of my main reasons for moving here, so I can swim.”

3. She Eats Healthy

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Cox revealed her diet in an interview with The New York Times. She says that she tries to eat healthy, and avoids some specific foods. She states, “Meat, sugar and dairy are all really bad for my skin. I avoid gluten.”

4. She Was Previously Vegan & Eats Pescatarian

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In 2017, Cox revealed on Instagram that she was trying a vegan diet. “It’s only been 12 weeks for me, but I feel so much better,” she said at the time. However, she revealed in a New York Times piece the following year that she was no longer vegan. “I was vegan for four months last year, but then I did a food sensitivity blood work panel and found out I’m sensitive to soy. If you’re vegan and can’t eat soy, it gets real tricky.” Cox later says that she has decided to adopt a pescatarian diet, and avoids gluten. “I started eating fish again. I’m basically a gluten-free pescatarian, and then I go in and out of sugar and carbs.”

5. She Takes Care Of Herself

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Cox is open about practicing self-love and acceptance. In a recent Instagram post, Cox revealed that her mental state hasn’t always been great recently, that the pressures of social media are affecting her, and that she’s working on herself. She wrote, “I have to practice feeling free. The shame, the self judgement, the perfectionism are so hardwired I have to practice freeing myself of those things and creating new wiring in my nervous system daily. I carefully curate what I post here and I am very particular about how I look. At a photoshoot yesterday I picked myself apart in vicious, brutal ways. I said these things jokingly on set out loud for the entire set to hear them. Even jokingly this negative picking myself apart took a toll on me.” She continued, “It's important to note that I know I get messages and comments from all of you everyday telling me how beautiful I am. Thank you! Some days I'm able to receive it and truly believe you. Other days I just can't receive it. My therapist Jennifer Burton Flier recently said on my podcast that we are teflon for the positive and velcro for the negative. A day at a time all I can do is try to rewrite the story I'm telling myself so that a more resilient body replaces the shame and trauma body that's so deeply hardwired. I'm making progress. The fact that I had that aha moment in the car on the way home is a sign that my body is becoming more and more intolerant to abusive treatment. I wouldn't allow it from anyone else. That's progress. Now it's time to not allow it from myself, a day at a time.”

1. She Loves To Swim

Colby is an accomplished underwater swimmer. "Every time I go for a swim I feel like the earth and my incredible swim colleagues have enabled me to have experienced something pretty amazing," says Dr Jenny Martin, a physician and clinical pharmacologist at the University of Newcastle. "You get a release of hormones that make you feel good, like the molecules that are in morphine drugs, and other feel-good hormones like serotonin, dopamine. After an ocean swim in winter, you sometimes get a temporary natural high when you get out … definitely a euphoric feeling."

2. Paddle Boarding

Colby shares her adventures with paddle boarding on her social media. “I had a breakthrough today with @rinconpaddleboards I have never been able to root myself properly for longer duration. I could get up but it didn’t last long,” she says. “Damiano took the time during our private lesson to break down every detail of what’s happening on the board, in the water and in my body and how to respond for more stability. I have a long way to go and needs to stay lower and work on arm placement but I felt so happy with today’s lesson🎉 I always Learn so much.”

3. She’s a Dancer

Colby is a professional dancer, something she says changed her life from day one. “I discovered Burlesque in Chicago quite some time ago, years and years ago- I was addicted from the first show,” she says. “There’s something very empowering about Burlesque. I started learning right away, I started performing way too soon! There’s some great video footage to prove that. But it’s all been a really fun journey, even watching old videos, it’s cool to see how much more at ease I am with myself and with my audience. But it’s funny, I have maintained the same lumbering stance since I started. There’s nothing delicate about me on stage, I just throw my guts out there and then I walk away and let people sort out what they saw.”

4. Mental Health and Confidence

Colby says giving back to the community is one of the best ways to gain happiness and confidence. “My advice, for what it’s worth… If you’re trying to gain or regain confidence, don’t do it through Burlesque,” she says. “Help in your community, educate yourself, travel, find where your real strength lies.”

5. Embracing Her Unique Looks

Colby is famous for her many tattoos, something she considers a “storyline” for her life. “I don’t think I took collecting tattoos seriously at first,” she says. “I mean my first tattoo was an LBT tribal tramp stamp of a butterfly…Ha! I have definitely acquired some more impressive tattoos since then but I collect them for the story. I’m not afraid of people judging the work I have on my body, it’s a storyline for myself. I love it when my friends work on me, I love to collect the memories, I cannot have an artist work on me that I don’t feel close with. I have to feel a sense of kinship I’ve been very fortunate to find that across-the-board with my tattoo artists.”

Reality star Madison LeCroy is catchign some rays and sharing the love with us. LeCroy just shared some new bathing suit snaps to her Instagram story. In one, she wore a pale pink and white checkered bikini, showing off her body. How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Madison LeCroy 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 Keeps Her Skin Hydrated

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LeCroy has gorgeous skin, and she takes good care of it. She revealed her favorite products and secrets to Us Weekly. LeCroy says that she makes sure to keep her skin hydrated all the time. ​​"I keep [my skin] hydrated because when you put makeup on and it looks dehydrated, everything looks bad. I mean, I think this is definitely the trick to having good makeup, is a fresh face."

2. She Uses Lip Masks

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LeCroy tells Us Weekly that she likes to go to sleep with a lip mask on. "If there's going to be one product that I'm going to sit here and tell you that you have to buy, it's Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask,” she revealed. “I use this all the time and I kind of go ham on it. I also use it after I put lip liner on too sometimes. When I wake up, I still feel like I have Chapstick on."

3. She Embraces Her Plastic Surgery

LeCroy is open about her plastic surgery treatments. In this revealing Instagram post, she opens up about her reasons for getting them done. “I was introduced to Dr. Patrick O’Neill, and he gave me my confidence back and transformed the parts of my body that I was most self-conscious about. Women should never be shamed for doing anything that makes themselves more confident or love themselves more. If it makes you feel better about yourself, do it! If your sister, mother, daughter or friend is considering doing something to boost their confidence and self-worth, then support them!”

4. She Went On A One-Month Cleanse

Last January, LeCroy, like many, decided to start the year off healthy. Unlike many, she actually followed through. LeCroy revealed on her Instagram story that she was on a new cleanse for the month/ “Day one. No alcohol, no carbs, no sugar. 29 days to go.” LeCroy also cleaned out her fridge, and shared a photo of it empty on her story, captioning it. “Starting from scratch.” She shared a new photo of her fridge full of fruits, veggies, eggs, and water.

5. She Snowboards

LeCroy might live in sunny South Carolina, but she loves to spend time in the snow. One thing she loves to do is snowboard. LeCroy posted this reel on Instagram of herself on the slopes. She captioned the post, “Sometimes you need to adjust your altitude.”