UFC Octagon Girl Brookliyn Wren Shares Swimsuit Photo and “Is Magic”

Brookliyn Wren is living her best life in Turks and Caicos. In some of her most recent posts the UFC Octagon Girl flaunts her incredible figure in a swimsuit during a tropical vacation. “This place is magic,” she captioned the Instagram post. “Beautiful lady!!....” commented one of her followers. “Gorgeous,” added another. How does she keep herself looking fit and fab? Celebwell rounded up some of her top health habits.

1. She Reads

Wren is a reader. “These are a few of my favorite things,” Brookliyn captioned a post. One Harvard study published in Social Science & Medicine found that people who read books regularly had a 20% lower risk of dying over the next 12 years compared with people who weren't readers or who read periodicals.

2. She Does Pilates

Brookliyn does reformer pilates. Why is pilates a good workout? According to the Mayo Clinic there are lots of benefits to the workout, as it “strengthens the body's inner core while increasing its flexibility resulting in improved overall health. It can also promote longer, leaner muscles, injury prevention, relief from stress and back pain, enhanced athletic performance, and heightened mind-body awareness.

3. She Rides Horses

Brookliyn loves to ride horses. “Thanks to this nice man I got to ride his horse for a minute, and it was the best thing ever,” she captioned a post. 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.

4. She Runs

Brookliyn is a runner. 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.

5. She Meditates

Brookliyn takes time out of her busy schedule to meditate. “I been contemplating, meditating…” she captioned a post. “When you meditate, you may clear away the information overload that builds up every day and contributes to your stress,” says the Mayo Clinic. Benefits include:

• "Gaining a new perspective on stressful situations
• Building skills to manage your stress
• Increasing self-awareness
• Focusing on the present
• Reducing negative emotions
• Increasing imagination and creativity
• Increasing patience and tolerance
• Lowering resting heart rate
• Lowering resting blood pressure
• Improving sleep quality"

In addition to starring on the hit reality series Love Island, AJ Bunker is also a fighter. She recently returned to the ring and documented her process on Instagram. In a recent post, Bunker shared photos from the event. In some of them, she wore a blue and white swimsuit. Bunker captioned the post, “Fight week complete.”How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways AJ Bunker stays in shape and the photos that prove they work.

1. She Rides Quad Bikes

Bunker likes to do a lot of outdoor activities to stay in shape. She shares a bunch of photos of herself doing so on Instagram. One thing Bunker likes to do is ride quad bikes. She posted this photo of herself going for a ride in the Marrakech desert. Bunker captioned the post, “Had the best day ending 2019 quad biking around the Moroccan desert.”

2. She Swims

Another outdoor activity Bunker likes to do is go swimming. She shares a bunch of posts on Instagram of herself at the beach or the pool. Bunker posted these photos of herself and her friends enjoying time at the beach in Portugal. She captioned the post, “Missing the Portuguese sun and these gorgeous girls! 🥰💖Also happy Saturday angels. What’s everyone’s plans for the weekend!”

3. She Weight Trains

While prepping for her fights, Bunker shared her training process on Instagram. One thing she likes to do is weight train. Bunker appeared in this gym video Instagram collaboration with MF Daxn Series. In it, she is seen doing bicep curls, dual pulley rows, and deadlifts, among other things. According to The Mayo Clinic, “Strength training may enhance your quality of life and improve your ability to do everyday activities. Strength training can also protect your joints from injury. Building muscle also can contribute to better balance and may reduce your risk of falls. This can help you maintain independence as you age.”

4. She Boxes

Being a boxer is naturally one of the ways Bunker stays in shape. Boxing has a lot of benefits. Harvard Health states, “Fitness boxing is also a great aerobic exercise. Aerobic exercise gets your heart pumping and helps lower the risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. It can strengthen bones and muscles, burn more calories, and lift mood. Aerobics can also boost your endurance, which helps you climb a flight of stairs or walk farther. Plus, aerobic exercise is associated with improvement in certain brain functions.”

