Adriana Lima is breaking a sweat in her exercise gear. In a new social media post the Brazilian model shows off her amazing body and impressive moves during a workout session with celebrity trainer Kirk Myers. “Crushing It: Getting Vs. Ready,” he wrote on the Instagram Stories video of the former Victoria’s Secret Angel, who returned to the runway for this year’s show. How does she approach diet, fitness, and self-care? Here is everything you need to know about her lifestyle habits.
Longevity is the end goal and motivator for Adriana when it comes to her diet and exercise goals. “I plan to live a long time,” she told Elle. “Keeping your body healthy with workouts, it’s important what you put into your body. Eating this way gives you energy so you can have a long day of work and not feel exhausted.”
Lima relies on meal delivery services to ensure healthy eating. She even travels with a cooler filled with pre-made meals from Perfecting Athletes, a South Florida-based nutrition service used by pro boxers and UFC fighters, which she microwaves in her hotel room. Most of the meals are plant based, like chickpeas, brown rice, and edamame. Can’t afford a meal delivery service? Meal prepping will help keep you on track.
Lima avoids vitamins and supplements, nourishing her body with food instead. “You can have these types of results and instead of having vitamins, you can use food as energy,” says Lima. “Traveling and being at photo shoots, it’s kind of hard to find healthy food. I have these two girls I’m very lucky to have, Michelle [Ingels] and Paulina [Indara]. They are nutritionists and certified in Chinese medicine so they design my meals depending on what I’m doing at the gym. It keeps me moving.” What does she like to eat? “I love smoothies, fresh fruit, and veggies. I also take a daily vitamin and drink lots of different herbal teas to help purify my body,” she told CR Fashion Book. She also drinks “lots of water.”
Lima is a fan of 54D—a “human transformation program” that involves high-intensity training workouts, she revealed on Instagram. “Breathless today. It was so tough,” she captioned a post.. “But I enjoyed [it]!” There is lots of research backing up the benefits of HIIT workouts, including body fat reduction, improved cardiovascular function, and mental health. It is also time effective.
She also loves to run. “If I have a gym at my hotel, I’ll wake up and do a quick workout, or I’ll run outside as a way to see the place that I’m visiting,” Lima told CR Fashion Book. “Another good trick of mine is packing a jump rope and doing ten minutes in my room first thing in the morning to get my heart rate up.” According to the Mayo Clinic, running is great for cardiovascular health, muscle building, and weight loss. “For every mile run, the average person will burn approximately 100 calories,” they say.
Adriana boxes with Michael Olajide Jr. of Aerospace, and says throwing punches is her favorite workout. Harvard Health maintains that boxing is a great way to build strength, improve balance, posture, hand-eye coordination, boost mood and endurance, and helps increase alertness.