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A back injury on set forced Jennifer Aniston to rethink her approach to fitness. While filming \u201cMurder Mystery 2\u201d in 2021 \u2014 where she reportedly injured her back during harness work \u2014 the actress was sidelined from the high-impact routines on which she\u2019d long.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI\u2019m so accident-prone to begin with, but also the workouts that I had been doing are just too hard on the body,\u201d Aniston tells Variety, reflecting on years of high-impact training. \u201cRunning, boxing, HIIT exercises \u2014 all of these.\u201d What replaced it, she says, was something she stumbled into while recovering from the injury: the New York City-founded brand, Pvolve, a Pilates-like fitness method that uses controlled movements and resistance-based equipment (like bands, balls, and specialized trainers) to build strength and mobility, and stability. Aniston joined the company as a partner and investor in 2023.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThis is just a gentler workout that you can make as easy or hard as you want,\u201d Aniston, who frequents the West Hollywood location, says. \u201cAnd it\u2019s ever-changing. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever taken the same class twice.\u201d<\/p>\n
Now, she\u2019s launching a new series of 15-minute arms and abs workouts<\/a> (conceptualized alongside Pvolve\u2019s Dani Colman), translating Aniston\u2019s own time-strapped, lower-impact approach into an on-demand series designed for consistency over intensity. The results don\u2019t announce themselves all at once: \u201cIt kind of sneaks up on you,\u201d she laughs, recalling her first time at a Pvolve class. \u201cI was dripping. I\u2019m physically fit, and I was like, \u2018What?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Below, Aniston talks to Variety about rethinking her relationship to exercise, the misconceptions around low-impact training and how she maintains her routine while filming \u2014 plus what\u2019s ahead for the next season of \u201cThe Morning Show.\u201d<\/p>\n I took my first\u00a0Pvolve\u00a0class last weekend and I heard people afterwards say that they thought it was so easy at the beginning but by the end they were\u00a0dying.<\/p>\n It\u2019s\u00a0an incredible workout. It\u00a0kind of sneaks\u00a0up on you in that way. I remember the first time I did it \u2014 I just did 10 minutes, because you can curate your workouts \u2014 and\u00a0I\u2019d\u00a0never done it before, and I was dripping.\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0physically fit, and I was like, \u2018What?\u2019<\/p>\n It gets into deep\u00a0muscle, like those hidden little twitch muscles that are layered. When we work out,\u00a0we\u2019re\u00a0usually\u00a0working\u00a0our bigger, more prominent muscles \u2014 our glutes, our\u00a0abs, our hamstrings, our biceps \u2014 but\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0the little,\u00a0teeny\u00a0ones\u00a0underneath. So\u00a0that\u2019s\u00a0why I think\u00a0there\u2019s\u00a0a level of toning that I feel just from the inside out that I\u00a0hadn\u2019t\u00a0felt before. Plus, I\u00a0haven\u2019t\u00a0hurt myself in years.<\/p>\n What is a common\u00a0misconception about low-impact training that you often hear?<\/p>\n I think people\u00a0think\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0too easy. People think, \u2018Oh God, if it\u2019s 15\u00a0minutes\u00a0you\u2019re never going to get the effects of what a good 45 minutes of sweating on a treadmill on an incline, or running, or any of the workouts that leave you breathless at the end.\u2019 I mean, those are great, absolutely \u2014 but you can get great, impressive results and feel fantastic without the intensity. And the longevity of that is so much greater.<\/p>\n What do your workouts look like when\u00a0you\u2019re\u00a0traveling for work, or on\u00a0set?<\/p>\n Well, that\u2019s why Dani and I\u00a0came up with\u00a0this little quickie series \u2014 because of that situation where I would only have such\u00a0a short period\u00a0of time. There are three pieces we chose, because there are so many you can choose from: the P band, the P ball and the P3 trainer.<\/p>\n You can literally get a solid ab and arm workout from those two pieces and get in a really good sweat in 15 minutes.\u00a0Also, with the P3 trainer, no matter what \u2014 even if it\u2019s more core or arms \u2014 you\u2019re working your entire body because it covers all of the movements.\u00a0You can get arms, legs,\u00a0abs. I call it \u2018around the world\u2019 with the P3 trainer.<\/p>\n I feel like many people were first introduced to low-impact, quickie workouts during the pandemic when they\u00a0couldn\u2019t\u00a0go to their regular workout classes or gyms.\u00a0What was your go-to\u00a0pandemic workout?<\/p>\n You\u2019re\u00a0right.\u00a0\u00a0I started doing\u00a0FaceTimes\u00a0with my trainers.\u00a0That\u2019s\u00a0when Pvolve came\u00a0about actually \u2014\u00a0my girlfriend discovered it during\u00a0COVID.\u00a0Her whole body changed, and I was like, \u2018What on earth?\u2019 She said, \u2018I found this workout called\u00a0Pvolve,\u2019 which I then started to do after I shot the movie and came back with a back injury.<\/p>\n She said, \u2018You\u2019ve\u00a0got to try this workout, because you can work around your injury and strengthen everything around it.\u00a0It\u2019ll\u00a0expedite\u00a0the healing.\u2019 So that\u2019s\u00a0kind of where\u00a0it started \u2014 an injury, COVID, and the lack of accessibility to be going to class or having trainers come here.<\/p>\n What\u2019s\u00a0your\u00a0post-workout meal or snack?<\/p>\n Honestly,\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0not starving after a workout, but I usually go for some form of protein. I always have something pre-made in the\u00a0fridge\u00a0so I have access to fruits, vegetables, cut-up vegetables, or chicken salad, or some grilled piece of chicken\u00a0that\u2019s\u00a0just in there.\u00a0So\u00a0I can have something quick on the go \u2014 a little protein. Sometimes I do a little peanut butter and jelly. Peanut butter is essential in any\u00a0proteins. Peanut butter and almond butter on a rice cake.<\/p>\n Lastly, I\u00a0have to\u00a0ask about \u201cThe Morning Show.\u201d We\u2019re\u00a0living through one of the craziest news cycles, how is that\u00a0influencing\u00a0the storylines for this new season?<\/p>\n We start [filming] next\u00a0week by the way.\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0as exciting as it is in real time \u2014 you just never know what\u00a0you\u2019re\u00a0going to wake up to.\u00a0There\u2019s definitely always changes [to the script] because as you know, the news cycle is different every five seconds, let alone five days.\u00a0So\u00a0it\u2019s definitely always in motion.<\/p>\n It\u2019s really wild to be part of a show that you can\u2019t turn off.\u00a0The news \u2014\u00a0there\u2019s\u00a0no break, no mental checkout. But\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0going to be\u00a0good,\u00a0that I can guarantee you.<\/p>\n Best of Variety<\/p>\n Sign up for Variety’s Newsletter<\/a>. 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