Word on the street is that Madonna will be doing some double-Dutch jump-roping in her upcoming Sticky and Sweet tour. While all that jumping is a serious cardio workout, I am sure Madonna can handle it and then some. She's seriously fit and today she is turning 50! Happy birthday, Madge.
How exactly does this icon maintain her insane physique after five decades? She works plenty hard at it, that's how. Madonna said, "There are no tricks. Tricks don’t work. Discipline does." And she is one disciplined macrobiotic girl. Plus she knows what fitness tricks do work: she has a great fitness buddy Gwyneth Paltrow, she's got a tough trainer, and she mixes it up. Madge bikes and runs, as well as practices ashtanga yoga and Gyrotonic. She also conveniently has a gym in her home, or at least as close as the house next door that she converted to a gym.
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I for one hope to be as fit as Madonna when I hit the mid century mark. What about you, does Madonna inspire you? Tell me in the comments section below.
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she's living proof to me that age is not an excuse to feel bad about your body. you can be fit at any age...it's all a matter of determination (time and money of course).
1I think Madonna looks disgusting! Her body is a huge turn-off! Just look at all those veins sticking out. I think she's too fit, she's not very feminine anymore. Of course it's only my opinion, but I would never want to look like that.
2I hope I am fit like her when I reach her age. However, I find her motives a little narcissistic. She works out for hours at a time each day to maintain her fitness levels. I think she has trouble grasping the fact that she doesn't have the body of a 25 year old. Still, I love her music and I respect the accomplishments she's made in her career.
If you really want to check out an older woman with a good body, check out Helen Mirren, and she's 64 years old! She's fit, but she doesn't try to look younger than her age.
http://www.topsocialite.com/helen-mirren-bikini-bod/
3I'd love to look like her at 50, but realistically, I don't think I will. I doubt I'm going to have 2+ hours every day to devote to exercise and a strict macrobiotic diet would suck all the joy out of eating for me. I'll be happy if I'm maintaining healthy cardiovascular activity and weight training.
4Madonna is phenomenal, it takes a lot of hard work to get to where she got, I think her body is terrific, especially at her age. I would love to have her body, especially her arms!!!! Go Madonna!!!
5I love her best in long sleeves (wish she didn't have those big veins...) but I think she's still on top and the sh!t!! (I don't even like mainstream music either.)
6I totally agree lillis...she looks like a bodybuilder or something. I think it's creepy.
7Considering I am 8 years younger than her, I hope I look as good as her when I hit 50. Madge has done every fitness training known to man. They did however forgot to mention that Madge has also doned pilates too. She, Tina Turner, Raquel Welch and Jane Fonda are the reasons why so many women in the industry decided to get off their butts to keep in shape. WTG Madonna and happy birthday!!!!
8Her high level of fitness really does inspire me, but I think she's sort of trying too hard now. She looks REALLY old without makeup and she would probably look almost better with a few extra pounds on her. I do give her credit though; most women her age don't have that level of discipline. I really hope I'm able to be that active when I'm her age!
9No, I don't consider her an inspiration. She looks odd and unreal. I know that as someone with out her exceptional resources ($30,000 for plastic surgery, ??$ for private gym and chef) I will never look like that, nor do I want to. I want to look good AND enjoy life. A happy balance would be inspirational for me. She looks like she has gone beyond fit and into obsessive. Her life must revolve around her looks. That's not my idea of the good life, sorry. If that is what makes her happy, too bad.
10cindychic, lol. i love to see people's opinions even when they vary from mine (I like opinionated people for the most part).. the chef though.. good god, I want my own chef/nutritionist. I think I'd be way healthier if I had one to make food for me and tell me I couldn't eat anything else but what they make me. I don't have that kind of money though.
11I think a softer hair color would help Madonna. At age 50, the platinum blonde doesn't work as well as a more 'natural' color. I think her discipline is amazing. I would love to have the 'free' time she does. But no matter, she works hard for what she gets. I think she plays the game of the music industry excellently, whether you like her music or not.
12I hope I'm that fit, but nothing more. She looks like she's trying to look 20. Women who embrace their age and dress accordingly look way better to me.
13I think she looks really gross.
14*sigh* i love old 1980s madonna. i dont know why she gets praised SO much these days. granted she has accomplished a lot and has really made something of herself, but i dont think she has aged gracefully at all. she still performs like shes in her 20s and dresses somewhat that way too. i dont think shes a good mother figure either. hey, im all about working towards staying young but i think she is taking it a bit too far. she doesn't look like a woman... she looks like the crypt keeper.
15I like how fit she is (especially her toned arms), but her skin itself is looking kind of old. She could use some more moisturizer and sunscreen on her hands and neck.
16While I applaud her for remaining active, she seems to take it too far. From what I've read about her diet and exercise routine, it's not very balanced. She doesn't seem to rest her muscles and like doesn't eat enough to support the very active lifestyle she leads. All this makes her body actually look older than she is.
17She's just...her. Her body is her body. She's healthy and enjoys it. You don't HAVE to be this sex bomb slut to be a pop star, you know, like, um...the Pussycat Dolls? So yah, she just kicks butt.
18Her low body fat ages her a bit quicker than her good genetics can make up for it.
Her fitness level is very inspiring.
BTW...I have those veins and I certainly am not as thin as Madonna.
19Narcissists never grow old with grace and she's no exception.
She's pathetic and if she's to be a role model for older women, I'm going to kill myself. Keeping yourself fit and fresh is one thing, but being a freak and tying to look like a teenager is just desperate and tragic
20She looks real old for 50!
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