After nearly two decades of living in the spotlight \u2014 with a love-hate (well, mostly hate) relationship with working out \u2014 30-year-old actress and singer Vanessa Hudgens has spent the past few years falling in love with health and fitness. Her passion developed from the remarkable feeling of self-acceptance she gained once she found her exercise calling. Hudgens attributes her confidence, courage and overall feeling of empowerment to the time she spends in heart-pumping workout classes, on a bike or on her yoga mat.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t imagine life without fitness,\u201d Hudgens said. \u201cIt makes me a stronger person, physically and mentally.\u201d<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s what she had to say after a recent workout with Propel Vitamin Boost:<\/p>\n
It\u2019s composed of three parts: SoulCycle, Reformer Pilates and yoga. I\u2019ve been doing SoulCycle for the past seven years, and I\u2019m still obsessed<\/em> with it. I love Pilates because it doesn\u2019t feel high-intensity in the moment, but I\u2019m always sore the next day. And yoga is great for my mental health, injury prevention and grounding.<\/p>\n To me, there\u2019s nothing better than tapping into \u201cbeast mode\u201d \u2014 that moment where you want to give up because your body feels like it\u2019s about to fall off but something switches inside of you where your mind says, \u201cIt\u2019s go time. Let\u2019s get this.\u201d Whenever I have that moment in my workout, I leave feeling like a stronger and more empowered version of myself because I pushed through something uncomfortable.<\/p>\n I think it\u2019s important to bring that feeling into my everyday life and be uncomfortable \u2014 it\u2019s important for me as an artist, especially. When you\u2019re uncomfortable, you\u2019re growing and you\u2019re evolving. Feeling empowered is all about getting through those growing pains.<\/p>\n With fitness, you have to do it for you. The fact that you showed up for yourself is amazing \u2014 so pat yourself on the back! Remind yourself that you\u2019re doing this for you, even if you might feel like there is comparison or judgment, at least you know that you\u2019ve got your own back by showing up to begin with.<\/p>\n There\u2019s nothing better than showing up at a workout class, looking in the mirror and feeling good about what you\u2019re in! When you go out with your girlfriends, you put on a nice dress and heals. So when it comes to working out, why not not put on a nice pair of leggings, a sports bra and a jacket that you actually feel cute in? My goal was to give women that but also to have items that are practical and functional.<\/p>\n Shop Vanessa\u2019s clothing line here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After nearly two decades of living in the spotlight \u2014 with a love-hate (well, mostly hate) relationship with working out \u2014 30-year-old actress and singer Vanessa Hudgens has spent the past few years falling in love with health and fitness. Her passion developed from the remarkable feeling of self-acceptance she gained once she found her exercise calling. Hudgens attributes her confidence, courage and overall feeling of empowerment to the time she spends in heart-pumping workout classes, on a bike or on her yoga mat. \u201cI can\u2019t imagine life without fitness,\u201d Hudgens said. \u201cIt makes me a stronger person, physically and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2722,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[114,204,205,206,203,207],"class_list":["post-2719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-womens-health","tag-healthy-living","tag-mind-and-body","tag-motivation","tag-style-and-beauty","tag-womens-fitness-personalities","tag-womens-health","post--single"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/high-end-life.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/high-end-life.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/high-end-life.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/high-end-life.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/high-end-life.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/high-end-life.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2899,"href":"https:\/\/high-end-life.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2719\/revisions\/2899"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/high-end-life.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/high-end-life.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/high-end-life.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/high-end-life.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}How does fitness empower you?<\/h2>\n
What would you say to someone struggling with confidence when it comes to fitness?<\/h2>\n
What inspired you to create an activewear line with Avia?<\/h2>\n