Zelina Vega Shows Off Rock-Hard Abs and Says “Back To Work”

WWE star Zelina Vega is showing off the impressive results of her intense training routine, on social media. Vega, 33, posted highlights of her life recently, including a stunning snap of her posing in gray sweats and a matching sports bra, looking strong and toned. “Thank you all for the bday love yesterday. Means more than you know. Never know what helps fuel a person to keep fighting. Or just to simply not feel alone. Love you guys. Now, back to work💪🏽,” she captioned the post. Vega works hard to stay strong and ready for the ring—here’s how she does it.

1. HIIT and Muay Thai

Vega does plenty of HIIT workouts mixed up with martial arts. “I workout probably, like, six days a week,” she told Muscle & Fitness. “My husband [Malakai Black] likes to make these, like, powerlifting routines for me and then we also mix it up with Muay Thai. So, it’s a lot of different things that I feel like helps me a lot in the ring, whether it’s strength-wise, speed-wise, so yeah, it’s tough but you gotta fit it in.”

2. Diet Advice From The Rock

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Vega enjoys a vegan diet, and brings her own food on the road. “It is very difficult to eat though, I will say that, because you are just so busy running around all the time,” she told Muscle & Fitness. “Like even with [media calls], I completely forgot to eat, but I learned this from Dwayne Johnson: He had a timer on his phone that showed ‘OK, it’s time to eat’ and he would stop what he was doing and he’d make sure he gets his meals in, and then he would continue doing what he was doing.”

3. Video Game Star

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Vega appeared in the Street Fighter 6 video game as a commentator, and would love to expand to other games. “I've always loved Mortal Kombat and Tekken 2,” she told Screen Rant. “I think what's cool about the fighting game community is that I think we just kind of support all games. It's not even just after one, that's all you can ever be. But also, I would love to be a part of something that has to do with Naruto or Demon Slayer or something like that, because I'm such a big anime head that I'd love to kind of blend those two. Because obviously, I've played Naruto and Ninja Storm, stuff like that. So in some ways, I'd like to find a way to blend the anime gaming space there.”

4. Puerto Rico Pride

Vega is thrilled about the increased diversity in the wrestling world. “It has always been important to me. I’m Puerto Rican from New York,” she told TV Insider. “We’re all very proud of who we are. My family, I’m proud of them and feel like I’m representing them. I’m also representing the culture while I’m doing what I’m doing. I want that to reflect well on all of us as Latinos and Latinas. You think of Eddie [Guerrero] and Rey [Mysterio], but I wanted people to initially, especially in NXT, to think of me. That was a huge thing for us.”

5. Pre-Fight Ritual

Vega has a moving ritual before she gets in the ring for a fight. “I have a moment where I talk to my dad,” she told HOLA! USA. “I call my guardian angels. I go through my list: my dad, my uncle, my grandfather. I mean, even my little puppy that I lost. So I get to talk to them and tell them to be there with me because, without them, I wouldn’t be where I am. And even though they’re gone, I feel them making sure that I’m safe in the ring. I always say, ‘Make sure I’m safe, make sure I remember everything, make sure that the fans love it.’”

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1. She Does A Variety Of Workouts

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Vega has to stay in shape in order to be a professional wrestler. She is typically pretty secretive about what exercises she enjoys doing. However, she did give her followers a taste of her go-to workouts in this Instagram video. Vega likes to do a lot of different things to stay in shape. In the video, she is seen using a fitness bike, doing ab workouts, kick backs, and leg lifts.

2. She Bikes

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Vega loves to go biking. She sometimes likes to take her cats in a basket with her. Vega revealed she got a new electric bike to use in this Instagram post. She captioned it, “This is the dopest bike ever. @electricbikecompany killllled this custom! It’s so great to be able to ride again and in Akatsuki color fashion 🔥 I love it! Even my cats love the basket.”

3. She Works Hard

Vega is all about hard work. In her birthday Instagram post last year, she opened up about her life and where she is and wants to go. She says, “I’m just getting started.. The hard work never stops.. Nothing is going to get in my way..I’ll never give up.. It’s my nindō, my ninja way!”

4. She’s Connected To Her Roots

Vega is Puerto Rican, and she has a lot of pride in this. She shared this post on Instagram the day of the Puerto Rican Day Parade. Vega captioned it, “PR PROUD. Wishing I could be at the PR Day Parade today.. but celebrating here at home while I heal. Nothing but love and respect for mi gente.”

