Brooklyn Decker covers Women's Health May 2012. The 25-year-old model and actress dishes on her diet, working out, playing tennis with husband Andy Roddick, and she also reveals some of her top tricks to stay in a head-turning shape.
Brooklyn Decker covers Women's Health May 2012 issue. In the
interview with the magazine, the 25-year-old model and actress
dishes on her diet, working out, playing tennis with husband Andy
Roddick, and she also reveals some of her top tricks to stay in a
head-turning shape. Juggling two careers is not the easiest thing
to do, yet Decker is totally aware that it is extremely important
to maintain the body that made her famous.
"If I stop wanting to work out, then I'm going to be in some
serious trouble," she says. "I love working my butt off to prove I
can do something new. If I don’t keep looking for challenges, life
gets sort of dull."
On her diet, the beautiful model admits that, "I try not to think
about foods that are too fattening or too sugary. I always think
about why it's important to eat the best foods. By not obsessing
over the bad, I think to stick with the good." Decker's typical
menu includes 2% fat Greek yogurt mixed with blueberries for
breakfast, egg-white sandwich on an English muffin with goat cheese
and mustard, or soup and a salad for lunch, and lean meat or tuna
with veggies for dinner.
When it comes to snacking, Brooklyn opts for a handful of almonds
or cashews, hummus and pita, a granola bar, or raw veggies. She
drinks several glasses of water and a few cups of coffee.
Brooklyn considers that when you do physical activities you
enjoy, you see exercising as positive and therefore get more
results. And one of her ways to bust boredom is to dance.
"Yesterday I returned from a trip to Australia and Munich, so I
resorted to my secret, sure-fire method to get my body moving
again. I blasted three Taylor Swift songs as loud as I could and
started running in place and doing some stupid booty dancing.
Sometimes I'll watch a music video of a great performer like
Beyonce and try to follow her choreography. Yeah, maybe I look
ridiculous, but dancing gets your energy up a lot better than
running on a treadmill or pedaling a stationary bike," she told the
magazine.
Another trick is to turn the workout into a sightseeing expedition.
"I really love going places without a map," she says. "When I went
running in Paris, I headed for a monument or a statue that I could
see off in the distance. To get back where I started, I simply used
the GPS on my phone."
On playing tennis with husband Andy Roddick, Brooklyn says that,
"He tried to give me a lesson once, and I ended up hitting all of
the tennis balls over the fence and smashing my racket because I
was so frustrated. I told him, 'You don’t teach me how to play
tennis, and I won’t teach you how to model in a bathing suit.' And
so far, it’s worked. Being married to Andy has given me a new
appreciation for my body. He’s taught me that it’s not how thin you
are that matters. It’s how your body performs, how it endures wear
and tear."
Decker confesses that she has some idols, independent and
talented women whom she admires. "When I see a woman who's overcome
obstacles, who's done something with her life, I want to say to
her, 'Wow, you're cool. Your career is awesome, and I'd love to
hang out with you.' It's a respect thing," Brooklyn says. Kristen
Wiig, Erin Andrews, Marisa Miller, Charlize Theron, and Lana Del
Rey are some of the women she would love to hang out with.
Speaking about Del Rey, Brooklyn says that, "She has such an
individual singing style - a kind of smoky, old-school jazzy voice
combined with a hip-hop vibe. It's music I've never really heard
before."
On Charlize Theron, Decker told Women's Health that, "Well, duh.
It's not just her breathtaking beauty that stuns me, it's her
ability to act completely against type, to defy everyone's
expectations, and to go for roles that she just finds interesting,
not because an agent or manager tells her the parts will be good
for her career."
Photos courtesy of Women's Health
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