After turning 59 years old in late May, Brooke Shields knows she can't approach fitness the same way she did in her younger years. When stopping by the TODAY show to promote , Commence, the actor opened up about how she takes care of her body now, especially in the wake of a . "It’s harder to stay in shape.
It’s much easier to get out of shape quickly," she tells TODAY.com. "That’s been a bit of a shock to my system.
The big thing for me is I’m now finding things that I actually really enjoy doing rather than just beating myself up in the gym so that I can fit into something, because it’s so demoralizing to me and it’s so frustrating." In recent years, she's relied on her time in Broadway shows to help her stay fit because "it gets you in shape for you. .
.. I come out of a Broadway show rock solid and fit and haven’t even realized I’ve done it.
" Now, though, "I have to work out," she explains. Shields reveals that her current go-to fitness routine involves "really difficult ," specifically the . "I never liked Pilates before," she says, but now she's happy to leave a Nofar class "dripping wet," adding that she appreciates that there's "no impact" and "it's so specific.
" "That, combined with drinking less, and then doing a cardio of some kind, like a SoulCycle class or a with music — do 10 minutes. Even just that, I’ll start to see (results)," Shields says. The "Mother of the Bride" star adds that, for the first time, she recently noticed that she's gaining.
