I love Beyonce. I think she's real, seems pretty grounded, gorgeous, super talented and has a healthy, fit, womanly figure.
How does she maintain that "Single Ladies" body? Well, it doesn't come easy! The singer told SELF how she got in the best shape of her life for her current world tour.
She puts in the work: To get a tour-worthy body--one that can handle singing and dancing at the same time--the star works out five days a week with her trainer. Those workouts include 100 squats, step-ups and walking lunges (each!).
She makes it fun: An upper body workout can get boring with all those repetitions, so Knowles added her own twist. "I'll put on a song that I really like and do [biceps curls with] 5-pound weights the whole song," she told us. Or, using 3-pound weights, she'll box for the length of one track.
On working out: "I'm not one of those people who doesn't have to work at it. I can't eat what I want, and I can't not go to the gym . . . I'm trying to do as much cardio as I can, so if I have a really long day of dancing [in rehearsals], then I'll run maybe three miles. If not, then I'll run six."
On looking sexy: "To me, it's sexier when it doesn't look like you go to the gym. If you look like you've been spending a lot of time in the gym, then it just looks like you spend a lot of time in the gym. So I never want to get to that point where it's not natural. I think it's important to feel like a woman, as well as look like a woman."
On being curvy: "I feel best when I'm not really thin and not really heavy, like now, when I'm still curvy. I really believe that everyone is supposed to be different, and whatever is a natural weight for you is usually what looks best."
Image via Sports Illustrated Magazine.
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