How Bella Hadid Gets That Rockin Bod

May 6, 2018 Ashley 0 Comments

I’m not even gonna lie.

This article isn’t a list of “How Bella Hadid got that rockin’ bod”.

I mean, it kinda is. But, it’s actually a bit more than that. Because, as I read over exactly how Bella (Victoria’s Secret supermodel) managed to acquire her insane physique, I noticed something. Something very relevant. Between the boxing and the battle ropes and barre and whatever else Bella does, the one element I read that stood out like a gangrenous thumb was this: she spends two to three hours working out. That’s when I had to mash the blog pause button. The thing is, I don’t wanna start spouting off a list of what Bella – or any other model, for that matter, does – that you and I aren’t doing. That just makes us feel bad and it makes improving our bodies feel impossible. See, we read “two or three hours” and think, “Who TF has time to spend that long at the gym?” We even start resenting the person who does make time for it, some of us. Don’t we? And that’s when the distancing comparisons start. That’s when we start telling ourselves, “Yeah, anyone can commit to looking hot when they’re getting paid to”. And that’s fair. But we miss out on getting everything we want when we distance ourselves like that. So this article isn’t a simple list of why Bella’s better than us. No. It’s a list of shiz we can and should focus on to get the body we want. It’s a drawbridge falling from body awesomery, over our moats of excuses, and landing at our feet so we can quit merely dreaming of what’s on the other side – and start swaggily catwalking across it.

And that catwalk bridge is made of about five things.

Starting with looking at the whole picture:

1. It’s not her norm

These three hour gym stints Bella’s rocking? That’s not an everyday thing. Sure, she keeps a regular workout sched so she doesn’t inflate and break her lingerie made out’ve chandelier parts. However, the super long sweat seshes – those’re reserved for that time before the big show. Like the week before final exams when, sure, you’ve been studying for an hour or so a day. But, now you’re willing to put in a couple extra until that one annoying day’s over. That goes for getting either an “A++” in class or an “A++” on dat azz. The problem with comparing instead’ve trying to match up? We throw out the baby with the catwalk bathwater. We aren’t all willing to make time for an A++ right-before-the-big-show physique, so we settle for D’s or F’s. (Even by our own standards – not even Hollywood’s.) That’s totally not necessary. Espesh when we could compromise and land a nice low “A” or “B” compared to our best potential. Just like Bella does between shows.

2. Mix it up

Plus, as mentioned above, it’s not like homegirl’s doing the same thing for that two to three hours. Can you imagine? 120 minutes of plodding along on a dread-mill? If that were the only way to lose weight, I’d give up right meow. Thankfully, both Bella and the people she pays to mod her bod know that. From punching stuff to doing body weight workouts, she gets a good mix of everything to beat not only body fat, but worse: boredom.

3. Love it and it won’t feel long

And, speaking of boredom, that might be the biggest factor in battling fat. Whenever I wrap up a fabulous run out on the trail or training sesh at my MMA gym, I wonder how time could’ve gone by so quickly. Compare that to something I loathe (like spin class) and it’s night and day. You couldn’t pay me to sit on a recumbent bike in a fluorescent lit gym every day. Not if it were the last weight loss workout on earth. But give me an activity like hitting stuff or running through a foreset… and I can do that shiz for hours. Not saying that should be your daily thing. But it is totally possible to get those occasionally super-long workouts in without resenting every second of it.

(There’s something about watching the fluff fly out’ve a training mitt that puts a smile on my face, too, Bella…)

4. Food is fuel

Another thing Bella recognizes is that food is fuel. That’s why she eats clean between training dirty. There’s nothing complicated here. Boot the high fructose corn syrup, up the water, down more plants, and punt all things processed from your plate. Sure, the occasional cheat day is a thing we all do. (Emphasis on the “occasional”.) But the more natural and macro balanced your meals, the better you’ll feel for your workouts, which in turn can make them last as long as Bella’s do – or whatever your personal limit (that you haven’t yet been going after) might be.

5. Reasons versus results

Our combative brains can be excellent at constructing reasons for why we don’t do what we need to get what we want. Excuses, they’re called. In large part, it’s because change is hard. We like to stick with known territory – what we’re good at. For some, that might be an easy, twenty minute jog a few times a week. For others, it might not even be that. But the moment we break past that brain gate we’ve put up between laziness and greatness – that’s where the magic happens. Because the grass really is greener on the other side’ve that defensive fence infused with excuses that we build.

And that just goes back to that previous pointer about “doing what you love”. You’ll find a lot of excuses come up. And they’re tricky; like we covered at this article’s start – saying models work out a lot ’cause “it’s their job”. These kinds’ve phrases are basically affirmations toward never getting what you want. The second we say that, we’ve lost already. Why? Because we’re focusing on why it’s easier for her than it is for us. That leads to excuses. And those lead to zero results. What we should be focusing on is how to make it easier for us to put in the same kind’ve time and quality to our weight loss lifestyle as the hottest body owners do. (And if having the hottest body’s not your priority, then sub in “what the happiest body owners” or “healthiest body owners” do.) Whether that’s having fun with whipping up your slimifying plant based meals or turning perspiration into a preferred pastime, that’s up to you. So is your outlook. And, before I get editorially castrated by the masses of digital pitchfork wavers, crying “every body is a catwalk body”, first off: I know. The “BoPo” (body positivity) movement has effectively mashed our mugs in that fact like a retriever’s snout in feces he left on the rug. (See my article on how you can still be positive about your body while whittling it down to a less unhealthy state.) So, that’s fine. This article’s not about that. It’s not about saying how many hours you need to work out. It’s not about telling you cheat days and looking or feeling like a ten are mutually exclusive. No. This article’s about being honest with ourselves. It’s about recognizing what our “A++” bar is for our respective bodies, minds, ‘n souls (which isn’t necessarily wherever Bella – or any other model’s at – catwalk week or not).

It’s about recognizing our best potential. it’s about acknowledging what we need to do to get it.

And it’s about committing to making those things match.

Unlike this ensemble…