5. She Gets Sunshine

Sunshine offers a multitude of health benefits, both physically and mentally. Exposure to sunlight boosts the body's production of vitamin D, essential for bone health, immune system function, and reducing inflammation. It also helps regulate the body's internal clock, or circadian rhythm, improving sleep quality and mood. Sunlight can enhance mood by increasing serotonin levels, reducing the risk of seasonal affective disorder. It encourages outdoor activity, promoting physical fitness and reducing sedentary behavior. Furthermore, natural sunlight can improve vision health, reduce stress, and even lower blood pressure. Overall, moderate sun exposure, when combined with protective measures, can greatly enhance well-being.

Hannah Goldy is a professional fighter for the UFC. She’s spending time in beautiful Orlando, and is enjoying a pool day. Goldy posted a new photo on Instagram of herself lounging by the pool. In it, she wore a beautiful lavender bikini, showing off her body. She captioned the post, "ViBezzzzzz.” How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Hannah Goldy 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 Works With Different Trainers

Being a professional fighter, Goldy has to stay in shape. One thing she does to stay in shape is by working with trainers. Goldy revealed that she likes to work with different people in this interview. “Every training session I learn something new,” she says.

2. She’s Preventing Injuries

Goldy also has to take care of her body with her career. In the same interview, she says that she actively works to prevent herself from getting injured. “I have just been really focusing on injury prevention at this fight camp,” she says. “I had to adjust my training a little bit.”

3. She’s Motivated

Goldy makes sure to stay motivated for her fights. One source of motivation for her is her son. She opened up about her process to Fight Library, saying, “The past two years was just fun to me. It prepared me in that sense. It’s motivation. He just started talking and before my last fight this last Tuesday, there were times I had to go do cardio at 9-10 at night. It’s a tough weight cut at ’15 for me. I’m in the gym a lot. There’s just times I’m laying on the couch and I’m just like, ‘Ugh, I don’t want to get up.’ And he starts saying, ‘Get up, mommy! Get up!’ He’ll start saying it and I’m like, oh man, I got to go to the gym. I got to take care of him. There’s no other option right now. I need to take care of my son and nobody’s going to stand in my way and I’m going to win fights for him.”

4. She Learns From Her Experiences

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Being a fighter is difficult and it also means a lot of losses. However, Goldy makes sure to learn from her experiences and previous fights. She tells Fight Library, “The more fights I have before fighting the best fighters in the world, that’s cool. I’m just going to get better, keep sharpening my tools. I’m going to get where I want to get no matter what.”

5. She Embraces Her Body

A lot of professional fighting is a person’s body and weight, and Goldy embraces herself in every shape. She tells Fight Library, “I have people that know how to do it the right way with diet then sauna. I carry a lot of muscle for a female. A lot of it is water, which is nice for me. I think that 115 is my home right now. Like I said, I felt great in my last fight. I know my body enough to know how to cut down and feel good the next day. So I think I’ll stay at 115 for right now. But, if I got a good opportunity at 125, I’m not going to say I wouldn’t take it. I’m just trying to stay active and fight, and if it came around I’d take it at either weight class.”

Mackenzie Dern, the professional UFC fighter, loves to go to the beach. Naturally, she loves to break out her swimsuits. Dern just posted a new photo on Instagram of herself lounging in the sand. She wore a bright yellow bathing suit, and captioned the post with a matching heart emoji. "Amazing," said one fan. How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Mackenzie Dern 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’s Focused

In fighting, it’s important to be focused and have the right mindset. Dern tells the NYPost that she always prepares herself for a fight. “I think the mindset needs to be, when I’m going in to fight these girls, they’re not thinking about if their daughter’s, you know, is their daughter OK? Are they crying? Are they hungry? Or anything like that. They’re just focused on beating me, on winning, on [landing] the punches. And so, I think the mindset definitely changed and it’s gonna get me there to be champ material.

2. She’s Motivated

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Dern has a daughter, and she tells the New York Post that being a mother has made her more motivated. “I’m way more focused. I want to win my fights. I want to do good. I want to have good performances. And having someone depend on you, my daughter, it’s not just me.”

