This morning we joined model and all-around beautiful person, Miranda Kerr, for a quick workout and a look at her new Skyscape sneaker collaboration with Reebok. The shoes, which are so comfy you forget to take them off—as evidenced in a commercial that features Kerr stripping down to just her sneaks before hopping in the shower—weigh five ounces and are inspired in part by molded foam bras.
We caught up with the former Victoria's Secret model and new face of Wonderbra to talk about her workout playlists, how to get a bikini-ready body, and what exactly is in the super healthy smoothie she sipped on all morning.
So you're basically queen of the selfies. What are some tips on how to take the perfect selfie?
Just find an angle that works for your face. And some people like, you know, it's better if you shoot it from above. And then lighting is really important.
Do you have a favorite filter?
I like Valencia. I'm obsessed with Valencia because some people like…really hate filters and they're anti-filters…but like Valencia and Sierra.
So what are you drinking? Is this one of your go-tos?
That's my smoothie, it's really like…it's got all my vitamins in it. It's just like, coconut water with goji berries, chia seeds, maca powder, spirulina, cacao and then I get all my vitamins and open them and put it in there.
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What is your morning ritual?
Hot water with lemon to start the day, it's really good and it stimulates the digestive systems. Dry body brushing I love as well; I feel it really detoxifies. I love having a shower, then I cleanse, tone, and moisturize. And then after that I have my cold-pressed green juice every day. And it has like kale, spinach, cucumber, celery. And then after that I'll have eggs or oatmeal. Sometimes I'll do quinoa, it depends on how much time I have. The eggs are easy. Eggs and avocado. And then I make my shake. And I have that throughout the morning.
Do you usually work out in the morning or in the afternoon?
I try to work out in the morning, but sometimes I have to get to work at like, 6 A.M., so, it was good I got to work out today at work.
What's your number one easy fitness tip to get bikini-body ready for?
I would say to just stay active even if you're sitting at an office desk all day, like you can clench/tighten different parts of your muscles. I do it all the time when I'm in the car or on the way to the airport. And I'll be like, I'm doing this, or I'm squeezing my butt, doing the calf muscles, even do face exercises like this [makes grimacing face movements and fish faces].
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So like, neck-clenching?
Yeah. It helps to tighten the face. It's really weird. But it's good, I'll do all those different weird things. I think it's just important to stay moving, just get the blood flow pumping, it doesn't have to be strenuous. Just moving and exercising different parts of your body. Why not, right?
I mean if you're sitting there, doing nothing, you have no other option. I mean you could also be listening to an audiobook at the same time, or music.
When you know you have to be in a bikini or you have to do a certain photoshoot do you ever add anything to your routine? Is there anything special you do to get toned up right before?
The bridge pose is really good. I feel like that is a quick way to kind of lift the butt. And then I like plank pose. Doing plank pose 10 minutes a day.
10 minutes?!
You go on the side, on the front, on the other side. Turn music on. Do it every day. It just keeps your whole body toned.
Sometimes my arms will get really sore, so I'll go up and down on my elbows. And I try and like, turn the music on and sometimes [my 3-year-old son] Flynn is like hanging around, jumps on me and I'm like, "You're making it really hard for me, buddy. Come on." He thinks it's hilarious.
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Did you do anything special after you had your son to get like…do you do something different now that you didn't do before?
Well to be honest I feel like I have to work out more NOW. Right after the baby I was just more focused on making sure I was breastfeeding him and he was my priority. Whereas now I'm like, okay, he's three. So I have to make sure I keep up with my exercise routine more.
What music do you listen to, or what music do you listen to when you work out?
Everything. Everyone from Mozart to Frank Sinatra to Dr. Dre, Tiesto, Chopin, to Jay Z, to Dave Matthews, Marilyn Monroe. It's really a mix, like everything—you can see the Velvet Underground, U2, their new hit…then I've got Dr. Dre. Eurythmics. Drake.
Behind the Shoot: Miranda Kerr
