Kate Beckinsale Doesn't Mess Around When It Comes to Her Fitness Routine
Kate Beckinsale Doesn't Mess Around When It Comes to Her Fitness Routine
Kate Beckinsale has been open in the past about the fact that fitness hasn't *always* been her jam. But now, she's all in with working out to feel her best physically and mentally—and it shows.
Kate didn't start exercising until she was in her 20s, when director Michael Bay asked her to lose weight for the 2001 movie Pearl Harbor. “It wasn’t great, it didn’t make me feel good," she told Women's Health of the experience. Despite the sucky reason she started exercising in the first place, Kate's come to learn working out on the reg has perks. “Now exercise is almost more important to me mood-wise,” she said. Of course, she's built her super-strong body from all of her workouts, but she said the physical part feels "like a great side effect.”
Now, Kate regularly shares videos and pictures on Instagram of herself crushing workouts and just being all-around active. If you're not familiar with the ins and outs of Kate's fitness routine but want to feel seriously inspired, here's a closer look at just about everything she does to look and feel this good.
4) She likes to work several muscle groups at once.
Kate is big into compound exercises—that is, moves that work several parts at once. She kicks off her workouts with eight compound exercises that work two muscle groups at once, like biceps curls as she squats, or situps with combination punches.
7) She does yoga on the go.
Kate sometimes goes out of town for filming, and she takes her workouts along with her. “You’ll find yourself in Bulgaria, and you don’t know anyone, and they’ll say, ‘Well, we have a trainer who’s available, and he’s literally called The Punisher,’” Kate told Women's Health. So, she packs yoga workouts recorded by Jessica James and Mandy Ingber. “I haven’t been injured while doing an action movie, and I think it’s partially from practicing yoga," she said.
12) She doesn't neglect her core.
Celebrity trainer Gunnar Peterson, who also works with Kate, told WH that the actress does fast-paced, total-body exercises with an emphasis on her core. And yeah, it shows.A few core moves she likes? Supermans, pushups with shoulder taps, and bicycle crunches.
Hello, abs.