Eva Longoria covers the new issue of Health magazine in a bikini and I like that they didn’t photoshop her to within an inch of her life. She looks incredible and I’m sure there’s computer wizardry involved too but at least she doesn’t look like they gave her fake tight abs as is common on those fitness magazines. Inside she talks about her favorite workouts, including running and spinning, and she’s getting headlines for the fact that she dislikes working out with her trainer and hopes he cancels every time. I’m actually surprised that Eva Longoria is saying this, that she hates to do certain types of workouts. Eva is promoting her new fashion line, and she says that she worked to make sure her clothing is comfortable and wearable.
What’s a typical workout for you like these days?
I’m a runner, first of all. I run a lot. But I also do SoulCycle, Pilates, yoga. I usually mix it up. Now I’m starting with weight training. I kind of laid off the weights for a while, but I went to my nutritionist the other day, and she was like, “Your muscle mass is low. You need to build muscle.” And I’m like “Oh man…”Do you have any least favorite exercises?
I don’t like moves that incorporate a lot of stuff. Like, “Lunge while you’re pressing and balancing,” and I’m like, “Uuuugh. I just want to do a biceps curl.” I don’t enjoy working out. I like the way I feel after working out. I always wish my trainer doesn’t show up. I’m always like, “I hope he cancels, I hope he cancels…”What is your advice for women who struggle with body positivity?
We do have a lot of pressure when people are telling us what we should look like. And I think you have to find your own truth. I don’t feel like we should go by these rules and social constructs of society, where you have to be a certain size to be pretty. But I’ve had friends who don’t work out or take care of themselves, and all of a sudden, there’s a health issue.
I’m like that with running, you couldn’t pay me to run and I hate it. I’m probably physically capable of doing it but it seems punishing to me. My philosophy is do what you love at the gym, so I do spinning, Zumba, kickboxing and yoga. There are times I don’t want to work out but I make an appointment with myself and keep it and once I get started its fun. I’m never like “I don’t like this” and if I feel that way I switch it up. Maybe Eva needs a new trainer or she should stop lifting weights if she hates it. I try to do barre or Pilates classes for weight bearing exercise because weight lifting is not my thing. Then again, I don’t look like Eva Longoria in a bikini so maybe I should get a trainer to make me do stuff I hate too.
Eva also said a lot of nice things about her husband of one year, José Bastón, and I especially liked this line. “I love being married to him. He’s just—I can’t even believe we found each other. We complement each other. We’re supportive of each other. We adore each other. It’s really sickening.” Do you have to be a certain type of person to find this? I really wonder sometimes.
Photos credit: Health and WENN
Ugh, that headline though. I’m so sick of this type of stuff aimed at women. “Remove all food groups until you look like a cover model!”
ETA: The magazine headline for her, not yours, CB 🙂
I get her. I absolutely hate most excercise. I love running and cycling ( both outside, never in the gym) but everything else I do because I have to. I also hate group workouts.
What do you mean by “a certain type of person”?
Thanks for hating group workouts. Add a yelling trainer to “motivate” the pack and it’s double hate.
OH GOD I HATE Group Workouts Like the Plague, Hate em Zumba, Any of that stuff Not the Zumba The Faux camaraderie ( I hate being forced to interact that goes for family holidays/trips with other etc I like to be kinda alone to myself) also Im full on Misanthrope this Year so Besides running outside which tends to work pretty immediately on my body, ive been doing the Fitstar app, cancelled the gym and basically get to talk to no one listen to my music at home and a decent mix of workouts ( they also have a Yoga App in set to try!) and that has kept me consistent at doing something most of the week since January
You know how you can recognize the 80s from the hair? I bet we’ll look back on this era and see the fillers.
How do you tell if someone has fillers?
And that will be hilarious. I figure next decade women will have figured out not to age, Kate B is almost there. She just can’t move her face any more, which is not a trade that would work for me.
At a certain age we will be able to get a synthetic skin, and people will finally get the dream not to only look, but to be a plastic doll. Mark my words.
She’s beautiful but she’s very, very photoshopped in this pic. There were some bikini pics of her last month on the daily fail website where everyone assumed she was pregnant, her belly was so big. So she called the paps the next day and staged a photo-op while sucking in her stomach to show everyone she’s not pregnant. Her stomach looks nothing like this.
I agree. The photoshop is so obvious, especially how they’ve elongated her face and torso.
I think that cover is Photoshopped. They’ve definitely cut out a little triangle between her thighs to give her a thigh-gap. Her stomach looks normal though – not crazily smoothed out. To be honest, I’d want to look better than that if I worked out with a personal trainer several times a week and had a restricted diet. Otherwise I’d just give up. Eva has paunchy stomach muscles – you can see if you Google candid shots of her in a bikini.
I didn’t know she had re-married. They look good together.
OMG, “I am so normal”.
The guy in the picture w Eva is not her husband, just a comment. That’s Demian Bichir, Mexican actor nominated to an Oscar for A Better Life movie. Though, I think is lovely how she expresses about her husband. And for me, I exercise doing Pilates and Zumba 😓. I am almost ready to start w yoga.
She never seems to age! She looks the same as she did on Desperate Housewives…how do so many actresses attain such perfect skin? I want to know – no moles, freckles, blemishes…
I used to run, but a 18 month bout of plantar fasciitis has sidelined me. Since laying off most cardio, it’s almost healed. I’ve been going to Pure Barre classes, but not sure I will continue – too structured for me. I want to try Zumba!
Megan, you DEFINETELY should give Zumba a chance. It’s super-energetic and sooo much fun!! Once you start ‘dancing’ is like you really don’t want to stop. Buckets of sweat later, you feel amazing! Pitbull’s music adds to it!! 😓😨😧…. 😊
Yoga and Pilates (and not Barre either) aren’t the same as weight lifting, though. As women get older, we need to incorporate weight bearing exercise into our routine as it helps maintain our bone density. Eva may not love it, but she’s doing the right thing.
I totally relate to her wanting her trainer to not show up. I had a personal trainer for a few years and I had to change my workout times from after work to early morning. I HATE working out, no matter what it is, and I would dread the workout all day and a lot of times I’d come up with an excuse to not go. Once I switched to early morning I was in the gym before my brain figured it out, got my sweating done early and felt great the rest of the day. And my trainer was awesome, I always had a great time once I was there, but getting me there was a big hurdle for me.
I hate cardio and prefer lifting, and I refuse to do group workouts. Yoga I’m OK with since it’s low-key, but I won’t do cycling or Zumba where there’s too many sweating bodies flailing about and too loud of music.
She looks good though regardless. She shines if that makes sense even in the photos with the white clothes.
I have done Zumba for two years till they changed location and I couldn’t or wouldn’t go that far. It was good. My body looked good and although it was a group thing which created a lot of unnecessary drama at times, I could tolerate it because of the loud music and the energy there. Another downside was the body smells but I could manage that somehow. Now I go to a “boys” gym. There are literally only teenage boys . I think the oldest is 25 there. I have been given a program on paper and left to my own devices: leg day, arm day and some odd day and I hate all of that. I have been injured twice and once I had to take 4 month break because of my leg. I don’t know what it’s called but I could barely walk when I would get tired. I look up videos on Youtube or Instagram and try to find something different I might do with or without weights and when I try some of that I realize I am totally out of shape. Maybe I really need a trainer at least once a week to really show me what and how to do it.