There is a compliment that Jennifer Aniston does not like.
Turns out she despises the remark: ‘You look good for your age.’
The Friends actress, 54 – who has kept in shape by being a fitness fanatic and healthy eater for decades – says the phrase makes her buts and wants it changed to: ‘You look great – period.’
She told British Vogue: ‘It drives me bananas. I can’t stand it. That’s a habit of society that we have these markers like, “Well you’re at that stage, so for your age…” I don’t even understand what it means.
‘I’m in better shape than I was in my twenties. I feel better in my mind, body, and spirit. It’s all 100 per cent better,’ she noted.
Thanks but no thanks: There is a compliment that Jennifer Aniston does not like. Turns out she despises the so-called compliment: ‘You look good for your age’; Seen left in March and right for the cover of Allure in December 2022
This comes after she revealed this week that she has many injuries.
The Emmy nominee talked to InStyle about how she has beaten her body up over the past 15 years in order to look Hollywood perfect but it has taken a toll on her.
While talking up her new collaboration with fitness brand Pvolve, she said now her mindset around health has shifted.
That means she no longer does exercises that are ‘too repetitive’ – like being on a StairMaster for hours.
‘When you’re in a mindset of, “I need to do 45 minutes of cardio or I won’t get a good workout,” it’s daunting,’ she shared with the site.
‘I believed it for so long. I just burnt out and broke my body.’
Sometimes she just worked out too hard. And a therapist had to point it out.
‘My physical therapist gave me a Barbie doll that’s covered in Kinesio tape,’ she shared.
‘It’s a silly mental image until you realize the purpose of all that tape is ‘to show every injury I’ve had in the last 15 years.’
Tough: She told British Vogue: ‘It drives me bananas. I can’t stand it. That’s a habit of society that we have these markers like, “Well you’re at that stage, so for your age…” I don’t even understand what it means.’ Seen in a new ad
She looks great at any age! Seen in a bikini in Hawaii in Just Go With It in 2011
Beach babe: ‘I much prefer working out with friends,’ she admitted. ‘Doing your own workout by yourself, meh. If you get some good music going you can have fun, but I like to be guided. It’s too easy for me to do things less correctly than I should’
How she cultivates the right workout vibe: ‘I much prefer working out with friends,’ she admitted.
‘Doing your own workout by yourself, meh. If you get some good music going you can have fun, but I like to be guided. It’s too easy for me to do things less correctly than I should.’
Turns out she jams to hip hop during her sweat session.
‘It’s hard for me to choose favorites. There are so many! I’m really into Lizzo right now, I love Rihanna, of course, and I love old-school ’90s hip-hop.’
On Tuesday she showed off an astonishingly toned tummy.
She was seen flashing her midsection in a bra top and leggings for new images to promote her collaboration with Pvolve, an exercise program that pairs functional movement with resistance-based equipment.
Muscles! On Tuesday the 54-year-old TV and movie actress was seen flashing her midsection in a bra top and leggings for new images to promote her collaboration with Pvolve
The Hollywood it girl started working with the program after hurting her back two years ago.
And she claims Pvolve helps ‘strengthen and restore’ her body through its on-demand classes.
‘As we get into our lovely older periods, we have to keep it exciting. And we have to be kinder to our bodies,’ the Friends vet told People this week.
And she has told her pals to get on it.
‘I like to find something that really works and then share it with my girlfriends,’ Aniston noted.
‘If I had known about it 20 years ago when I was breaking my body to begin with, we would’ve saved so much pain.’
Aniston went to Pvolve founder Rachel Katzman to talk about working together to promote the program.
Work: The Morning Show poster with Reese Witherspoon for Apple TV+
‘I just want more people to know about it because I think it’s so good,’ the actress added.
She says likes how the program is different.
‘Our minds used to think, we have to hurt; no pain, no gain. It has to be an hour of a workout. You have to work out three times a day.
‘With this, you can start gentle,’ she explained.
‘My girlfriend transformed her entire body, and it just had such a beautiful snowball effect in so many positive areas of her life.’
The star added, ‘It was so user-friendly, you just start in little tiny chunks, tiny steps. And then next thing you know, you’ve done four 20-minute classes because you just want to keep going.’
Aniston has been able to maintain her incredible size 2 shape even as she has settled into her 50s.
In April 2022, the Morning Show actress shared with First For Women magazine how she is able to look so youthful even as she works full time on her acting career and heads up companies like LolaVie Haircare.
Health first: The 5ft5in cover girl admitted that she keeps her diet in check by starting her day off with warm lemon water and she also takes climbing classes on her stair climber. But the best part of her day is the time she sets aside to meditate, she said, Seen in 2019
At the start of her massive career: In a black dress in her 20s in the 1990s for Friends
The 5ft5in cover girl admitted that she keeps her diet in check by starting her day off with warm lemon water and she also takes climbing classes on her stair climber. But the best part of her day is the time she sets aside to meditate, she said.
In the section titled Curbs Cravings: Breakfast With A Twist, the blonde beauty said: ‘During quarantine I loved cooking.’
The Cake actress added: ‘When I wake up I have warm lemon water, then a shake or avocado and eggs. I found ways to make eggs every which way.’
The ex-wife of Oscar-winning actor Brad Pitt then shared: ‘But I also do oatmeal with an egg white whipped in.
‘Do it right before the oatmeal is finished cooking – it gives extra protein and this fluffy texture that’s delicious.’
In an interview with Radio Times, Aniston revealed that intermittent fasting (IF) has changed her life.
She practices a version of IF called the 16:8 diet.
‘I do intermittent fasting, so no food in the morning. I noticed a big difference in going without solid food for 16 hours.’
As far as working out, she told First For Women that puts in the work but likes variety.
‘Changing up my workout routine is key,’ she began. ‘I always try to surprise my muscles.’
She said she works out at Rise Nation, which is a fitness climbing cardio class.
‘It’s such a great workout,’ she said.
‘And when my trainer Leyon, whom I love more than life, handed me a jump rope for the first time, I said, ‘You’re out of your mind,” added the star, who boasts a 23in waistline.
‘I would dread doing it and I would skip instead of jump over the rope,’ added the Los Angeles native.
‘He kept saying, ‘No, do it correctly.’ It was so irritating,’ shared the daughter of soap opera actor John Aniston.
‘But within six months my jumping became fluid. Now I can just go and go and go.’
For her skin, she treats herself to a mini facial once a week.
And the siren said that one of the things she looks forward to the most is meditation in a quiet, comfortable space.
‘It’s my favorite moment,’ said the ex-wife of Justin Theroux, whom she has stayed good friends with.
‘I wish we could freeze time in that magic hour because there’s a lot of taking it all in, the appreciation of the day.’
Also doing yoga, sitting quietly and writing helps her focus on calm.
And shockingly, she said doing dishes is very relaxing for her as she likes to keep her kitchen tidy.
And Aniston has gotten into organizing her Bel-Air, California mansion which she shares with three dogs, Clyde, Sophie and Lord Chesterfield.
Aniston most recently filmed Murder Mystery 2 with Adam Sandler in France and Hawaii.
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