They say age is just a number, and while that may be an overused cliche, it proves to be accurate as ever with these Hollywood legends. These graceful yet fierce actresses prove that there is nothing stopping women from achieving and maintaining fit bodies- despite the earth’s gravitational pull. These ageless beauties aren’t afraid to show the world what they’re working with, and just how hard they work to preserve it.
“Each of the talented and devoted women on our list made health and fitness a priority in their lives- year round, even while rehearsing for a big-screen role. This is precisely why they deserve to be mentioned as ambassadors of healthy lifestyle” says HFR founder and Houston’s “Fitness Czar” Samir Becic.
In hopes that these talented and hot Hollywood legends motivate you to conquer the body your heart desires, we have compiled a list of the actresses who put health and wellness at the forefront:
Angela Bassett, 62
- The actress stays in shape by keeping things ‘interesting’
- At 62-years-old Bassett is recognized for maintaining her outstanding physique and consistent fitness regime
- This graceful actress exercises 4 days a week, for 2 hours at a time
- In the gym, her primary focus is her arms, she weight trains with dumbbells
- Does jump squats to tone her legs and butt
- This ageless beauty admits that it isn’t all about exercise. It’s her healthy diet that keeps her curves in check.
- As far as her diet goes, Angela satisfies her appetite with hearty potatoes and fish, along with vibrant veggies.
- “You have to keep your diet interesting. I like tasteful and passionate food. It has to be flavorful. You gotta eat. It’s one of our greatest pleasures, but you’ve got to eat yourself well, which is why I’m also organic” said Bassett in an interview.
Demi Moore, 58
- Eats an anti-aging raw vegan diet
- Practices yoga to keep her body lean and vibrant.
- Follows a mostly raw vegan diet, consisting of vegetables, smoothies, nuts, and green juices.
- Runs 6 miles a day
- Long-distance cycling
- Strength trains
- Has a trainer
- Moore confessed that in the past, she suffered from body-image issues, and even hated her body at times. She has learned that a huge part of staying healthy is loving oneself.
- “I’m never hungry, and my body is nourished. Because raw food is so nutritionally dense, it’ll feed your body. A healthy diet is everything” Moore has said of her healthy diet.
Sharon Stone, 62
- Proves that age is truly just a number, thanks to her consistent exercise regime and nutritious diet.
- Unlike most celebs who workout at private gyms, Sharon stops by 24-hour fitness to stay in shape.
- Sharon likes to keep her workouts interesting by switching her routine up “Every time I exercise, I do something different based on which areas need to get in motion.”
- Does strength training
- Practices yoga
- Dances
- As far as her diet is concerned, Sharon Stone has a disciplined diet and abstains from all things alcohol.
- “This idea that being youthful is the only thing that’s beautiful or attractive simply isn’t true. I don’t want to be an ‘ageless beauty.’ I want to be a woman who is the best I can be at my age” Stone has said.
Jane Fonda, 83
- This health and fitness guru has tackled physical fitness and motivates the world to do the same with her fitness videos.
- Fonda still exercises regularly and posts workout tips and pictures to her Instagram- even throughout quarantine in her home gym!
- She has replaced running with walking, downhill skiing with cross-country skiing, and has given up horseback riding.
- Jane also partakes in regular Pilates.
- This fitness expert maintains a well-balanced diet- consisting of whole-grains, lean protein, and a very light dinner.
- “I stay motivated because it makes me feel good. I know how I’m going to feel afterward, and that’s what gets me to do it even if I don’t feel like it” Fonda has said.
Goldie Hawn, 75
- Believes in keeping things green and healthy in all aspects of her life.
- “I don’t eat a lot. I think we overeat,” Hawn, 71, stated about her food habits. “I drink my green juice every day!”
- This slim and stunning actress likes to keep her meals on the lighter side.
- Most of her meals consist of juices! Goldie reportedly drinks veggie-based drinks multiple times a day.
- “I do a lot of juicing, I don’t put a lot of food in my stomach and I don’t mix my foods too much. So if I want to have like protein I’ll just eat a bowl of lentils, I won’t mix it with a bunch of stuff.”
- She’s just as disciplined with food as she is with exercise.
- “I try to stay positive and be very very active. I walk every day and I run and do all kinds of that” Hawn has said.
- Dances frequently on her Instagram
- Her home gym features a peloton, trampoline, treadmill, and free weights
- Does trampoline bounce classes
- Weight trains
- Walks
- Pilates
- Yoga
Diane Keaton, 75
- Believes in the promotion of healthy aging!
- “Bottom line: I think healthy aging is something you take on with a modicum of grace[…] I’m at an age where the real goal is to be the best person you can be. That’s something that starts in your brain. It’s the real challenge of life” Keaton has said.
