TV legend Jennifer Aniston is now admired as much for her acting as she is for her incredible
physique. She is committed to a healthy body and mind through a rigorous mix of exercise programs,
nutrition, and consistency. This is how Jennifer Aniston stays so fit.
Jennifer Aniston is committed to working out. Like, really committed. In 2012, she told InStyle:
"I work out almost every day, at least five or six days a week. I do 40 minutes of cardio:
spinning, running, the elliptical, or a combination of all three.
Then I do Pilates one day a week, and I do yoga in addition to that, three days a week."
She told Well + Good in 2018:
"Keeping your body confused is always the key for me."
So, Aniston will do a spin-yoga class one day, then she'll go to the gym and get in
some strength training or cardio, quote, "just to change things up."
She explained:
"It's really good to get sprints in, to get in that interval training,
because it's monotonous to do one pace."
One of Aniston's personal trainers, Leyon Azubuike,
told Women's Health in 2020 just how diverse her workouts are, noting:
"We box, we jump rope, we do strength training, we do a lot of work with resistance bands [...] We
rotate these things so it's always hard, she's consistently being challenged."
"She's a wonderful person, OK. And, um,
you know, the relationship has been built through a mutual respect for each other."
She may be a passionate yogi, but Jennifer Aniston's love of working
out stretches far beyond yoga. When InStyle asked the Golden Globe winner
about her go-to workout in 2018, she couldn't help but gush about boxing!
Aniston said:
"Last year I discovered boxing, and I love it. It's the longest workout I've actually stayed with
consistently other than yoga. There's something about the mental aspect of boxing — the drills,
your brain has to work, you're not just sitting on a bike. It's amazing."
She added:
"You get a mental release of all this crap you're taking into your ears and
eyes every day and have little fantasy moments imagining who you're punching."
Aniston was introduced to boxing by her trainer,
Leyon Azubuike, who owns boxing studio Gloveworx in Los Angeles.
Explaining why he's a firm believer in the benefits of boxing, he told People:
"It's very interactive, and the best part is that it's infinitely progressive.
We can regress the workouts as much as we need to accommodate anyone from beginner to Olympian."
It seems Aniston's love of staying fit knows no bounds. In fact, she's game to
try anything! While speaking with Shape in 2017, she revealed that she had just discovered yet
another workout obsession thanks to her pal and fellow actress, Emily Blunt: interval training.
Noting that she still loves yoga and cardio,
the actress sang the praises of her new fave workout. She said:
"I think muscle confusion and switching it up is important.
I work out at Rise Nation and with my trainer [Rise Nation founder] Jason
[Walsh] who just has me carrying really heavy ropes around and throwing medicine
balls against walls and stuff. I'd never really done anything like that before, but I love it."
"What is Rise Nation?" "Rise Nation is a 30-minute effective, efficient and safe conditioning class."
She also subscribed to The Class by Taryn Toomey. Aniston said:
"You get your emotions out, you get your psyche cleaned, you get your body sweating.
It checks a lot of boxes. You feel the power of the group energy — it's kind of an extraordinary
experience. Not to expose too much, but the first time I did it I was in tears!"
According to Leyon Azubuike, the actress was pretty much born to exercise.
Speaking with People in 2018, he said that having Aniston as a client has been a, quote,
"great experience" because "she's very diligent."
He told the mag:
"She is ready to work out hard, every single time she hits the gym [...] Whether it be a
45-minute session, whether it be a 2-hour session [...] and that makes my job a little bit easier."
Azubuike also told Women's Health that there's nothing that scares Aniston in the gym, saying:
"Every exercise I throw at her, she dominates it.
Even so, her work schedule means that Aniston can't always be working out, which is why Azubuike
uses what's known as "periodization." As he explained to Women's Health, he builds workouts in
phases that can last weeks, months, or longer, and are tailored to Aniston's ever-changing schedule.
That means she'll work out anywhere between three
to seven days a week in sessions that last 45 minutes to an hour and a half.
Azubuike added:
"Where we are in a cycle dictates the duration and
intensity of Jen's workout. If I know Jen isn't filming anything,
it's a different phase than if I know she's going to be walking up to receive an award."
It's clear that Jennifer Aniston is devoted to fitness, but that doesn't mean that it comes easy.
