‘My favourite way to exercise is yoga, but I have also come to love running in the last 10 years or so,’ the maternal health activist also shared with Vogue<\/a> in 2020. <\/p>\n Here’s everything we know about how she approaches staying fit. <\/p>\n Yoga is the core of her routine <\/p>\n Yoga has been a core part of her routine since she was a young adult. <\/p>\n ‘I was lucky enough to discover yoga at 18 years old, and it\u2019s been my most consistent go-to. It helps me make sure that I\u2019m at my best \u2013 and everybody in my life benefits when I am,’ she told Oprah Daily<\/a>.<\/p>\n The ancient physical and spiritual practice helped her reset during busy work periods early in her modelling career. <\/p>\n ‘When I was a teen… I was doing yoga and exercising. When I was working and traveling a lot in the early days, I would go to a spa or yoga retreat for my vacation,’ she said to The Cut<\/a>. <\/p>\n ‘I knew that going so fast, flying all the time, and not having those breaks wasn\u2019t healthy. I learned early on in order to be my best with the work schedule I had, I needed to take care of myself.’ To this day, it’s the cornerstone of her routine. <\/p>\n ‘I practise yoga almost every day. I kind of schedule my life around it to be honest,’ she continued to Oprah Daily. ‘It’s really important, and so having it be the centrepiece of my day is how I try to approach it.’ <\/p>\n She loves doing long runs outside<\/p>\n Christy credits running with helping her improve her cardiovascular fitness and build a greater sense of physical strength.<\/p>\n ‘Because I do endurance running, I feel so much stronger than I have during any other time in my life,’ she told The Cut. <\/p>\n She also uses running as a way to spend time outdoors.<\/p>\n ‘Running really forces me outside which I love,’ she revealed to Vogue. <\/p>\n Running in silence, she uses the solitude to decompress and detach from mental noise and chatter. <\/p>\n ‘When I run and do yoga, I don\u2019t play music, and I\u2019m not connected to technology during that time. If anything, that\u2019s really the draw,’ she continued.<\/p>\n What initially started as a way to stay in tune with her surroundings quickly became a habit. <\/p>\n ‘I started running on a road in Long Island where there were a lot of cars going really fast. I wanted to be able to hear what was around me,’ she said to The Cut.<\/p>\n ‘But then I started to really appreciate having silence and it became more of a meditation practice for me. No music \u2013 everything I did when I first started running is the way I\u2019ve kept it.’<\/p>\n She sometimes runs indoors, particularly when training for races<\/p>\n Though Christy primarily runs outdoors<\/a>, sometimes she runs inside, particularly when she’s preparing for races and needs to log her kilometres. <\/p>\n ‘We have a treadmill in my office and there\u2019s a class called Mile High Run Club, which is fun. In the past, when I\u2019ve done races in the spring and have to run in the winter, I\u2019ll do a double class to get the miles in,’ she told The Cut.<\/p>\n ‘[When I was] training for a half [I was] doing long runs on weekends and short runs indoors at Barry\u2019s Boot Camp \u2014 but only because it\u2019s right down the street,’ she said. <\/p>\n In previous years, her routine also involved dropping the kids off at school before heading to the gym for an indoor running session.<\/p>\n ‘My day starts when they’re off and I’ll go to the gym for a run and then head to the office,’ she continued. <\/p>\n Christy has also spoken about the sense of accomplishment she gets from pushing herself through long-distance races.<\/p>\n ‘Right before a marathon starts, there\u2019s almost always that feeling of, “I can\u2019t believe I\u2019m doing this again.”‘ But after, I feel euphoric,’ she reflected. ‘You feel like such a warrior, even if you\u2019re so exhausted during it.’<\/p>\n Christy sees wellbeing as a long-term commitment<\/p>\n ‘I don’t think of wellness as a trend. Wellness has been part of my life for a really long time,’ she told Marie Claire. ‘Acupressure, acupuncture, yoga, meditation \u2013 those are thousands of years old, and they still work best.’<\/p>\n Other key anchors of health include recovery and sleep.<\/p>\n ‘Sleep is the most important thing. It all goes hand in hand with good nutrition,’ she added.<\/p>\n One of our most frequently asked questions here at Women\u2019s Health? How to build muscle and burn fat at the same time. So, we asked superstar trainer Oyinda Okunowo<\/a> exactly how to do it. In this 4-week plan \u2013 created exclusively for Women\u2019s Health COLLECTIVE members \u2013 you\u2019ll get the workouts and nutrition guidance needed to help you on your way to better body composition. Tap the link below to unlock 14 days of free access to Oyinda’s plan and start training today.<\/p>\n
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