Fitness
Demi Moore’s fitness secrets for toned body at 62: Not ‘dieting and exercising in a very obsessive way’
Demi Moore nabbed her first-ever Oscar nomination at 62. On January 23, the Hollywood actor was announced as one of the Best Actress nominees – for the first time in a career that has spanned five decades – for her film, The Substance. While promoting her film last year, Demi Moore had shared how her fitness routine has evolved over the years. Also read | Jennifer Aniston reveals secrets to stunning figure at 55 and the special drink she has ‘first thing in the morning’
Demi Moore’s now approach to health and wellness focuses on self-acceptance and appreciation. She believes in loving and accepting her body.
From ‘crazy’ routine to ‘giving up hard exercise’
Reflecting on Hollywood’s unrealistic beauty standards, and how she found herself going to extreme measures in pursuit of perfection, like biking up to 60 miles (96.5 km) a day, Demi told CBS Sunday Morning in 2024, “I put so much pressure on myself. I did have experiences of being told to lose weight. And all of those, while they may have been embarrassing and humiliating, it’s what I did to myself because of that… Even just the idea of, like, what I did to my body, it’s, like, so crazy, so ridiculous.”
She had earlier shared in a 2020 interview with Westman Atelier how she made it a goal of hers to focus on herself rather than what she looks like, “[I was] dieting and exercising in a very obsessive-compulsive way… I changed my body over multiple times but wasn’t really myself… I added into my daily prayer a new mantra: to have the courage to be seen without padding or protection. I couldn’t go on fighting my body and my weight; I had to make peace, I started by giving up hard exercise. I never went back into the gym in the house. Never. The room it occupied is now my office.”
Diet secrets and sobriety
One of Demi Moore’s secrets to a fabulously toned and youthful body? She follows a raw vegan diet, which eliminates cooked foods and focuses on organic fruits, veggies, juices, smoothies, and soups, as per a 2023 Daily Mail report. Excluding all foods of animal origin, Healthline says the raw part of the diet means ‘foods should be eaten completely raw or heated at temperatures below 104 – 118°F (40 – 48°C)’.
Raw veganism has been popular in Hollywood, with celebs like Gwyneth Paltrow and Megan Fox also having been advocates of the diet in the past. But it’s a pretty intense one to follow, so it certainly isn’t for everyone. Moreover, 2023 study on the effects of raw veganism concluded that ‘a raw vegan diet with more than 90 percent raw food cannot be recommended for a long time due to micronutrient deficiencies as well as related complications’.
Moreover, demi decided to turn her back on alcohol, which also helps her stay healthy and fit. In her 2019 memoir, she revealed that she had been sober for 20 years, but briefly broke it with a beer.
When Demi turned to yoga
In her 40s, Demi decided to start slowing down and turned her attention to more low-impact workouts. She revealed in 2010 that she had taken up Bikram yoga, a type of hot yoga, as per the aforementioned Daily Mail report. Her then-trainer Gregory Joujon-Roche confirmed at the time that the actor was fully committed to the workout and had also added a mixture of strength training. Per the Daily Mail report from 2023, Demi also became a verified Kundalini yoga teacher a few years later.
Physical activity saves lives, but now it turns out there’s a “precise dosage” at which it becomes especially effective in preventing heart disease.
Exercising is key to longevity; it’s been associated with everything from improved cardiovascular health to increased strength to a longer life. But there’s one exercise, in particular, that a doctor says women over 50 should add to their routine.
Meet the expert: Steven Bowers, D.O., board-certified family physician and author of Secrets of the World’s Healthiest People
Daily strength workouts may help boost all aspects of life, Steven Bowers, D.O., board-certified family physician and author of Secrets of the World’s Healthiest People, previously told Prevention. Physical fitness makes functional tasks like carrying grocery bags from the car, opening jars, and lifting heavy items easier.
There are plenty of moves to try, but Dr. Bowers says the one that should get top billing in your routine is the plank.
While planks challenge your whole body, they’re particularly great for strengthening your core. “Core muscle fibers tend to shrink and become less supple as we age, which can put more strain on your back,” he previously said. Having a strong core is important for balance and stability, and it can help you go about your day with more ease.
Wondering how long to hold a plank, and the proper form? First, place your forearms on the floor. Your elbows should be right below your shoulders, and your arms should be parallel—not turning in or out. Your feet should also be shoulder-width apart. Press your hands and toes into a mat on the ground, lifting your body, squeezing your glutes and quads for support. Your body should create one straight line from head to toe. Don’t lock your knees or arch your back, and keep your neck straight by looking slightly in front of you.
Hold this position for 20 seconds. “As you get more comfortable and your core gets stronger, hold the plank for as long as possible without sacrificing form or breath,” Dr. Bowers noted. It’s that simple! Whether you’re a pro or want to test your plank skills, adding the simple move to your routine may be what your core has been waiting for.
Shin splints are one of those nagging aches and pains most runners encounter at some point in their training—but that doesn’t mean you should just grin and bear it.
“We see it all the time in the clinic,” osteopath and clinical lead at The Livewell Clinic, Danny Sayandan tells Fit&Well.
Common themes, he says, are runners in worn-out shoes, heel striking instead of landing midfoot, or overstriding.
“It’s often linked to the least stretched muscle in the body—your calves—and most neglected muscle—the tibialis anterior—found on the front of the shin,” says Sayandan.
When they’re tight or undertrained, the impact of every footstrike gets pushed straight into the shins, triggering a dull ache down the front or inside of your shins.
The solution? Add these five exercises from Sayandan to your weekly workouts to stretch and strengthen these often overlooked muscles.
5 exercises to try if you get shin pain when running
1. Toe raise
Toe Raises – Ask Doctor Jo – YouTube
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Sets: 2 Reps: 12-15 each side
Why: Lifting your toes strengthens the front of your shin.
How:
- Stand with your feet hip-width apart.
- Lift your toes.
- Hold for two seconds.
- Lower your toes to the start.
2. Calf raise
Sets: 2 Reps: 12-15
Why: Build strength and endurance in the lower legs.
How:
- Stand with your feet together.
- Lift your heels to rise onto your toes and the balls of your feet.
- Pause, then lower slowly.
You can also perform these with your heels off a step (as in the video above), lowering your heels below the step to add a stretch to your calves.
As you get stronger, progress to single-leg calf raises, then begin to add weight with a dumbbell or kettlebell held in one hand.
3. Soleus wall hold
Sets: 2 Reps: 12-15 / Time: 30sec
Why: This bent-knee heel raise targets the deep-lying soleus muscle in your calves.
How:
- Stand with your feet hip-width apart, holding a bannister or other sturdy anchor point for support (an alternative is to rest your back on a wall, as in the video above).
- Bend your knees and push your hips back to lower into a squat, with your knees bent at 90˚.
- Hold this position and either perform 12-15 calf raises (see above), or rise up onto the balls of your feet and hold for 30 seconds.
4. Tibialis stretch
Anterior Tibialis Stretch Kneeling – Ask Doctor Jo – YouTube
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Sets: 2 Reps: 8-10
Why: This is a gentle stretch for the muscles in the front of the shin.
How:
- Kneel with your feet together, sitting on your heels with your hands or forearms on the floor to help control the load through your ankles.
- Push through your hands or forearms and carefully lift your knees to increase the stretch in the front of your shins.
- Hold for a few seconds, then lower.
Rather than an exercise, try to practice this continuously—and certainly as you move from exercise to exercise in this workout. Concentrate on landing softly through your midfoot to retrain your gait and reduce impact through your heel, ankle, calves and shins.
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