{"id":485802,"date":"2026-06-06T07:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T07:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/485802\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T07:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T07:27:11","slug":"my-body-needs-it-kylie-minogue-swears-by-one-tough-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/485802\/","title":{"rendered":"‘My body needs it’: Kylie Minogue swears by one tough exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"

If we learned one thing from the new Kylie documentary, it\u2019s that the pint-sized queen of pop is a grafter. That woman works hard. What\u2019s her secret? Well, it\u2019s not running. <\/p>\n

\u2018We say in my family, \u201cMinogues don\u2019t run.\u201d None of us run,\u2019 she once told WSJ<\/a> magazine. \u2018But we like to walk, so that works for me. If I\u2019m somewhere where there\u2019s Pilates, I love that. I\u2019ve also tried Gyrotonics; that was really fun. I would say my ultimate workout is being on tour. I\u2019m never as fit as when I\u2019m on tour, so I can\u2019t wait to tour again. My body needs it.\u2019<\/p>\n

This makes sense, says GH fitness expert Kim Hawley<\/a>: \u2018Dance can be an excellent workout, combining cardiovascular exercise with balance, coordination and a whole load of mobility.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Production still from the Netflix documentary, Kylie<\/p>\n

The intensity of the workout depends, of course, on the kind of dance (a polka will get your heart pounding faster than a waltz), but, says Kim, \u2018It\u2019s more than just the body that has to get involved \u2013 constantly having to remember steps and sequences gets the brain involved as well, which, believe or not, is a calorie burner, too!\u2019<\/p>\n

Touring is, of course, a tricky one for the average woman to copy. The last time I did karaoke, the bar conspicuously emptied. Arenas aren\u2019t calling any time soon. And yet\u2026 \u2018You definitely don\u2019t need dance training from an activity<\/a> perspective,\u2019 says Kim. \u2018Your body doesn\u2019t actually care if you\u2019ve spent years practising the perfect pas de deux or if you\u2019re just jigging around the kitchen to your favourite tunes and reliving your youth,\u2019 says Kim.<\/p>\n

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Happy woman listening to music in kitchen at home.<\/p>\n

Jigging around the kitchen is definitely within my wheelhouse, so how can I tell if I\u2019m jigging hard enough for it to constitute a real workout? Simple, says Kim: \u2018Vigorous exercise will make you out of breath.\u2019 She suggests this easy way to test if your activity level meets the threshold for the 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity activity the NHS recommends we do weekly: \u2018See if you can speak in full sentences \u2013 if you can, then it\u2019s time to up the ante.\u2019<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve got 10 minutes while supper<\/a> cooks, I\u2019ve turned Padam Padam up loud and I\u2019m ready to lean in. What does Kim suggest? \u2018Pacey styles such as dance cardio, hip-hop or any high-energy routines are great,\u2019 she says but, \u2018anything that involves large movements, such as jumps, knee lifts and kicks, is great. If you can get your arms overhead, then the heart has to do a little more work to get the blood round. Basically, throw on your favourite songs, dance like nobody is watching \u2013 and that smile spreading across your face means another 13 muscles are in use, too.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If we learned one thing from the new Kylie documentary, it\u2019s that the pint-sized queen of pop is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485803,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[147616,4959,208904,1107,499,103,61,60,184510,208903,1135,166589],"class_list":["post-485802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-collection-fit-enough-club","tag-content-type-feature","tag-contentid-8e33bff4-e59b-4f68-a051-69b711fbbcc5","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-issyndicated-false","tag-kylie-minogue-swears-by-one-tough-exercise","tag-locale-gb","tag-shorttitle-at-58"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}