3. She Builds Muscle

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Being a professional fighter, you have to have muscle. Naturally, Dern tells the NYPost that she does a lot of strength training and building muscle. “I’m getting muscle, I’m working my strength training, and I’m keeping my body fat low. I’m in a way better place now, thankfully.” Reminder: "Strength training results in specific physiological adaptations. During the initial phase of a strength-training program, noticeable gains are made due to something called neural adaptability, which is an increase in the recruitment of motor units. As the nervous system becomes more efficient and recruiting more motor units, more force is produced. These initial adaptations are often falsely interpreted as muscle size increases," says ACE Fitness.

4. She Loves The Beach

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Dern loves to spend time at the beach. She tells the New York Post that her ideal day would be, “Go surf then after get a tan. Just relax on the beach tanning. I like to just lay in the sun.” "An estimated 1 billion people worldwide, across all ethnicities and age groups, have a vitamin D deficiency (VDD). This pandemic of hypovitaminosis D can mainly be attributed to lifestyle (for example, reduced outdoor activities) and environmental (for example, air pollution) factors that reduce exposure to sunlight, which is required for ultraviolet-B (UVB)-induced vitamin D production in the skin," says one study.

5. She Doesn’t Think She’ll Meet Her Goals Right Away

Dern is publicly trying to get into a certain weightclass. She tells Gracie Magazine that this is a long process, and that she doesn’t expect results right away. “You can’t be overconfident,” she says. That’s what got in my way regarding the scale leading up to UFC 224 in Rio; many unexpected things happened at the camp, but I always remained convinced that I was going to suffer but was going to hit the weight… And in the end, it didn’t work out.

MMA fighters aren’t just performers; they train incredibly hard for their work, and follow strict diets to stay strong and ready for a fight. “To be successful in MMA you have to absolutely love it,” says Paige VanZant. “And know that if fighting is in your heart that means it’s already a part of you. It runs through your veins. Being a female and a male-dominated sport can be very hard. The biggest lessons that I have learned throughout my years in fighting is, know your worth, listen to your gut feeling and never let anybody tell you what you can or cannot do.” So what does it take to be a UFC star? Here’s how 20 of the most impressive female MMA fighters stay fighting fit and camera-ready.

1. Ronda Rousey

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Ronda Rousey intermittent fasts and tries to follow a clean diet. “[My diet is] a kind of a combination of The Paleo and The Warrior diet,” she says. “I pretty much eat one meal a day – which takes place at night. I usually eat between 4 and 10 (p.m.). As far as supplements go, I don’t take anything that is made in a lab. If it was on earth 10,000 years ago then I will eat it. There is one exception to all of this each day: I get to have coffee every morning. That’s the only thing I really fudge on… There weren’t really hunger pains when I switched to the diet. You’re just used to eating, you’re sitting around and you’re bored, sometimes you just want to eat to keep yourself occupied. But as long as I’m busy – and I’m busy a lot these days so I’m run ragged all day long – I just pretty much need coffee and I’m cool.”

2. Holly Holm

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Holly Holm’s training is not for the faint of heart. “Monday through Friday every morning we have class and it’s intense,” she says. “They’re pretty hardcore workouts. Monday there’s MMA sparring, Tuesday is sparring, Wednesday is wrestling, Thursday is MMA day, Friday is wrestling, and Saturday I do sprint runs. So that’s just the morning. Other than that I run five days a week with Saturday’s sprint run being one of them. Monday through Friday four out of the five days I’m running distance as well. I do mitt work three to four times a week. I go back to either jujitsu or wrestling at night Monday through Thursday. I’m working out about four and five hours a day depending [on my schedule].”

3. Jessica Eye

Jessica Eye focuses on inner as well as outer health. “We do the exercising with our body and do the diet, but sometimes, we forget to exercise our mind and make ourselves better that way and think we have it all figured out,” she says. “This time, I was able to exercise myself in a way that I have never been exercised before, so it’s allowed me to feel more confident in my abilities, just like I did when I first started.”

