Rita Ora stuns on the cover of Women’s Health UK and boasts she’s in the best shape ever after discovering new fitness regime – Plus reveals what A-Lister convinced her to freeze her eggs
Rita Ora shares the secret to keeping fit for Women’s Health UK(Image: Zoe McConnell / Women’s Health UK’)
Popstar Rita Ora says she turned her life around when she turned 30 and focused on getting in the best physical shape, as well as prepare for her future by freezing her eggs.
The idea to freeze her eggs so that she could someday have children of her own with Taika Waititi came from fellow The Masked Singer star Davina McCall.
In a candid interview with Women’s Health UK, Reets revealed she felt the need to get fitter when she started to struggle through her performances.
She said: “It all started from me just trying to not get sick on tour, so I could put on the best show. There wasn’t, let’s call it a ‘routine’, in place. And I don’t regret it. I had the best twenties.
Rita stuns on the April issue of Women’s Health UK(Image: Zoe McConnell / Women’s Health UK’)
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“My life changed in my twenties. My career really started to kick off and I was enjoying every second. [When you turn 30] something just goes.
“It literally happens overnight. I noticed that my consistency on stage was starting to get weaker and I just was thinking, ‘Oh, that’s weird.’ I realised I needed to start treating my body like I’m a kind of athlete, so I started to go really deep into the research.”
She says the secret to her incredible physique is weight training, adding: “My weights were always 1kg to 3kg…Then I realised, ‘Oh, I actually want to get strong.’ And be able to bend down and pick up a pencil and my knees be okay.
“I don’t want people to get confused with [my health journey] being about me being obsessed with my physical appearance, because I think sometimes that line gets very blurred. It’s all to do with how I feel.”
The April issue on sale now(Image: Zoe McConnell / Women’s Health UK’)
Davina McCall helped persuade Rita to freeze her eggs(Image: Zoe McConnell / Women’s Health UK’)
Rita underwent an egg freezing procedure at 24 and 27 after having an open conversation with Davina, she said: “[Back then] a doctor told me it was a really good time to preserve the best quality [eggs]. It was actually the best advice, because now I’m in my mid-thirties and I have a lot of friends really trying to figure it out. It will just be more of an expansion when the time comes. Davina [McCall] is always like, ‘Hurry up – you can do it!'”
Rita is already a step-mother to Taika’s two daughters aged 9 and 14, she gushed: “I’ve loved every second – the girls are just a dream. I think I got very lucky. We have a lot of fun – doing nails, going shopping. I love hanging out with them.”
The full interview is in the April issue of Women’s Health UK, on sale now, or read more at http://www.womenshealthmag.com/uk/health/a70584904/rita-ora-womens-health/
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