Cameron Diaz, 52, swears by this exact cardio workout
Cameron Diaz stepped away from acting back in 2014, but now, she's officially back – well, Back in Action.
The Netflix film, which also stars Jamie Foxx, stars the two actors as parents who used to be secret agents. But the couple finds themselves back at work when their cover is blown.
For Cameron, taking a break from acting 'was something I just had to do,' she said at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit in October, per The Hollywood Reporter. 'It felt like the right thing for me to do to reclaim my own life and I just really didn’t care about anything else.' (In the meantime, the 52-year-old welcomed two children, reportedly via surrogate, alongside husband Benji Madden.)
While you're watching Cameron run around on-screen, it's fair to wonder what she does to be in such amazing shape. While Cameron is famously pretty private about her personal life, she’s shared a few things over the years. Here’s what to know.
She loves interval training – that only takes 5 minutes
Cameron loves cardio – but the 'right' kind of cardio, she told OWN back in 2016. For the actress, that means interval training.
'Some people can get on the cardio machine and go for two hours at the same pace – it's the same sweat, just a nice little glisten,' she said. 'You want to be a fire hydrant in New York City that just got busted open, and you're pouring out after and everybody gets wet. That's the kind of cardio you want to do.'
Cameron prefers to get her cardio done in just five minutes. 'I just get on my elliptical and I do intervals,' she said. 'You sprint... for a minute. A whole minute. Then, you stop for a minute; you just kind of [jog to] bring your heart rate down. Let it come down, then a minute later... [sprint] for another minute.. Do that five times. You are bursting with sweat.'
She works out with trainer Teddy Bass nearly every day
The actress works out with trainer Teddy Bass nearly every day, according to The Sun. The two work through a mix of strength training, HIIT, and Pilates exercises together.
It's important for Cameron to show up for workouts. 'Some days I go to the gym for literally 10 minutes. But the fact that I got up and got there matters to me,' she told Self in 2014. 'Because at the end of all of this, I want to be able to say, "I did the best I could." It’s not about having a ripped stomach. It’s about taking care of myself.'
She ‘transformed’ her body for Charlie’s Angels
Cameron grew up eating junk food, she told USA Today. While she changed her eating habits as a young adult, Cameron didn’t do much exercise until she started training for Charlie’s Angels when she was 27. During training, Cameron said she morphed from having a 'skinny frame' to 'a strong powerful body.'
'It felt amazing. I watched my body transform over a week of intense training – some days doing upward of 1,500 to 2,000 kicks a day,' she said. 'Kicking, kicking, kicking for eight hours. All of a sudden, I had six-pack abs. It was painful. I would not recommend that anyone blast their body like that. It was an intense, physical challenge. But it woke me up to my own body and what it was capable of.'
Cameron kept up an exercise routine after that. 'I went to the gym this morning. I did cardio. I went on the elliptical for half an hour. Sometimes I do the treadmill. I do a mile as fast as I can go,' she said.
The There's Something About Mary star detailed her fitness and health journey in her 2014 bestseller, The Body Book.
She exercises for her longevity
Cameron wants to be as healthy as possible for as long as possible. 'I want to make sure I don't get sick,' she told USA Today. 'If I'm blessed to get older, I want to make sure I can maintain quality of life.'
So glad you're back, Cameron!
From: Women's Health US
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