Steal Jenna Dewan Tatum’s Hot-Body Secrets
Steal Jenna Dewan Tatum’s Hot-Body Secrets
What’s on the actress’ menu and fitness schedule.
As a movie star, mom to 3-year-old Everly, and wife to Hollywood hottie Channing Tatum, it’s safe to say Jenna Dewan Tatum is crazy-busy. But over the years, she’s learned that it’s important to carve out time for herself. “You have to be fulfilled in order for everyone else to be fulfilled,” she says. That’s why she swears by these eats for energy, and a go-to workout routine for strength, stamina and—yeah—that svelte figure. Here’s the secret to her toned, healthy physique:
On Jenna’s Menu
Breakfast: Jenna swears by a green smoothie: spinach, kale, lemon, apple, banana, sometimes pear, a little cod liver oil, and black sesame seeds blended with water. “My skin, my hair, my energy—everything is better.
Lunch: “I’m part Lebanese—my dad’s family—so I grew up with tabouli. It’s my favorite. I like to make things that will keep for a couple of days, and I can just grab and go.”
Dinner: It’s all about brown-rice bowls with black beans and roasted veggies—carrots, purple potatoes, butternut squash, asparagus, zucchini—dressed with tahini sauce or olive oil, salt, and pepper.
Stay-Fit Smarts
Squeeze in what you can. “I love 45-minute power workouts. I get in, do my thing, and then I’m able to go pick up Everly from school. It gives me energy.”
Figure out what drives you. “I grew up dancing and was in a competitive world in which I was taking classes, so I was working out, but I was passionate about what I was doing. I need somebody to motivate me, or a class or a trainer. I like the motivation of having somebody watching over and giving me inspiration.”
Find your zone with good tunes. Jenna gets into her groove with trainer Jennifer Johnson (jjdancer.com). First, they spend 15 minutes doing nonstop dance cardio to three or four hip-hop tracks or whatever other music they’re into that day. “I follow Jennifer’s choreography, or dance in a squat position the whole time,” says Jenna. From there, it’s on to muscle-toning moves: band work with five-pound weights on ankles, followed by squats and lunges on a box and abs work on the “little saucers” (a.k.a. core sliders), plus all different kinds of planks. “It works muscles in my stomach I didn’t know I had!”