Ivanka Trump shares the fitness regimen that 'transformed' her body
Ivanka Trump, former President Donald Trump's second child, shares her health and fitness routine.
The mom and business executive, 43, recently shared five exercises and other details about her fitness journey on Instagram, emphasizing the switch to weight training.
“Like most women, I've been focusing on cardio, yoga and Pilates,” Trump wrote in a post accompanying the shared video.
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“Since moving to Miami, I have focused on weightlifting and training, and it has been revolutionary in helping me build muscle and change my body composition in ways I never imagined,” he wrote.
Trump now dedicates three to four days a week to strength training, either by himself or with one of his trainers. (See his eligibility schedule here.)
His strength-training approach focuses on “basic, time-tested and simple exercises” that include squats, deadlifts, hinges, push-ups and pull-ups, he explained.
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“These are the cornerstones of my exercise, which emphasizes the power of lifelong work,” said Trump, who served as his father's top aide during his presidency.
Working with a trainer, Trump said he first prioritized his form and then added weight.
“This ensures a safe and secure transition while maintaining the integrity of each organization,” he wrote. “I incorporate movement work into my sessions to improve range of motion.”
Trump has written that weightlifting has increased his strength and overall athleticism and stamina.
“I changed my focus to weightlifting and resistance training, and it made a difference.”
Nutrition has also been the key to his fitness.
“Also new to me, but important to my progress, has been increasing my protein intake,” Trump wrote in the post.
“Now I eat 30 to 50 grams of protein per meal. It works … I've never had more energy!”
When he's not at the gym, Trump said he does weekly yoga sessions and outdoor activities with his children, including surfing, swimming, hiking, walking and golf.
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To improve his cardiovascular fitness, he also incorporates some short, high-intensity training sessions each week.
“This balanced approach has injected new energy into my fitness routine and yielded great results,” Trump wrote, adding that each person's routine is “very personal,” and that “what works is what you're going to do consistently.”
'Secret Recipe'
Regis Pagett, founder and owner of R Personal Fitness in New York City, is not involved in Trump's training, but commented on his post.
“His emphasis on resistance training is the 'secret recipe' that everyone is looking for,” he told Fox News Digital.
“It's no longer a secret that resistance training is the best way to lose weight and tone.”
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When Pagett trains women over 50, she focuses on low-weight, high-repetition compound movements, such as the TRX line, which uses only body weight for 15 reps.
He also mixes in heavy-weight, moderate-repetition compound movements, such as the barbell deadlift using 85 pounds for eight repetitions, for “the perfect sculpted look.”
“The most important factors in terms of exercise and nutrition are proper form to ensure target muscle performance and a high protein lifestyle,” says Pagett, who is a certified personal trainer and strength and conditioning coach.
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“Targeted muscle activation ensures that each movement precisely hits the muscle you want to strengthen and develop, while a high-protein lifestyle ensures optimal recovery time and helps reduce soreness between workouts.”