Kate Hudson in a bathing suit paid tribute to her family on Mother’s Day. “My brood, my hearts, my crazies! I do everything for these beautiful humans I carried and raised/am raising 🐣🐣🐣 Mothers Day has been wonderful today. Wishing all Mamas out there a beautiful day! To all that are missing their Mama’s today, I said a prayer this morning to all the Mama’s in the heavens! In our family we still speak to the Heavenly Mama’s as they protect us, continue to send love to us and shower us with wisdom! Happy day to all 💕🌸💫,” she captioned it. How does the 43-year-old mother-of-three keep herself so physically fit? Read on for 10 of Kate Hudson’s top tips for staying in shape and the photos that prove they work—and to get beach-ready yourself, don’t miss these essential 30 Best-Ever Celebrity Bathing Suit Photos!
Kate is all about accountability. “My struggle is not in weight loss,” she told the Today Show. “Mine is about staying healthy, trying to stay focused and balanced.” This is why she partnered with WW. “One of the things about this re-imagining of WW is it’s not just about weight, it’s about wellness. To me, it’s all about support.”
Kate has her own line of supplements, INBLOOM. “Really where it started for me was beauty. Magazines would always ask me, you know, ‘What are your favorite beauty products? What do you do to keep your skin looking rested?'” she told InStyle. “My answer was always, ‘I know this is boring, but it’s an inside out job.'”
Kate exercises daily. “Now that Rani is getting a little bit older and her nap schedule is longer, I’ve been able to work out at least 30 minutes a day, maybe five times a week,” she told InStyle. “I make sure that I don’t go a day without doing something for 30 minutes. I’ve been doing that since April and I’ve noticed enormous changes in my body.”
Kate does a lot of different workouts to keep fitness exciting. “I do everything. I have to switch it up, I get so bored,” she told InStyle. “I’ve been loving the Obé app, they have 20-minute workouts that are really hard and if you do them with the proper form they’re really effective. I love my yoga apps, like Glo, and I use Body by Simone and Tracy Anderson‘s apps too — there’s nothing better than her abs workout. I love my Peloton. I love Pilates — that’s always been my number one.”
“I’ve always felt that wellness is about your quality of life,” Kate told Women’s Health. “You need to know what makes you feel good. It’s about doing the things you love, eating the things you want to, exercising and not feeling like you need to [push yourself] for two hours in a hot room. You can just take a nice walk and still be healthy.”
Kate is a devoted yohi”It’s about understanding your own individual likes, not fads,” she told SELF. “Anything you do helps. You could sit there and not think of your mantra for your whole practice, but you’re still benefiting.”
Kate is one of the many stars who follows an intermittent fasting eating plan. “It’s not for everyone,” she told Women’s Health. During fasting periods she will consume just celery juice, coffee, or tea, waiting until 11:00 or 11:30 a.m. to start solid food.
“When I [meditate], I can feel the difference right away. I feel myself becoming calmer, more centered and clearer-headed,” Kate writes on her Fabletics website. “Meditation also made me realize that there are times when I thought I had a grasp on what was going on with myself internally, then I meditated and found that my body was telling me something different.”
Kate told Well + Good that she is “an ab [workout] fanatic,” adding “and I hate [doing] them.” Stability ball crunches are one of the core exercises that helps keep her midsection tight. “I’ve had a C-section, and I think any woman who has had a C-section knows how hard it is to re-engage that lower part of your abs,” she said. “My C-section was 16 years ago, but if I go a few days without doing abs, my brain has a hard time re-engaging that area.”
Working out with friends helps keep Kate accountable. “Find a friend that likes to get it and GET IT!” she captioned a recent workout snap with pal Sophie Lopez. “According to a recent study, working out with a buddy could increase the effectiveness of your workout, but with that said—not all workout buddies are created equal. The study found that choosing a partner who you perceive to be a better performer than you could increase your workout time and intensity by as much as 200%,” says ACE Fitness.