{"id":391475,"date":"2026-04-14T12:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T12:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/391475\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T12:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T12:06:10","slug":"ellie-kildunne-built-her-powerful-body-by-keeping-things-simple-focusing-on-these-fundamentals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/391475\/","title":{"rendered":"Ellie Kildunne built her powerful body by keeping things simple \u2013 focusing on these fundamentals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite being named World Rugby\u2019s Women\u2019s 15s Player of the Year, England rugby star Ellie Kildunne<\/a> admitted on an episode of Just As Well<\/a> that the \u2018gym was never easy\u2019. In order for her to feel her best, she sticks to a no-nonsense approach to training and nutrition that focuses on the fundamentals: consistent exercise<\/a> and eating enough. <\/p>\n

‘If I haven\u2019t put the work in, if I\u2019ve skipped reps, if I haven\u2019t eaten the right amount for the game, I would feel anxious,\u2019 she says in her cover interview for Women\u2019s Health UK. \u2018But I\u2019ve never put myself in that position because I want to be the best.\u2019<\/p>\n

What does being the best mean to her? \u2018I want to become world player of the year twice. That\u2019s my focus. Anything else that happens is by the by.\u2019 <\/p>\n

On her episode of Just As Well last year, she said strength training <\/a>now makes her \u2018feel powerful\u2019, while she \u2018hates running<\/a>\u2019 \u2013 but a lot of her training involves speed, agility and endurance practice for her time on the pitch. That mix of conditioning and strength means she has built a strong, fast and resilient body. <\/p>\n

Speaking of her physical transformation, she admits her personal body image hasn\u2019t always been positive<\/a>: \u2018Body image is such a mental challenge,\u2019 she tells Women\u2019s Health UK. \u2018My body is what made me World Player of the Year\u2026 I\u2019ve got to remind myself of that.\u2019 Visibility helps too: \u2018We\u2019re in that transition phase\u2026 social media is starting to lean more towards athletic women\u2026 I see people that look like me now.\u2019 Now, Ellie says when she sees a muscular person, she thinks, \u2018Respect. Because I know exactly what goes into that.\u2019 <\/p>\n

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\u00a0As Women\u2019s Health UK\u2019s fitness director and a qualified Pilates and yoga instructor, Bridie Wilkins has been passionately reporting on exercise, health and nutrition since the start of her decade-long career in journalism. She secured her first role at Look Magazine, where her obsession with fitness began and she launched the magazine\u2019s health and fitness column, Look Fit, before going on to become Health and Fitness writer at HELLO!. Since, she has written for Stylist, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Elle, The Metro, Runner\u2019s World and Red.Now, she oversees all fitness content across womenshealthmag.com.uk<\/a> and the print magazine, spearheading leading cross-platform franchises, such as \u2018Fit At Any Age\u2019, where we showcase the women proving that age is no barrier to exercise. She has also represented the brand on BBC Radio London, plus various podcasts and Substacks \u2013 all with the aim to encourage more women to exercise and show them how.Outside of work, find her trying the latest Pilates studio, testing her VO2 max for fun (TY, Oura), or posting workouts on Instagram. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite being named World Rugby\u2019s Women\u2019s 15s Player of the Year, England rugby star Ellie Kildunne admitted on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391476,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[137329,186408,635,186407,637,589,163,85,46,636,186406],"class_list":{"0":"post-391475","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-collection-fitness-app","9":"tag-collection-women-in-sport","10":"tag-content-type-news","11":"tag-contentid-2258d50a-681f-4ad1-b971-bbde260b861b","12":"tag-displaytype-standard-article","13":"tag-fitness","14":"tag-health","15":"tag-il","16":"tag-israel","17":"tag-locale-gb","18":"tag-shorttitle-how-ellie-kildunne-built-her-powerful-body"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}