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The year may be 2023, butJane Fonda’s still movin' and groovin' like it’s 1982!
The two-timeAcademy Awardwinning actress and activist chatted with PEOPLE about her current partnership with the brand, while also reflecting onthe legacy she’s createdin making fitness accessible to all.
“I’m very, very proud of it because it really changed a lot of lives,” Fonda tells PEOPLE exclusively of her enormous impact on past generations and future ones to come. “It means that they’re discovering that what I did back then really works.”
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The reason for Fonda’s involvement in the campaign is simple: “Keeping moving is the mantra for growing old successfully,” she tells PEOPLE. “You don’t have to be an athlete, it doesn’t have to be a sport, it doesn’t even have to be in a workout class. But, walk, move, stretch, stay limber.”
But don’t think that just because she’s 85 years old, she can’t bust out a total body aerobic, strength and flexibility workout that she knows best! In fact, Fonda says that “many of those moves are the same” for her workouts today.
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Well, sort of. “I move slowly,” she admits, which is why she doesn’t resort back to her original workout tapes… at least “not the early ones,” says Fonda. “I moved very fast in those. I risk hurting myself.”
But that doesn’t matter! “What matters is that you don’t get hurt when you’re older.” And for Fonda — who says she has osteoarthritis, in addition to having a recent shoulder replacement surgery — that means she has “to be careful how [she] moves.”
Fonda’s go-to when it comes to strengthening her bones? Weight lifting. “I used to lift 15 pounds for biceps,” she says of her past routine. “Now, I lift five pounds. But it doesn’t matter. It maintains muscle.” She adds, “I use resistance bands a lot and things like that.”
“Literally, her daily fight, how she continues to turn on and do all the things,” begins Knight. “From standing up for rights to keeping moving, to helping people, to being an actress. She literally is doing it all.
He adds: “She’s a true inspiration for me who really pushed me to do my best work.”
source: people.com
