Jennifer Lopez (or Jenny From the Block if you’re in an early-2000s mood) has one of the best bodies in the business. The 50-year-old regularly shows off her toned abs on instagram, but they don’t come easily. JLo has a strict diet and exercise regime; in preparation for her role as stripper Ramona in the 2019 movie Hustlers, JLo and her fiance Alex Rodriguez embarked on a 10 day no sugar, no carb diet challenge. After completing the challenge, the couple cycle between 10 days on the diet and 5 days eating healthy carbs.
JENNIFER LOPEZ’S DIET
During her no carb, no sugar phase, Lopez eats:
- Non-starchy vegetables (e.g. cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, and spinach)
- Unsweetened teas and mineral waters
- Spices and seasonings
- Nuts, seeds, nut butters
- Meat (white meat turkey, chicken breast, grass-fed beef)
- Eggs
- Seafood (generally salmon or sea bass)
- Avocado
When she’s including healthy carbs, JLo also eats complex starches like:
- Oatmeal with fresh berries
- Sweet potatoes
- Brown rice
- Quinoa
- Rice bread.
JENNIFER LOPEZ’S WORKOUT
Lopez trains for an hour four to five times a week with personal trainer Dodd Romero, a former Yankees PT. Each session focuses on on different body parts.
ABS WORKOUT
Set 1:
- 50 x hanging ab raises
- 50 x rope crunches
- 50 x incline sit ups with a 20kg plate
Set 2:
- Repeat first set with 35 reps
Set 3:
- Repeat first set with 21 reps
LOWER BODY WORKOUT
Five sets of the following exercises:
- Supported lunges with dumbbells into weighted rope crunches
- Single dumbbell sumo squats into hanging leg raises
- Weighted leg presses into calf raises
- Seated leg extensions into weighted lying leg curls
- Weighted hip thrusts into calf raises
For her role in Hustlers, JLo also took up pole dancing for 2.5months prior to shooting, telling Jimmy Fallon that the exercise was ““like acrobatic; it’s [working] different muscle groups.”
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