- Kate Hudson just intensified her full-body workout routine after realising her old one had stopped showing results.
- The actress touts the importance of movement, and how it can help your overall health.
- “I need to be moving to feel good,” the 42-year-old mother of three said this week. “I love how flexible and strong I feel after a good workout, especially doing Pilates.”
Kate Hudson has many titles: actress, entrepreneur, mother of three, and world-class athlete. Seriously, when she’s not working, the 42-year-old is probably working out—and now we know a bit more about what her most recent workout routine looks like.
In a new interview with People USA, Hudson revealed that she decided to switch up her workouts this summer, noticing that they were no longer working for her body. “I’m definitely challenging myself in new ways, which I need,” she said. “I like to be able to set new goals to see what I can accomplish, and I love how flexible and strong I feel after a good workout, especially doing Pilates, which never gets easier.”
Hudson finds a way to stay active every single day, even if she doesn’t commit to a full-blown workout. “I need to be moving to feel good,” she continued. “Even just making time for a little movement every day—going for a walk, doing a few minutes on the treadmill, some Pilates, or if I have more time for it, I love hot yoga.”
The Almost Famous actress is a fan of sharing her workouts on social media, too. “Back at it with the sleeeeeeeedddddd ,” she captioned a recent post, which showed her pushing and pulling a sled, plus balancing on her super-toned legs. Another features Hudson in a deep stretch in her very own Pilates reformer. And yet another shows her working through an intense glutes workout.
View this post on Instagram
But Hudson is the first to admit that these kinds of workouts can be tough to keep up with. “It can be difficult to maintain a real routine when you are busy at home or working,” she told People, “but for me, the key to living well is to plug into what your body needs, and being active helps me refocus and reset.”
Now, she’s focused more on upping her intensity and building strength—but like so many others (like Adele), her devotion to the gym isn’t based on physical insecurities. “Let me be clear—I love my body,” Hudson continued. “It has birthed three children and given me so much more—you must honour your relationship with yourself and hold that sacred. And for that reason, it is so important to me to find time to make sure I'm fuelling my body in the ways it fuels me.”
“I see fitness as being active, not like being some sort of Olympian.”
“I see fitness as being active, not like being some sort of Olympian—as an expression,” Hudson told Yahoo Life earlier this month. “When we ride our bikes, when we hike, when we get into nature, when we dance, all of those things connect us to something outside of ourselves.”
“People always ask me how I get motivated to stay in shape,” Hudson recently wrote on Instagram. “The answer is: It’s what I know. It’s how I was raised. It’s ingrained in my brain that honouring and working our body is a gift and so I don’t take it for granted. I loooove moving. I love when it’s challenging. I love being in charge of my results. And I looooove seeing my daughter have fun doing it with me. They watch everything we do! Gotta make some good moves for kids.”
Even if you’re not able to replicate Hudson’s workouts exactly—they do look pretty intense, after all—you can at least adopt her way of thinking about exercise. What better way to connect with ourselves, our loved ones, and our world than through movement?
Newsletter
_(1)_(1)_(1).jpg&h=90&w=90&c=1&s=1)
