April 18, 2024

Lena Dunham Reveals Why She Loves Exercising With Celeb Trainer Tracy Anderson

This article originally appeared on People.com.?

For Girls star , getting into good shape with fitness expert Tracy Anderson is much more about creating a mind-body connection than trying to look different.

“I think for me the big thing was that Tracy just clearly wasn’t attempting to change my body,” she told PEOPLE in the opening of Anderson’s new flagship studio on New York City’s Upper East Side. “I found her and was like, ‘I have endometriosis, I’ve chronic physical pain, I just want to feel stronger Among the finest to possess a stronger core, I wish to seem like I’ve more power throughout my day, how do you get there?’ I like that they was coming at it from that perspective instead of like, I’d like to shrink six inches-“

Dunham, who attended the big event together with her Girls collaborator Jenni Konner, also has a sense of humor about what it requires to obtain through Anderson’s grueling sessions.

“I’m so naturally unathletic which i go in and I’m thrilled basically is capable of anything,” she says. So that as for comparing herself to other members of the category? “I just combat that feeling with literally no physical expectations for myself, which makes it all exercise perfectly.”

According to trainer Anderson, who works together with celebs like Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Lopez and Alessandra Ambrosio, Dunham “knows what she would like on her body.” Says Anderson, “Women?always believe that they need to look like someone else- I really want examples like Lena, like Jennifer, like Gwyneth, which are really proud of who they really are, plus they just want to be healthy and balanced on their own.”