Cardi B, Grammy Award-winning rapper and new mom of three, has been candid about her journey to lose the baby weight, and just had her third child. Sharing her workouts and thoughts with fans on social media, Cardi is tackling postpartum fitness with a focus on cardio and flexibility. Known for her hit songs and political outspokenness, she’s also using this time to keep herself physically and mentally active.
1. She Does Cardio
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Cardi talked about her approach to working out on X. She says that she is doing a lot of cardio workouts. “This is my third baby and postpartum is a little different from my first two… I’m not doing heaving lifting, no muscle straining, squatting none of that… just cardio.”
2. She Calls Out Hypocrisy
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In another X post, Cardi called out the hypocrisy of her haters. “Sometimes to avoid postpartum depression you gotta keep your mind busy, and for me that’s work and staying active… but you know what’s funny?? Y’all dragged me down when I gained 15 pounds because I was 5 months pregnant but now yall fake concerned and wanna talk about pressure??? Y’all said I was pregnant to avoid working now that you see I’m still at it it’s something else??”
3. She Uses A StairMaster
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Cardi is seen on a stairmaster in her Instagram story. Stair workouts have a lot of benefits. ACE Fitness states, “Some data suggest that using stairs in your everyday life, such as by walking up a flight or two instead of taking the elevator, is a burst of intense exercise that may stave off metabolic disease.”
4. She Stretches
Cardi likes to stretch on a regular basis. She talked about this in a video on TikTok. “Whew, you can’t build Rome in a day. But can you? I’ve been working out lately for two hours a day, and then I stretch for an hour. I want to be able to be as flexible as I was before I had my son [Wave], but my real goal is to be as stretchable and flexible as I was when I was a stripper.”
5. She Speaks Out
Cardi is known for being politically outspoken. In 2020, she did an interview with then Presidential-candidate Joe Biden for ELLE. In it, she shared her desires for the country. "It's important to have free [health care] because look what is happening right now. Of course, I think we need free college. And I want Black people to stop getting killed and no justice for it. I'm tired of it. I'm sick of it."