4. Felice Herrig

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Felice Herrig was given the nickname “Lil Bulldog” for good reason. “I did start off as a kickboxer 11 years ago and racked up many kickboxing titles as an amateur and pro but I have evolved so much throughout the years,” she says. “Especially when I started training at Team Curran 5 years ago. They’ve gotten my ground game up as far as the jiu jitsu goes and also with my wrestling as well. I train hard and I’m determined. For me it’s always been important to become a well rounded fighter and I am comfortable on the ground and on the feet… If I put together the tools I have developed I’m gonna be hard for anyone to handle.”

5. Jessica Andrade

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Jessica Andrade overhauled her diet for training. "I started eating healthier, more salad, sweet potato and chicken, and I’m feeling stronger than I was before," she says. "I train with the same people I used to train before, and I’m using less strength against them. It was weird. I even asked them if they stopped working out because I felt stronger against bigger training partners. I used to eat a lot of pasta and cookies, things like that. I really eat a lot. I’d eat everything if you let me.”

6. Paige VanZant

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Paige VanZant works out every day, rain or shine. “I of course have a very strict workout regimen,” she says. “I’m in the gym every day twice a day. Since I have switched over to professional boxing my schedule comprises of boxing every day sometimes twice a day. And strength and conditioning three days a week. I do all of my training at American Top Team, a world renowned MMA and combat academy.”

7. Bethe Correia

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Bethe Correia knows how important it is to take time off from training for healing. “An eye injury is much more serious than fighting with an injured arm,” she says. “It could force retirement. I don’t wish to retire so early. I want to continue fighting for many years to come, so I followed all instructions to the letter. Vision is serious business, and as soon as the doctor gave me clearance, I let the UFC know.”

8. Rose Namajunas

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Rose Namajunas sticks to whole foods cooked at home as much as she can. "I try and make everything homemade as possible,” she says. “So that's kind of my thing. I'm never 'anti' anything, except for lots of sugar and things that are obviously bad for you. The more process that something takes in order to make from scratch, I think the less you should eat it… I try not to be too scientific with stuff. Whatever makes you feel good I think is what you should eat. I don't like sweets or anything like that. My parents are Lithuanian refugees. We grew up eating sauerkraut and potatoes. You know, just real Eastern European type stuff. I never really liked candy or anything like that. It's always been a lifestyle for me and not like I'm on this diet like this thing I have to do."

9. Carla Esparza

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Carla Esparza ups her protein when she wants to build more muscle. “I’ve been wanting a fight for a long time, so I’ve been training super hard,” she says. “I’ve been changing a lot of things in my nutrition, in my supplementation, so I feel like I’m excited to show a kind of newer, bigger, stronger, better version of me… I was just preparing myself using the UFC Performance Institute, using Clint (STAT) for nutrition, just adding a lot of protein into my diet, adding supplements, and just doing all these things to kind of ensure that I was going to be as strong as I could possibly be.”

10. Miesha Tate

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For Miesha Tate, being active is not just work but pleasure. “I’m an outdoorsy person. I love being in the water, whether it’s on a boat or just relaxing, and I love inner tubing. I also love camping or just being in the sun, enjoying life!” she says. “I’ve learned firsthand that training smarter, not harder, is just better. Doing this sport for so long, I know my body really well. I’ve had fights where I have definitely overtrained and didn’t give myself enough rest between fights or during training camp. I typically use a heart-rate monitor to track my recovery each morning to see where I’m at, and if it’s a day to push really hard or take it a little lighter. I also use it when I’m sparring to make sure my heart rate’s getting up high enough. After workouts, I’ll often take an ice bath to speed recovery.”

11. Joanne Calderwood

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Joanne Calderwood never skips breakfast before she trains. “I always have my coffee first, and then I eat two eggs, half an avocado, and two slices of bread,” she says. “But before eating, I take my iron, then after breakfast, I take Vitamin C, Beta-Alanine, a B Complex, and a magnesium glycinate powder. I try to get that all in before my 30-minute stretch session. Afterward, I move to mobility, then a pad practice, and then a pro practice with some sparring and live situation type fighting.”

