Here's why the actress likes to start the day with a workout.
By Audrey Bruno, Self
[post_ads]Lea Michele
loves a good workout. A scroll through her Instagram reveals as much:
there's Michele hiking up a sun-drenched trail in LA, or looking serene
and sweaty post-SoulCycle. And that's just skimming the top of her
workout enthusiasm. “I’m really loving Body by Simone
right now,” Michele tells SELF recently at the Popchips Skinny Chipping
10th Birthday party in LA. “I’ll do a couple classes there every week, a
couple classes at Core Power Yoga, a bit of SoulCycle, and I have a
great hiking trail in my backyard, so I go on a hike once or twice a
week.”
The actress—who just wrapped the tour for her album, Places, and is now preparing to shoot her new TV show, The Mayor—prefers to work out in the morning.
“It’s much harder for me to feel motivated [to work out] midday,” she
explains. “It’s good to do it in the beginning of the day, not just to
get it over with but because it gives me such great energy to use for
the rest of the day.” Michele's days are so dialed, we had to know more.
Here's how she gets it all done.
1.
Michele's breakfast sets her up for a good workout.
“Usually
I wake up, have my breakfast, then go and work out,” says Michele. “My
breakfast is usually egg whites and avocado in the morning, and after my
workout I have a green juice.” When she's running late, she'll
improvise. “If I don’t have time, I’ll swap it and have the green juice
first.”
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2.
She stays energized throughout the day with healthy snacks.
Michele
says she's a huge Popchips fan, so she'll always have some stocked at
home (barbecue, salt and vinegar, and sour cream and onion flavors are
her favorites). She also keeps her kitchen stocked with other healthy snacks:
hummus and pita, carrots and tzatziki, goji berries, fresh berries, and
seaweed snacks. “I think if you keep healthy food available at home,
you’ll end up making better choices,” she explains. And, in case you
were wondering, she also loves the occasional midday avocado toast just as much as us.
3.
She also sets aside time to restore and reenergize.
In
her downtime, Michele likes to enjoy a glass of wine with her mom or a
trip to the spa. No matter what—whether it's working out or getting a
massage—Michele makes taking care of herself a priority. “Self-care has
always been my number one,” she says. “When I’m not working, I’m taking
care of myself. That way, I can be the best at my job.”
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