Serena Williams may be officially off the court in a professional capacity, but she is still smashing her fitness routine.<\/p>\n
On July 11, the 43-year-old Grand Slam champion posted a collection of gym selfies in an Instagram post<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Working out and working on my angles,” she captioned the post, which included five different selfies of the athlete posing in front of a mirror. In all five, the tennis legend has her sculpted abdominals on full display while dressed in a black sports bra and leggings.<\/p>\n Fans took the comments section of the post to share their praise.<\/p>\n “Abbbbbssss,” author and TV host Elaine Welteroth wrote.<\/p>\n “Come back on tour for just one year! JUST ONE!!!!” another encouraged.<\/p>\n “Inspired!!!” a third penned.<\/p>\n Williams’ latest post comes after she’s been open with her followers about navigating her postpartum body. <\/p>\n Since giving birth to her second daughter<\/a>, Adira River Ohanian, in August 2023, the tennis star has been transparent about the real effort it has taken her to reconnect with her body and feel good in it. <\/p>\n In May 2024, she shared the relatable struggle of fitting into a denim skirt<\/a> she bought while pregnant as a goal to fit into postpartum. Despite patience and one attempt after another, the denim did not budge past her hips.<\/p>\n \u201cI just want to cry,\u201d Williams shared in a post about the skirt<\/a>, showing how she’d managed to bring it up \u201can inch higher\u201d than her most previous try the month before.<\/p>\n The moment was praised by fans who expressed their gratitude for her transparency, with many expressing how she made them to feel seen. <\/p>\n \u201cI feel every little piece of this deep in my soul,\u201d one user replied.<\/p>\n Since the birth of her first child, Alexis Olympia Ohanian, Jr.,<\/a> in 2017, she has been open about the physical and emotional challenges of motherhood. <\/p>\n In a 2022 Vogue essay<\/a>, she talked about her experience with life-threatening complications<\/a>, such as a pulmonary embolism and navigating postpartum depression, all while returning to her highly competitive tennis career.<\/p>\n