Elsa Pataky is a model, author, and actress. She is known for her roles in the Fast and The Furious movies, and the film Tidelands. Pataky is working on a new project, and shared a post with her co-stars on Instagram. In one video, Pataky is seen working out with one of her co-stars. She captioned the post, “Working, training hard and enjoying my beautiful Spain with the best cast!/ Trabajando, entrenando fuerte y disfrutando de España con mis estupendos compañeros. 😉. ” How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Elsa Pataky stays in shape and the photos that prove they work.
As you can see from her Instagram post, Pataky likes to work out with others. According to Iowa State University, working out with others has a lot of benefits. “The highest quality or type of motivation is called intrinsic motivation – you’re doing something because the behavior itself is enjoyable, satisfying or both. If you enjoy exercise and not just the positive feelings you get after you’ve worked out, you are more likely to stick with it. Exercising with other people can supply that enjoyment, even if the activity itself is difficult or otherwise not something you love. Group exercise can turn working out into a fun social activity, which could lead to you continuing to do it.”
In her book, Strong, Pataky talked about her diet. She says that she doesn’t like to completely deprive herself of her favorite foods. “In general, I try to make my ‘cheat day’ a weekend day, but if I am feeling really low mid-week because of something that’s happened, I will give in to what my body asks for, whatever craving it is. Normally that is all I need, but I sometimes have a period where I’m feeling low for a few days, and that’s when I take the pressure off myself.”
Pataky shared some of her wellness secrets with Body + Soul. She says that she makes sure to choose healthy options for herself. “I started doing abs [workouts] all the time, and then I started to see my body change. I started eating healthier. And yes, you still have cravings – so it was very difficult – you know sometimes it [feels] impossible … especially when you have times when you’re really low and down. But I would always get back into it exercise. Even when I was like ‘No, I don’t want to do it…’. It would make me feel so good. I love eating foods that are good for me, and I loved getting stronger. I’ve always loved to feel muscly and sometimes I’d get too muscly, but that was my choice.”
Pataky told Body + Soul that her husband, Chris Hemsworth, got her into intermittent fasting. “He got me into fasting. So I’ve started fasting now. I was always like ‘Hmmmm, I don’t know!’ and it’s really hard, but then I started reading about it. Although, I was like ‘I don’t want to lose weight’ – because it’s a great way to lose weight, if you need to lose weight – but it won’t you won’t lose weight if you’re body doesn’t need to. And I learnt that, doing it. But I read that it was amazing for anti-ageing, so I was like ‘I’m in! I’m in!’ [laughs]. So he started it, and then I followed. But a lot of times, he starts something and I follow the exact opposite.”
Pataky makes sure to take care of her skin. She shared her routine in an interview with Grazia. “When you’re young you try different things to see what you like, to discover what’s good for your skin and what it doesn’t like. Then once you’ve figured that out, you really start getting into your routine. My routine now is all about getting my skin really clean, washing my face every night and applying moisturiser – and there will be not one night or one morning that I forget about it!”