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Lara Worthington (née Bingle) has revealed she plans to age gracefully as she approaches 40.
The model is fitter than ever and feels more confident than at the height of her modeling fame.
“I want to embrace aging. I just love discovering new ways to take care of your body, skin and mind,” the 35-year-old said this week. Body+Soul magazine.
Lara Worthington (née Bingle) has revealed she plans to age gracefully as she approaches 40. The model is fitter than ever and feels more confident than at the height of her modeling fame. Pictured in Body+Soul Magazine
“I think it will always be very important to find that balance. I look up to a lot of women, like Lauren Hutton, like Meryl Streep. Susan Sarandon is another.
‘I love that the world we live in now has such role models, who are beautiful and inspiring, you know?’ she added.
Lara tells the publication that she once did most of her exercise in the ocean, but now she takes ballet and Pilates classes at her adopted home in New York City.
“I want to embrace aging. I just love discovering new ways to take care of your body, skin and mind,” the 35-year-old told Body+Soul Magazine this week.
“I think that’s why I feel better in my body now than when I was younger. I just wasn’t that well informed, and there wasn’t that information to access it,” she said.
It comes after it was revealed that man who helped sculpt Lara’s age-defying body is a former US Marine who preaches a grueling “old school, fast and furious” training style similar to that of professional boxers.
California-based Rodney Johnson began working with the Australian model nearly a decade ago after the couple met through her husband, actor Sam Worthington.
Lara tells the publication that she once did most of her exercise in the ocean, but now she takes ballet and Pilates classes at her adopted home in New York City.
The exhaustive but no-nonsense approach has reportedly been an integral part of Lara’s preparation for her famed 2021 Seafolly global campaign.
An advocate of “old school” techniques that “get results,” Johnson employs a regimen that includes daily and sometimes twice-daily workouts, from lifting heavy weights to jumping and stair climbing.
Outlining his program for intermediate to advanced level trainers, Johnson recommends choosing four alternating days for strength training and then adding cardio workouts on the remaining days.
“I think that’s why I feel better in my body now than when I was younger. I just wasn’t that well informed, and there wasn’t that information to access it,” she said
On those days, he recommends cardio exercises such as running, swimming, cycling, rowing, climbing stairs, skipping, and playing basketball.
Diet plans under Johnson’s program are limited to 1,800 calories per day for women and 2,500 for men, with food options such as “hard-boiled eggs, tuna in water, lean meat, cottage cheese, and whole-wheat pita.”
Speaking of Johnson’s training methods in 2020, Lara told OK! The American Magazine had also changed its approach to food, with her and Sam both switching to a “mostly vegetarian-slash-pescetarian” diet in recent years.
It comes after it was revealed that the man who helped sculpt Lara’s age-defying body is a former US Marine who preaches a grueling “old school, fast and furious” training style similar to that of professional boxers.
“For years I have worked out (if possible) with my personal trainer Rodney,” Lara said.
“Rodney is old-school and hardcore — super simple in his approach, but it’s hands down the best workout I’ve done yet, and he’s taught me a lot about nutrition too.”
More recently, Lara practices hot yoga — also known as Bikram yoga — an extreme workout done in a heated room designed to mimic India’s climate.
Lara also regularly records Pilates sessions for the home and has a Pilates reformer installed in her home both in Australia and the US.
California-based Rodney Johnson began working with the Australian model nearly a decade ago after the couple met through her husband, actor Sam Worthington (left)
‘I like Pilates and of course Fluidform in Sydney is my favourite. I like to try new places and recently bought a reformer to have at home – I also studied Pilates to further my knowledge of it,” she said.
“If I can go to a gym, I walk up to an hour on a high incline each time. I also like to skip! I just started using a skip app called Crossrope, it’s great!
“I like to exercise and plan time every day to get it done. Right now I like to walk all over New York – it’s sports without realizing it.’
‘I like Pilates and of course Fluidform in Sydney is my favourite. I like to try new places and recently bought a reformer to have at home – I also started studying Pilates to increase my knowledge about it,” she said.