Laverne Cox is in vacay mode in her Gucci swimsuit! The Orange Is the New Black star flaunts her incredibly fit figure while vacationing in the tropics in a few of her latest social media posts. “Refresh, revive, renew!!!” she captioned one. “It’s not me!! I am not the problem!!!! It’s not me!!! Darn it!!!” she wrote about another. How does the actress and activist stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Laverne Cox stays 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!
Cox explained to InStyle that she believes every single person has the right to work out and feel comfortable doing so. “I’ve talked to trans folks who haven’t felt comfortable at a certain gym. They don’t feel like [the gym is] inclusive or they’re not supported, they’re singled out, or harassed there. So having this space be inclusive for people of color or LGBTQ folks, is crucial,” she said.
In 2017, Cox went vegan for a short period of time. “Found out today that @rubyrose and I are both Vegans. It’s only been 12 weeks for me but I feel so much better,” she wrote on Instagram. Four months into her plant-based diet she learned she had a soy sensitivity. She then started incorporating fish into her mostly plant-based diet.
During her InStyle interview Laverne revealed that she was inspired by the man she was dating. “He’s in incredible shape, and he’ll send me videos of him working out, and he boxes. He’s really committed to working out, so I’m going to get it together,” she said.
Laverne is a huge proponent of therapy. “When you have trauma, eventually it needs to be reprocessed. What I’m working on with my therapist now is building up my resourcing, so that when it’s time to reprocess the trauma, it’s not re-traumatizing. You don’t want to flood yourself revisiting that trauma because that can keep you from healing—you have to go slowly. My therapist defines trauma as too much too fast, or too little for too long,” she told Health.
“I started dance classes again and it’s so much fun. I hate working out, so getting in a rhythm has been a struggle,” Laverne confessed to Health. “When I go to the gym, it becomes goal-oriented and not process-oriented. When I start thinking about the results, it’s not a good space for me to be in. I’m better when I focus on the journey. I want to turn 50 and be healthy. That’s part of the reason I started dance classes again. I want to feel good in my body, mind, and spirit.”