Faith Hill is showing off her hard earned curves on the cover of the December issue of Shape magazine. The celebrity mom-of-three credits Pilates with giving her the courage and the curves to pose in a bikini.
"I could bend in ways I haven't been able to since I was a teenager," says Hill. "My husband [Tim McGraw] loves it!"
"I was always very athletic, playing basketball and softball and running track," she says. "But in my 20s and 30s, I'd go through phases with exercise, working out for four weeks before a big tour or video shoot and not doing much afterward. Then I had three kids [with McGraw, daughters Gracie, 11; Maggie, 10; and Audrey, 6] and turned 40, so I decided to make a lifestyle change."
Another factor in her decision to change her exercise regime and overall lifestyle was a knee injury that required her to have surgery in January 2008. Her recovery forced her to stop exercising for six months. "I had never gone that long without doing something," she says. "I was not happy."
She returned to exercising with a new vigor and the support of her husband. The two worked together on a daily routine that included four miles on the elliptical machine, some light weight lifting, crunches and push-ups.
"I found I slept better, had more energy and was stronger," says Hill, who later added Pilate's classes three times a week to the regime.
"It was so hard, but ultimately so worth it. My core is much stronger, and my arms are more toned. In fact, wearing a bikini on a magazine cover is my 41st birthday present to myself."
Source: Shape via People
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