Vanessa Hudgens Shares Bikini Snaps From "Sunday Fun Day"

Vanessa Hudgens works hard all week long, in her words “work, work, work, work, work, work, work, work, work, work, work, sing, sing, sing, dance, dance, dance, work, work, work”—but she also knows how to take a break. The Princess Switch and tick, tick...Boom! star frequently posts photos from a pool or ocean somewhere, including just yesterday, in which she wore a zebra-print bikini top with a neon green bottom. “Happy weekendddd,” she captioned the photo on Instagram. Read on to see 6 ways Vanessa Hudgens 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. Hudgens Eats Like This When on Set

“I mix it up every now and then, but I always go to the exact same spot and rotate between a breakfast burrito, this fried rice that has vegetables and eggs on it, or this thing that's like bread, but it's made with seeds and there's almond butter and jelly on top of it. And then always an almond milk latte.” For lunch when she’s on set, “lunch is kind of like combination of lunch and dinner. We have catering, which is lovely, but I kind of eat the same thing every day, whatever vegetables there are, whatever fish there is and whatever pasta there is,” she told Vanity Fair.

2. Hudgens Eats Like This When Cooking

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If she’s feeling like something different, “A typical breakfast for me is two scrambled eggs, three pieces of bacon and a half of avocado and coffee and normal lunch is chicken with another half of an avocado, tons of greens, maybe some nuts on top of there. For dinner, I normally either have grilled salmon or steak like butter on it and grilled vegetables or a salad and a glass of wine. My favorite cheat snack. I love hot Cheetos. I don't know why I always have, and I always will," she told Rachael Ray.

3. She Likes Her Tried and True Workouts

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“I'm always down to try something new. I just love getting my blood pumping and I feel like it's just such an important thing to constantly do. So I'm always down to try something new,” she told Access Live. “I like tried and true with my soul cycle, Pilates and yoga. I like, I know what works for me for my body, but I just keep that up constantly.” She can also be seen working out at the Dogpound training center.

4. This is Her One Piece of Fitness Advice

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“Just try new things. There's so many different types of fitness out there for everyone. And like one thing will resonate with you and then find a group of friends to do it with like, that's my favorite thing is getting my girlfriends together and going and doing a class together because then you have someone to hold you accountable, which I think is really important. But just enjoy it. Like, it can be a fun thing.”

5. She Says Get Athleisure You Love

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"Another great thing for working out is like get fitness clothes at leisure that you're into. Like I designed for Avia and I did this whole collection and I'm continuing to work with them because I'm like, it's so amazing when you put on fitness clothes and you actually feel good before the workout. And then you go into the workout with confidence and an extra boost in your step. And then you're looking at yourself in the mirror and you're like, oh, I look good. I feel good. Let's do this workout,” she told Access Live.

6. She Knows the Value of High Fats

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The star mentioned avocado and she means it. "I need high fats," Hudgens explained toWomen's Health. "If I'm not getting enough, my body holds on to calories. We've been trained to think that fats are bad, but they're so good—a source of energy and sustenance that keeps you going through the day. That's the only way I can not eat carbs." "One serving of a medium avocado is low in carbohydrates, yet it contains three grams of fiber," Toby Smithson, MS, RDN, CDE, of DiabetesEveryDay and author of Diabetes Meal Planning and Nutrition, told our sister site Eat This, Not That!. "Consuming higher fiber may reduce the risk of heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, and obesity." A 2019 study says eating the fruit regularly results in "a lower prevalence of excess weight, and attenuates adult weight gain in normal-weight individuals over time."

Another weekend, another bikini fashion show! Vanessa Hudgens beat the heat this weekend in a few different swimwear selections. After rocking a zebra print bikini on Saturday, the actress opted for a leopard print string style on Sunday, cooling down with the help of a friend and a hose. It was hard not to notice the star’s incredibly toned abs. How does she achieve them? Read on to see 7 ways Vanessa Hudgens 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’s All About Old School Weight Training

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Vanessa can be found at The Dogpound, a celeb-loved private Los Angeles and New York based gym that focuses on weight and strength training. She often works out with her pals, sharing videos of her gut-busting hardcore workouts. “Some say we do too much. I say we do just right,” she captioned a recent clip, transforming a cat cow into a dance move. Other regular exercises she does? Tons of modified squats, kettlebells, weighted sled pushes, leg lifts on all fours, and lots of ab work.

2. She Also Mixes in a Variety of Workouts

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“My body builds muscle very quickly and I don’t love the way it looks on my body. So I find the way that I achieve the body that I want for myself is to lengthen, to lean and to tone,” she told Parade. This is why she mixes in Pilates, Soul Cycle, and hot yoga into her strength and weight training regiment.

3. Some Days She Doubles Up

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Vanessa often does two workouts in a day. However, she won’t do the same workout both times. “Some days when I have the time, I love doing Pilates first and then going over to Soul Cycle. I love a double up!” she told Parade. “I always feel so accomplished when I double up.”

4. She’s Into the (Workout) Buddy System

Vanessa is all about the buddy system when it comes to exercise. "I'm the type of person that needs to be in a class," Vanessa told PopSugar. "I need someone telling me what to do, and I love being in a group environment because I'm very competitive, so it pushes me to work harder than I would if I was by myself." She often shares videos of herself exercising will pals, and always looks like she is having a blast.

5. She Is a Morning (Workout) Person

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Vanessa is all about daily workouts, first thing in the morning. “I would do seven days if I had time,” she told Parade. “I love starting my day off that way because sometimes I’ll have a less productive days and if I’ve gotten a workout in, then I feel like I’m accomplished no matter what.”

6. She Plans Ahead

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Instead of waiting until the last minute, Vanessa commits to working out ahead of time. “I normally sign up for a class the night before so I don’t even have time to think about it and just wake up to having to go to workout,” she told Parade. “If I don’t do it first thing in the morning it normally does not happen.”

7. She Has Worked Out on an Empty Stomach

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"I work out on an empty stomach usually," she revealed to Parade. "I kind of to go between intermittent fasting and Keto and so it's normally just black coffee and a lot of water first thing in the AM." "If you exercise in the morning, get up early enough to finish breakfast at least one hour before your workout. Be well-fueled going into a workout. Studies suggest eating or drinking carbohydrates before exercise can improve workout performance and may allow you to work out for a longer duration or higher intensity. If you don't eat, you might feel sluggish or lightheaded when you exercise," says the Mayo Clinic.