5. She Strives For Balance

Wellness is extremely important to Vega. She is always striving to find a positive state of mind in her life. Vega wrote about this in the caption of this Instagram post. She says, “Manifesting health, balance and stability.” "Positive thinking doesn't mean that you keep your head in the sand and ignore life's less pleasant situations. Positive thinking just means that you approach unpleasantness in a more positive and productive way. You think the best is going to happen, not the worst," says the Mayo Clinic.

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1. She Wants To Highlight Women’s Wrestling

Ripley wants women’s wrestling to be highlighted. “I want the women's division to be the biggest that it's ever been,” she says to GQ. “But there's always that selfish side of you that wants to be the face of the women's division. I want to make history, to make a legacy for myself – but if accomplishing that means that the women's division doesn't grow and get better, then it wasn't really worth it.”

2. She Does A Variety Of Workouts

Ripley shared her favorite workouts with GQ. She says that she does a variety of different workouts. “Normally, when I go to the gym, I do 20 minutes of cardio, then lift weights for two and a half, sometimes three hours – it really depends on what I want to do. It's my happy place, so I like to spend time there – it's the one place I get to turn my brain off. At the moment, I still get in to do cardio and I'm weight training at least six days a week, but today I only did back [training] for an hour.”

3. She Makes Time For Herself

Ripley has a busy schedule, but she always makes time for herself. “It's important to have those moments of free time when you can turn your brain off,” she told GQ. “Whether it's at the gym, watching a movie, or just spending time with friends and family – anything you can do to put yourself at ease and make yourself feel like a normal human for a couple of hours.”

4. She Pushes Herself

Ripley tells Muscle and Fitness that she pushes herself at the gym. “I don’t really have a schedule sorta thing. Like, yes, I have my allocated days for certain muscles but sometimes that gets muddled up (due to the demands of a pro wrestling career). This is a very taxing job so you don’t know how you’re gonna feel each and every day, so you just try and go in and do as best as you can but for me, I just try and lift all the heavy stuff! Like, I workout with Buddy Matthews, so, he lifts extremely heavy and I try and keep up with him. It’s pretty much impossible but, you know, I do make him question himself every now and then!”

5. She’s Motivated

Ripley shared her motivations for being better at wrestling with The Sporting News. "We don’t technically have a leader, none of us really lead – we just have specific jobs that we are better at. They all listen to me and they all believe in me and it helps me believe in myself at the same time. I’ve obviously got a target on my back… it’s keeping me quite occupied. I’ve got my hands full, but at the end of the day it makes the day go faster and I love a good challenge – I’m down for whatever is thrown my way."

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1. She Eats Vegan

Vega is a vegan, referring to herself as "vegan athlete.” She's also spoken about maintaining a vegan diet on her YouTube and Twitch channels. A vegan diet consists of avoiding all animal products, from meat to dairy. "Many people around the world eat plant-based diets for a variety of reasons, some because meat is not readily available or affordable, others because of religious convictions or concerns about animal welfare. Health has become another reason people are moving to plant-based diets. And research supports the idea that plant-based diets, including vegan diets, provide health benefits," says Harvard Health.

2. She Does Fasted Cardio

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In one of her Instagram Stories Zelina revealed that she does fasted cardio, which means she performs cardio one an empty stomach. What are the benefits? According to some experts, accelerated fat loss.

3. She Gets Meals Delivered

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Zelina relies on meals prepared by Trifecta meal delivery service. The program is catered around performance athletes, offering clean meals for various lifestyles, including keto, paleo, and vegan. Meal delivery programs are a great way to practice portion control and prevent grabbing unhealthy meals on-the-go.

4. She Cheats

Zelina takes cheat days to keep herself motivated. On one day she noshed on pizza followed by frozen yogurt with donut holes on top. Cheat meals are a great way to reward yourself, when on a strict, healthy eating program.

5. She Works Out Like It’s Her Job

Zelina works out like it’s her job – because it actually is! Her workouts are no joke, and involve heavy weights and lots of reps, incorporating MMA moves in. She also uses resistance bands to increase the burn, per her social media posts. Obviously, she spends a lot of time fighting, which is also a great form on fitness.