Lala Kent Calls Deadlifts Her 'Worst Nightmare' But Loves How They Sculpt Her Booty
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To say Vanderpump Rules star Lala Kent has had an eventful year would be quite the understatement. In March 2021, the 31-year-old became a first-time mom, welcoming daughter Ocean into the world following several months of bed rest. (“No one could have prepared me for this kind of love,” she wrote on Instagram a week after giving birth. “Ocean, you are the greatest thing that has ever happened to me.”) Two months later, Lala published her first book, a collection of essays titled Give Them Lala. And in October, she called off her three-year engagement to Ocean’s dad, 50-year-old film producer Randall Emmett.
Whew. With so much uncertainty, Lala has relied on the consistency of her wellness routine to see her through. Whether it’s a beloved standby (breathwork!) or a new passion (cooking!), Lala’s healthy habits are helping to keep her body baby-chasing ready and her mind calm and clear. Here, a peek at how she does it all.
Lala’s secret gym weapon? A workout buddy.
“I'm going to be so honest,” Lala tells WH. “When I go into a gym, I'm like, ‘What do I even do with all of these things?’ I'm the type of person who has to take a friend with me who knows what they're doing or work with a trainer.” (Yes, girl, we love a good workout buddy moment!)
Lala’s go-to trainer is none other than celeb fave Jenna Willis—her clientele also includes starlets Camila Cabello and Liza Koshy—and she’s so much more than some rep-pushing drill sergeant. “She's been my trainer for a very long time and also a very dear friend,” Lala says. “If you're looking for a trainer, you have to find someone that you enjoy because it's almost like a therapy session. We're working on our body—and our mind and our soul and spirit.” Talk about the full package.
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She never skips a lower-body day.
Lala hits the gym four days a week, focusing largely on strength training. She warms up with 10 minutes on the elliptical (her primary form of cardio, though she does get in plenty of walks throughout the week, pushing infant daughter Ocean in her stroller), followed by free-weight and band exercises targeting a different body part each day—be it abs, arms, or booty.
But no matter the session’s focus, Lala always tries to squeeze in a few extra booty moves. “I’m definitely into the bottom part of my body,” she says.
Her hate-to-love-it exercise? Deadlifts. “They are actually my worst nightmare,” she says. “But I know by the end of it, when I'm walking down the stairs, I'm going to feel it and be glad we did it.”
She discovered the joy of cooking.
Lala’s approach to eating is grounded in moderation, and for the busy mom, breakfast is all about getting food into her body fast to fuel the day’s activities. Her first meal usually consists of a plain bagel with cream cheese or a plate of eggs with spinach, plus coffee with a little cream and sugar. Lunch is often similarly no-frills—a salad with tomato, cucumber, cheese, chicken, and a creamy dressing, or perhaps pasta from the restaurant across the street.
But it’s dinner that gets Lala’s lavish attention. You see, she recently started cooking for herself—healthy meals consisting of a lean protein (such as fish or chicken), a carb (such as brown rice), and a veggie (like spinach or yams)—and has really been enjoying the mouth-watering results. “I made the best chicken the other night with goat cheese and cranberries,” Lala says.
Lala uses diet (and Botox!) to bust her migraines.
How Lala eats is also important for managing her migraines, which she started getting around the age of 11 years old. Nowadays, when that initial “fuzzy feeling” starts setting in, Lala takes that as her sign to guzzle water and get some kind of protein into her system, stat. That one-two punch will often stave off the migraine.
Also helpful for her long-term migraine management: Botox. “I was getting Botox, so my face didn't move,” Lala says candidly. “And the plus was no migraine.”
When she’s stressed, she breathes through it.
Ultimately, for Lala, it’s her mental health that’s paramount. “Food and exercise is great,” she says, “but stress will kill us before a f—ing Twinkie.”
To that end, Lala spent a while dabbling in various modes of meditation hoping to zen out but found that sitting in complete stillness wasn’t for her. She then gave breathwork a try and discovered her go-to mental-health practice.
In the beginning, Lala had a set time each day that she’d set aside for breathwork, but recent stressors have caused her to turn to the practice more frequently for whenever she needs to soothe her soul. “When my mind starts racing, and I can feel the elephant starting to sit on my chest, that's when I know it's time to go and get centered again,” Lala says. “I think it's really important to do that.” A breath of fresh air, indeed.
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