Do as I do – Style – Kommersant

On the occasion of the 85th anniversary of Jane Fonda, Kommersant Style remembers the stars for whom fitness and a healthy lifestyle have become a business, along with recording musical compositions or filming a movie.

Today marks the 85th birthday of Jane Fonda, an actress who has been in the news since the beginning of her career. And if at first there was work as a model for Vogue, then studying at the Lee Strasberg acting school, marriage to Roger Vadim, the first movie roles, that same “Barbarella”, based on comics long before the fashion for films like “Superman”, then Gradually, along with a bright personal and acting life, she had another, no less intense.

One of the greatest fitness icons of all time, Jane Fonda built a video workout empire in the 1980s, opened a gym chain in her native America, and popularized the sport as best she could, even running around the Kremlin during one of her visits to Russia. The Workout became the best-selling home video ever, with over a million copies sold upon its release. However, since then, little seems to have changed for today’s birthday girl. Headlines with her name are still everywhere: “Jane Fonda shares her view on aging and the secrets of preserving youth”, “Jane Fonda refused plastic surgery”, “Jane Fonda shared sad news with her fans.” The actress starred in films and TV shows, and even enters into new fitness contracts, for example, with H&M, demonstrates sportswear, and at the same time is successfully treated for lymphoma, which she also announces to the whole world. “Keep moving in line with your age is absolutely essential for your healthy life,” Fonda said in an interview. “My motto now is not to burn.” Instead of focusing on high-intensity cardio like she did in her 20s, Fonda allows herself to take her time and just move around to feel good.

And the main testament from the star, who at 85 continues to live to the fullest: “The fact that you have reached a certain age does not mean that you should give up life, give up entertainment, give up having a boyfriend, make new friends. “ she says.

The example is contagious

It seems that Fonda has come up with an ideal formula for life, which her young colleagues are trying to follow. Roles objectively become smaller with age, and the topic of a healthy lifestyle is now at its peak, everyone is trying to take care of their health (thanks to the pandemic), so many modern stars are striving to continue their careers in this direction.

Gwyneth Paltrow retired from the film industry at age 50, and shortly before that, she created Goop to turn her passion for healthy lifestyle into a diversified company. In addition to the scandalous “This smells like my vagina” indoor candles, she produces cosmetics, nutritional supplements and talks about how to find balance in the modern world. I must say that this incarnation of her is no less in demand than Margo from the Tennenbaum Family – Goop and Paltrow have become household names among a million-strong army of fans. Not bad, right?

Kate Hudson, the daughter of incorrigible, laughter-loving Goldie Hawn, founded InBloom, a powdered nutritional supplement company, and teaches regular video classes on healthy smoothies, talks about ingredients, and in general, seems to be becoming more of a nutritionist than an actress. And this is all a plus for the practice of meditation and the release of her own line of cosmetics (of course, with the mention of the mother’s name as the main client-admirer of her creams).

Catwoman Halle Berry, as it turned out, already at the age of 22 earned herself diabetes and after that she began to take care of her health as closely as possible. (Perhaps because of this, she looks luxurious even at her 50 plus?) The actress launched the Re.Spin Internet portal, in which she talks about how to eat right, how to meditate, how to achieve harmony.

Singer-rapper Megan T Stallion launched her own Nike Core and Lower Body program on the Nike Training Club app between remixes and fashion shoots. It’s funny when it turns out that a person who has never liked sports suddenly becomes its promoter, which gives even more audience coverage, you can’t argue with that.

Fellow scene, country music star Carrie Underwood, known for her body-positive attitudes, wrote a health and fitness guide book: Find Your Way: Respect Your Body, Feed Your Soul, and Get Strong with Fit52Life – all in order to help women make healthier choices in life. The singer herself followed a difficult but proven path – she constantly monitors calories and trace elements, and says that over time she found the optimal balance for herself. “I like to play by the rules,” she says.

Irina Kirienko