As she herself has admitted on numerous occasions, she's not immune to losing
motivation. Speaking with Women's Health in 2014, Aniston revealed she's never done the
same workout too many times because, quote, "You eventually stop doing it, and you just get lazy."
She added:
"Mixing it up is always fun because that way you know you're excited,
and it's muscle confusion. It keeps your body awake."
"I did yoga, and I worked out with this trainer that was an animal."
But even when she's keeping boredom at bay, she confessed to Women's Health:
"There are days I go 'I can't' and 'I don't want to,' and I think you
just have to listen to your body. So sometimes you just don't work out.
And then there are times when you go, 'Really? Do you really not want to?'
And then if you just say, 'OK, I'm going to get on some machine for 10 minutes,' you just
start to get the endorphins going. Then you feel great, and you just keep going."
It's not always fun, but as Aniston told People in 2016, you just have to, quote,
"bite the bullet" and push yourself. She said:
"Once I'm back into it, I love it and I crave it."
Jennifer Aniston has created many trends over the years — lest anyone forget the
Rachel haircut — but one of the things that has consistently drawn praise from her fans
are her toned arms. According to The Morning Show star, it's all about yoga and weight training.
She told People that lifting her own body weight is effective, adding:
"Grab little five-pound weights if you have nothing else and just move them around."
In her InStyle interview, Aniston advised
that it's also important to keep the arm exercises going at all times. She said:
"I take eight-pound weights with me whenever I'm staying in a hotel.
It's always good to do arm exercises when you're watching television or talking on the phone."
According to another one of Aniston's trainers,
Danielle Lagree of Lagree Fitness Studio, who spoke with InStyle,
the actress has a couple of go-to moves, including a chest press with a resistance band.
Lagree explained:
"You want to wrap the resistance band around your hands. [...] You're
going to push your hands out and then criss-cross them [for two minutes]."
Aniston isn't just serious about exercising,
she's also committed to a strict diet. Speaking with htcafe in 2015, she revealed:
"On Sundays, I eat whatever I want. Otherwise, I stick to a low-carb,
gluten-free diet with lots of protein and vegetables."
Her go-to snack includes brown-rice bread
with a little coconut oil and sea salt on top, which she said is "delicious."
In addition to watching what she eats, Aniston also told Radio Times in 2019
that she's become a firm believer in the benefits of intermittent fasting.
In 2016, she told Elle that pasta was her new favorite,
all because of her then-husband, Justin Theroux. She said:
"[He] brought the pasta back into my life. I don't
know whether I should thank him or hate him for that."
Jennifer Aniston delved further into what she eats on an average day with Elle in 2016,
and it's all about making the healthiest choices.
She said:
"When I wake up, I have warm lemon water and then I have a shake or avocado and eggs,
which is one of my favorites. I sprinkle a little coconut oil on that."
Alternatively, she'll opt for a puffed millet cereal with banana or
oatmeal with a whipped egg white.
Aniston revealed yet another breakfast fave to Shape in 2017, saying she loves, quote,
"a quick shake with protein powder, spinach, maca powder, berries, and vitamin C powder."
Jennifer Aniston doesn't just work out and eat right...
she also puts emphasis on taking care of her body and mind through self-care.
Sunday, for example, isn't just her cheat day, it's also her "spa day."
In 2017, she told Shape,
"I usually do a little mini facial time where I just give myself a good scrub,
use a mask, and then the new Aveeno hydrating facial."
When asked to share her "can't-miss wellness ritual," Aniston also revealed
that BFF Courteney Cox had introduced her to the magic of portable infrared saunas.
Aniston said:
"It kind of looks like a little igloo. It's such a game changer in terms of your skin detoxification
and cell rejuvenation. I've noticed a real change in my energy, and my sleep, and my skin."
The TV star has also tried her hand at a technology detox. She told Shape:
"I have been really trying recently to do the Sleep Revolution that Arianna Huffington
wrote about — leaving your phone outside of your bedroom. The times I've been good at doing that,
I have had better sleep. And you don't wake up to emails and dings."
"It's within five feet of where you're sleeping it
messes with the deep sleep you're trying to get into."
"Oh no, OK."
"Why would you want to do that to yourself?"
"I don't."
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