- As far as her diet is concerned, Keaton is a practicing vegetarian “I’m a vegetarian now. I don’t eat meat or fish. I eat eggs and cheese,” she states. “And I do watch what I eat.”
- Keaton also makes sure to exercise each and every day.
- “I walk. I get on the treadmill,” she says. “And I’ll walk really fast to break a sweat. One thing is for sure – I don’t run. It’s too hard. But the fast walking does give me a lot of energy to face the day.”
- This graceful and elegant actress also takes spin classes with her daughter, Annie Hall.
- “It’s rough. But at least I’m there. I’m sweating. I think the key here is that you don’t have to be like everybody else. Just do it. Do it the best you can do it.”
Susan Sarandon, 74
- Her advice to anyone wanting to age healthily is “You don’t smoke cigarettes and probably laugh a lot, and get the normal amount of exercise, and eat well and stay out of the sun would be the main things.”
- Stays fit with fun and upbeat physical activities- her favorite being ping-pong
- Lover of physical fitness, she exclaimed “It helps to live in New York because I walk everywhere. I ride my bike down the West Side Highway, and I get 30 minutes on the treadmill”
- Recently took up boxing “Someone gave me lessons as a gift, then I continued, and I like it,” the actress says. “I like the gym. It’s really fun with all the boxers, and it’s fun to hit – it’s a workout!”
- Her advice to young women to feeling beautiful: “Girls, enjoy it [life]! Get off your diets and stop complaining about your thighs because you have some roaming anxiety. Just enjoy the fact that you’re so naturally beautiful. So much of it has to do with attitude.”
Suzanne Somers, 74
- Has a renewed sense of living thanks to her organic diet and strict exercise plan confessing, ‘I’m going to live to be 110 years old!’
- She remains cancer-free after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2001.
- ‘I thought I had taken care of myself. I never thought this would happen to me,’ she shared. ‘The irony is that I was in great shape at the time. Physically, I was in top form.’ Although she admits she never viewed her diet as part of her health and often ate junk food.
- After her surgery, she was very vocal in her decision to forego chemotherapy and the decision to use alternative treatments for her recovery plan.
- On refusing chemo she said: ‘It has been a failure for so many. I was not going to take [it] and poison my body. For me, it was the best choice I could have made.’
- Instead, she used Iscador, a modern method of using mistletoe to increase the strength of the immune system. ‘Over the 10 years I injected it daily, I never had a cold or flu or even a day where I didn’t feel up to par,’ she said. ‘I realized how important it was to work at a healthy immune system.’
- Suzanne also switched to an overall healthier lifestyle in her bid to beat the disease. ‘I started growing my own organic vegetables… and started a routine of generally going to bed at 9.30 to 10 o’clock every night and sleeping until 7 am. I take perfect care of my machine.’
- Her fitness routine is also scheduled out: ‘I do yoga three times a week and I walk for a half hour every day.’In between, I get on the elliptical and my triple thigh trainer – I really do use the Thighmaster! – and do about 20 minutes on each of those. I also walk up and down the stairs a lot.’
- Her Instagram is full of health and wellness advice to all her followers!
Meryl Streep, 71
- With over 30 awards and nominations, it’s no surprise this elegant actress has conquered a healthy lifestyle!
- This phenomenal actress has welcomed the process of aging with broad arms, admitting that “You have to embrace getting older.”
- “For young women, I would say don’t worry so much about your weight. Girls spend way too much time thinking about that, and there are better things. For young men, and women, too, what makes you different or weird—that’s your strength. Everyone tries to look a cookie-cutter kind of way, and actually, the people who look different are the ones who get picked up. I used to hate my nose. Now I don’t. It’s OK.”
- As far as her diet is concerned, Streep eats mostly organic and has been doing so for years.
- Meryl Streep is an advocate for safe organically grown foods and is even a shareholder in the Community-Supported Agriculture Organization.
- While Streep isn’t a fitness fanatic, she does enjoy swimming regularly.
- She clocks up at least 55 lengths of her pool (around a mile) three to four times a week.
Tina Turner, 81
- This phenomenal singer believes it’s due to her great style, health and attitude.
- “A 50-year-old woman is equivalent to 40 when I was growing up,” she insists.
- This iconic singer has stayed a size 10 for the past 4 decades- and owes it not eating after 6 pm, drinking lots of water, and, of course, dancing.
- Tina’s commitment to exercise also helps keep her body in shape. With a home in Switzerland, she has become a devotee of saunas and steam rooms and “walking 10 miles up and down stairs at home.”
- Her daily breakfast consists of banana, kiwi and melon, and brown German bread
- n addition, she believes sleep is so important that she only has two meals a day because she sleeps so long.
- “If you take care of yourself, 60 is nothing for women these days. in today’s world you can be the kind of woman you want to be.”
