Track and Field Stunner Ivona Dadic in Two-Piece Workout Gear Goes "Back to Basics"

Ivona Dadic is breaking a sweat in her Puma exercise gear. In a new social media post the track and field star shows off her amazingly fit figure during a grueling sweat session at the gym. “✌🏼week in the 📖. #grinding #backtobasics #workingout #track #athlete #hardworkpaysoffs #puma #sportlandnoe #welcomeback #foreverfaster,” she captioned the series of Instagram snaps. “Never stopping 💪🔥,” Puma commented on her post. “Beautiful 🔥😍🔥,” added another follower. How does she approach diet, fitness, and self-care? Here is everything you need to know about her lifestyle habits.

1. Lots of Sprinting and Running

Dadic spends a lot of time running. "I train six days a week for about six hours a day," she says. "The training is very sprint-heavy, of course," she says. “In addition to the individual disciplines, we also have running units of around 40 minutes on the training plan. Since a heptathlon competition lasts two days, endurance is also required and you should be well prepared." According to the Mayo Clinic, running is great for cardiovascular health, muscle building, and weight loss. “For every mile run, the average person will burn approximately 100 calories,” they say.

2. Horseback Riding

"I like to go horseback riding,” she added, admitting, “it's difficult to get excited about sporting hobbies in addition to training.” According to the American Heart Association, riding horses is great for your health. Not only does it boost cardiovascular health, but builds core strength, burns calories, and lowers blood pressure. It is also great for your mental health as it helps relax you.

3. Tennis

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She also likes to “play tennis on vacation” she says. According to ACE Fitness it blends together cardio and aerobic exercise, as there is a lot of running around, and hand-eye coordination. "While tennis provides numerous health benefits—improved aerobic fitness and anaerobic endurance, muscular fitness (grip strength and endurance), flexibility, multiple skill parameters (balance, speed, agility and quickness), reactivity, and power—it also is psychologically demanding," they say.

4. Healthy Diet

She also maintains a healthy diet. "Although I don't have a specific diet plan, nutrition is an important issue," she says. "You eat consciously, especially before competitions. The sense for this develops over time or it arises through common sense. I'm currently trying to avoid meat, which works quite well. But sometimes I can't resist sweets when I'm not competing."

5. Strength Training

“There is also strength training, especially legs and upper body,” she says about her training methods. According to the Mayo Clinic, strength and weight training help reduce body fat, preserve and increase lean muscle mass, and burn calories more efficiently. Strength training may also help you:

• Develop strong bones
• Manage your weight
• Enhance your quality of life
• Manage chronic conditions
• Sharpen your thinking skills

Ivana Ivusic-Wilkin, a successful IFBB competitor, regularly shares glimpses of her fitness journey on Instagram. Recently, she posted a video from the gym, posing in new workout gear and expressing her goal to share more training content. Ivusic, known for her dedication to fitness, emphasizes the importance of setting personal goals, staying consistent, and doing workouts you genuinely enjoy. Her training routine includes weight training and lower body exercises, which she incorporates to stay strong and continually push her limits.

1. She Has Goals

Ivusic shared some of her wellness tips in an interview with Revive. She says that she sets goals for herself. “First thing is first, focus on your own goals! Be inspired by your own self and not some image you see online. Tell yourself there is no one you want to look more like than yourself and remember where you started! This is the most important part of sticking to your goals. We all start our fitness journey for many different personal reasons and those reasons will drive us to success if we continue to work hard every day. I encourage everyone to try different ways of healthy eating and exercising and then decide what works best for you. Do not allow other's poor choices to impact your own.”

2. She’s Consistent

Consistency is extremely important to Ivusic. She tells Revive, “Change doesn't happen overnight, it takes time and effort. We can't expect immediate results for habits we have had for countless years. If we do, we will soon be discouraged and discouragement can lead to deeper negative habits. Instead, let's focus on the process and the small changes.”

3. She Does Workouts She Likes

Ivusic tells Revive that she does exercises that she enjoys. “Start out with finding what the perfect type of exercise is for you. I highly recommend trying new things. Join a class, workout with a friend, workout alone, try group training, try cycling, etc. Most importantly do not allow yourself to think you have to work out just because you feel guilty for your daily food choices. This will set you up for failure and once we fail it can be much harder to keep going. Remember each goal takes time!”

4. She Weight Trains

Ivusic shares a lot of her favorite workouts on Instagram. She likes to weight train to stay fit. Ivusic shared this video of herself doing squats with weights. She captioned the post, “If it’s easy, make it hard. If it’s hard, make it easy.👌🏼Thanks for the hospitality @destinationdallastexas it sure felt great to be back! Always lots of excitement with the family @officialbetterbodies @officialgasp. Next stop Houston 🫡”

5. She Works Her Lower Body

Ivusic doesn’t skip leg day. In the previous Instagram post, she is seen doing squats. Ivusic also shared this video of herself doing lower body workouts like hip thrusts, single leg hip thrusts, and sumo squats. Ivusic captioned it, “Just trying to stay fit/maybe grow a little 😉 and share some training videos for y’all to follow!”

Maureen Blanquisco is modeling workout clothes. In a new social media post the IFBB contestant shows off her incredible body in a blue exercise set, driving her followers wild. “To all my baddies out there! This color makes your tan complexion POP,” she captioned the series of Instagram snaps. “So gorgeous 🩷🥰” commented one. “OKKKAAAY SLAAY SLAAY,” added another. How does she approach diet, fitness, and self-care? Here is everything you need to know about her lifestyle habits.

1. Swimming

When Maureen was younger she was a swimmer. “I always loved competing and performing. I usually call it “performing” instead of competing. Swimming was an individual sport. If I wanted to win, it all depended on me. I never liked depending on a team. If we lost because of them, I would get very frustrated,” she told Muscular Development.

2. Gymnastics and Cheerleading

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She then moved on to gymnastics and cheerleading. “Cheerleading was fine until one time we fell during a stunt, and it wasn’t my fault. I said, I think I work better alone,” this is when she discovered weights. “I started lifting weights at age 18. That’s around the time you want to look and feel good, putting on makeup. I was doing fitness training anyway, so I started to look for something I could do competitively that fit that. I had always wanted to compete in beauty pageants, but at 5 feet tall I was too short. Then I saw the Bikini Olympia on YouTube, and the woman who stuck out to me the most was India Paulino. She was my first idol! I thought it looked so cool. The women looked amazing, and this was the closest thing to a beauty pageant I could do. I thought I could just go compete in the Olympia. I had no idea you have to turn pro first, then qualify, the whole long process. But in my head, I only had one goal, to go to the Olympia.”

3. Here Is How She Preps for Shows

“I started prepping for the Olympia right after the Boston Pro in March, so that was seven months. It was a very chill prep because I was eating clean, but I was eating more than ever in a prep. I was still dieting, but it was more calories, and I did have one cheat meal a week. Now I see this is the best approach for me: a longer prep but with more food,” Maureen said.

4. Her “Breaks” Involve Cardio

When she does go on vacation, she still exercises. “I did go on vacation to Hawaii with my partner the week after the Olympia. That was on my bucket list. I did cardio every day, but I took five days off from weights. I had a couple of treats, but nothing crazy,” she says.

5. She Doesn’t “Gain Too Much” During the Offseason

Marueen avoids overindulging in the off season. “I have a very clear mindset that if I gain too much, it will be a lot harder for me,” she told Muscle & Fitness. “In Bikini, it’s all about condition, and while you could be ‘too’ hard, you certainly can’t be soft, either.”