Elderly Female Celebrities With Age-Defying Workout Routines

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If we’re being completely honest, it’s really easy to resent celebrities. Sure, we may think that our favorite movie stars and rock stars are insanely hot, but that’s also why we hold a grudge against them. Like, why do these men and women get to look like gods and we have to look, well…so very human? Those who are jealous of celebs in this way usually cling to a very specific hope: that the years will eventually make the rich and famous feel just as old and ugly as the rest of us.

Well, sorry to burst your bubble, but it takes more than age to take the shine off a celebrity. They can stay looking hot and far younger than their years as long as they remember to work out on a regular basis. While there are some silver foxes out there among men, it’s usually the older female celebs that shock everyone because of how stunning they look. Don’t believe it, or maybe you want to see famous people who aged like fine wine? Either way, keep reading to discover the hottest elderly female celebrities with age-defying workout routines!

Jennifer Lopez

You just knew Jennifer Lopez would be on this list, didn’t you? “Jenny from the block” has never looked hotter, which is probably why Ben Affleck hooked back up with her. Why date just anyone when you can have (even temporarily) the one who got away, looking more beautiful than ever before? J-Lo keeps herself looking young through a combination of a healthy diet, an impeccable beauty routine, and good genes. But her real secret weapon is actually her killer workout routine! 

What’s Jennifer Lopez’s secret? Believe it or not, weight lifting! A few years back, she admitted that her old trainer had developed a 40-minute lifting routine that was designed with maximum efficiency. As for the actor, she prefers this routine because strength training burns off unwanted fat, leaving her looking hotter and more youthful than Mother Nature planned.

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Halle Berry

Halle Berry is willing to take on just about any movie role. One time, she earned a Best Actress Oscar for her heartbreakingly intense performance in Monster’s Ball. That same year, she won a Razzie for her absolutely awful performance in Catwoman. Berry showed up to receive the Razzie while holding her Oscar, sending a powerful message: namely, that she can do what she wants, and she’s going to look stunning while she does it.

What’s her secret to looking so young as she ages? For one thing, workout frequency. Berry’s former trainer once admitted that this motivated movie star worked out five days a week. Additionally, she favored working on her upper body strength, which means she could handle just about every push-up that the workout world has ever developed! 

Jennifer Aniston

Look, we really loved Jennifer Aniston in Friends. And like everyone who watched TV in the ‘90s, we were absolutely obsessed with her chic haircut in that show. But she seemed like the celebrity most likely to fall off the radar. Like, you can’t just keep rocking cute hair and being America’s girl next door forever, right? However, that’s exactly what Aniston has done, and she has remained a sex symbol well into her ‘50s.

Like the other women on this list, Aniston’s secret is her workout routine. Careful not to overdo things, the Friends star typically engages in a low-impact workout routine that combines light dumbbells with gliders, ankle weights, and resistance bands. Eventually, she achieved her goal of having a Goldilocks routine that is neither too hard nor too easy. This provides the ‘90s icon with a smoking body, all courtesy of a workout routine that never leaves her too worn out to head back to the set.

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Victoria Beckham

On paper, Victoria Beckham is quite different from Jennifer Aniston. However, the two women do share one thing in common: their careers hit it big back in the ‘90s. While Aniston became a household name thanks to Friends, Beckham achieved international fame thanks to being one of the Spice Girls. Once that group broke up, many assumed Beckham would grow ugly and obscure. However, she defied the haters by pivoting to an awesome career (fashion), snagging a trophy husband (David Beckham), and generally looking drop-dead gorgeous!

Like some other women on this list, Beckham prefers to lift weights, but she had to be talked into it. One day, her trainer revealed the sheer amount of physical benefits that come from lifting on a regular basis. Afterward, Beckham decided to become a full-time gym rat, and she works out five days a week. Even if she’s traveling, she doesn’t change her routine up. Of course, looking at her stunning body, we can only ask…why would she?