12. Cat Zingano

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Cat Zingano is passionate about becoming a better fighter through her training. “I worked with some wrestling coaches that I grew up with and we wrestled on the national circuit together,” she says. “Lester Bowling, he's Georges St. Pierre's wrestling coach and I've been working with him for years. For jiu-jitsu and judo, I work at a great school in Denver and I did a tournament at the Olympic training center and won that… I think I'm better at this sport than I was at any other sport. It's my calling and I've heard from many people that this was meant for me and I'm excited for this to take off for me and to put on the best fights I possibly can.”

13. Michelle Waterson

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Michelle Waterson trains by shadow boxing and tabata workouts. “I think it is important to drill over and over again until you are sick of drilling, then drill some more,” she says. “I also like shadow boxing which is like fighting an imaginary opponent. Shadow boxing allows you to fix your mistakes and make your movement smooth so that it becomes second nature. Doing bag work is also a good workout routine. It allows me to work on my power and footwork. One of my favorite things to do to improve my stamina are tabatas. 20 seconds high intensity, 10 seconds rest, seven times, then rest for one min in between sets. Do it three times. This is a very short but very effective way to build your explosive muscles.”

14. Melissa Sophia Karagianis

Melissa Sophia Karagianis trains other fighters, and loves her work. “I run the Warrior Women’s Fit Program,” she says. “It’s out of Kingsway Boxing at their high-performance location. I’ve been running it now for about a year. It’s a mixed-martial arts-inspired workout Bootcamp. So it’s growing and it’s an awesome bunch of ladies that I train.”

15. Bruna Ellen

Bruna Ellen says she thrives under pressure. "I competed overseas before, and I know how it’s like to fight with the crowd booing you and all that, and that kind of helps me," she says. "The crowd was booing me in Turkey, and cheering a lot when my opponent entered the gymnasium. This pressure actually helps me, to silence the crowd. I know how it’s like. I react well under pressure, and I’m mentally prepared."

16. Claudia Gadelha

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Claudia Gadelha starts every day with meditation before her training schedule kicks in. “I love my breakfast, so I cook a very nice Brazilian breakfast every morning to be nourished for my hardest session, which is always in the a.m.,” she says. “I love waking up to a nice cardio session, so even on my rest days, I wake up and go for a nice run or a high intensity session. I work out two to three times a day. Usually a strength and conditioning session and two technical sessions.”

17. Bruna Vargas

Bruna Vargas wants to be known for her skill as much as her looks. "It would be hypocritical to say that beauty doesn’t help, but I believe that it’s not only that," she says. "I fight Muay Thai for 10 years, I’m 2-0 in MMA, and I’m sure that I’ll show in this fight that they didn’t sign me only because I’m beautiful. I’m going there to fight, not for a fashion show."

18. Alexandra Albu

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Alexandra Albu loves CrossFit and running to stay in shape. “I wake up, eat my breakfast and after that I run like the wind to a training session,” she says. “After training I go to lectures. Next there is work as a CrossFit instructor and after that I have a jog planned, then maybe I can get some rest. I’m always nervous before I compete. There are always chills before I enter the cage, but when I’m in, when I can see people yelling, rooting for me, all that nervousness goes away and it's only fun after that.”

19. Mackenzie Dern

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Mackenzie Dern is trained in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and it’s still a major part of her exercise routine. “In the afternoon, I go to my dad’s BJJ academy and ​teach classes and get my BJJ training in there,” she says. “Wednesdays and Saturdays consist of sparring rounds at The MMA Lab. I keep to a strict diet when I’m training for a competition, but I love sweets like candy and pies."

20. Jinh Yu Frey

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Jinh Yu Frey swears by a healthy lifestyle with good habits. “I try and stay in pretty good shape all the time, but about four weeks before a fight I really start sharpening up my skills and with these title fights there are like twenty five minutes, it gets me time to get my cardio to where I need to be,” she says. “I don’t eat processed foods and I try to stick to organic and as close to raw as I can. Mornings I do usually eat oats with chia and hemp seed and honey. After that it’s lots of legumes, nuts, and vegetables. I really don’t eat much meat. Mostly vegetables and quinoa, especially during a fight camp.”