10 Ways Elsa Pataky, 45, Stays Super Fit All Year Round

ICYMI, Spanish model and actress Elsa Pataky is talented, gorgeous, and a super badass mom. But you know what else? Elsa is pretty much a workout fiend, too. She and Chris Hemsworth, her dreamy husband of 10 years, looove a good sweat sesh, and they're always posting about exercising on their respective feeds. And TBH, all of Elsa’s hard work in the gym definitely shows. She’s currently 45, but it looks like she literally hasn't aged since her 20's. TLDR; we need the details of her fitness routines, workouts, and general healthy habits, stat.

Lucky for us, Elsa isn’t shy about sharing all about her workouts with the world. Not only does she feature tons of fitness posts on her Instagram grid, but she even published a book detailing exactly how she gets (and maintains) her super strong, toned AF bod last November. Specifically, her routine includes a little bit of everything: There’s glute work, yoga, boxing, beach workouts, horseback riding, and more.

Now that you know Elsa is a freakin’ beast in and outside the gym, keep reading for the nitty-gritty details of her workout routine and more. A major bonus? Many of these workouts are totally quarantine-friendly, so you can do them just about anywhere. If you're someone who's looking for some inspiration, you definitely won’t regret it.

When she was younger, Elsa had a true *fear* of building too much muscle, she told Body and Soul. At first, she thought that putting on weight from building muscle was a bad thing. She later realized that the muscles were truly making her a healthier (and stronger!) human, she told the mag. Here's the entirety of her glute-building workout, according to her IG videos.

• Single leg glute raise, 20 seconds each leg
• Dumbbell good mornings, 20 seconds
• Dumbbell lunges, 20 seconds each leg
• TRX squat jumps, 40 seconds
• Exercise ball hamstring rollouts, 40 seconds
• Banded walking squats, 20 seconds each way
• Banded glute kickbacks, 20 seconds each leg

Repeat for 4 rounds, 20 seconds rest between rounds.

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Because of their shared love for fitness, Elsa and Chris literally created their own workout app called Centr Fit. 'The reason we created this program was to bring together all the people we think are really good in fitness, nutrition, and mindfulness,' Elsa told WH. 'I think those three things are important to keep healthy and happy. Chris put it together, but I wanted to be a part of it, too.' Noted! Here, she demos a quick beach, bodyweight workout from the app that includes walking lunges, bear crawls, ab swings, and squats.

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'I discovered yoga, and I discovered how to stretch the muscle and make it more beautiful,' Elsa told Body and Soul. She said this combination of creating muscles with weights and then "styling" muscles by elongating them with yoga was perfect for her. Now, she's definitely what we'd call an avid yogi.

And FYI, her workout schedule looks like this: weight training three days per week for an intense 30 minutes, and then one or two yoga sessions per week, according to an interview with Women's Health Australia. She's been a practising yogi for over eight years.

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Thanks to her IG feed, we see that Elsa incorporates both cardio and strength training into her workout routine by boxing on the reg. In one Instagram post she even squeezed in a training sesh with her longtime friend (and former Olympic boxer!) Jorge Blanco.

Michelle Keegan also likes to box, read up on how she stays fit with a hectic shooting schedule.

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Inspired by the killer abs of the Olympic gymnasts and runners she saw on TV, Elsa started training her core from a super young age. 'I loved their abs!' she told Body and Soul. 'So I just wanted to have a body like that. And I liked sports... and so then I started training and my goal was to have abs!' She said from there, she became "obsessed" with abs workouts.

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On days she doesn't feel like doing weights or cardio, Elsa will take to the ocean for surfing, she told Marie Claire UK. She notes that even if she's not up for a traditional workout, she always tries to move her body in some way, like with surfing, at the very least.

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'Horse riding is probably my favourite [activity],' Elsa told Marie Claire UK. 'I love surfing, too, but I’ve been horse riding since I was really young. It gives me that focus and I really enjoy the adrenaline because with a horse, it doesn’t all depend on you.' If you take a look at her IG feed, you'll see that Elsa horseback rides all the dang time, and has even gotten her kiddos to love the activity, too.

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Elsa literally can't *not* work out for more than two weeks at a time. She says that taking too long of a break not only makes her energy go down but because it also causes her to feel super nervous. That's why she stays so consistent, she told us —it's vital toward her mental health.

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'I think mindfulness is one of the most important things for your body and being healthy,' Elsa told Marie Claire UK when asked about her meditation routine. 'I think it’s good to do it as often as you can, even for just 10 minutes. I’ll do it at least three times a week.' She said she'll meditate both in the morning and at night, before the kids wake up and after she puts them to bed.

Here's how one woman used meditation to stave off burnout.

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