Alex Rodriguez gushes about Jennifer Lopez: ‘she’s a much better athlete than me’
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Alex Rodriguez made a name for himself as baseball player with the New York Yankees, and he’s spent his career surrounded by fellow athletes. Even though he’s not playing anymore, hes still hanging around with fit folks – in this case, his girlfriend, Jennifer Lopez. At the grand opening of a UFC Gym in Kendall, Florida on Thursday – which is the place to be if you dig dudes in Affliction shirts and tribal tattoos grunting and groaning – Alex had nothing but praise for his lady’s commitment to fitness.
Alex proudly told E! News, “We work out together all the time. She is a fitness enthusiast and she’s a much better athlete than me.” The 42-year-old also told US Magazine,“Jennifer is an incredible athlete. She’s a former star athlete going back to junior high [and] high school. And we both just love the fitness space, we like to work out. We work out together, we work out apart. Yeah, she’s great.” It’s good for their relationship that they’re both on the same page workout-wise. My current beau and I encourage each other to get off the couch and go to the gym and I can’t imagine what it would be like if one of us stopped working out.
Jennifer has always been fitness-focused, she was a dancer, you know. Her trainer, David Kirsch, who says she’s “in great cardio shape,” sure puts her through the paces. He told People that he guides his superstar client through a full-body circuit workout utilizing stability balls, resistance bands and medicine balls. David explained, “I’m not going heavy on the weight with her, but I keep the circuit up and the intensity up and the cardio up. It’s about shaping and toning and sculpting. So it’s not a traditional strength workout and it’s not a pure cardio workout. It’s sort of a mix of both of them.”
He shared a quick clip on Friday of the 48-year-old singer/actress doing what he dubs the “platypus walk” in his New York City studio. He told PEOPLE that “I love that one for Jennifer because it focuses on her inner thigh, works on her butt, there’s a cardio element there because of the pace at which you’re going back and forward gets your heart rate up. So it’s a move that delivers right away.” He adds, “You’ll feel it immediately.” That, I believe. God, I hate squats. My quads hurt just watching this.
#kirsching @jlo this morning #Emilia making sure her #platypuswalks were on point. #madisonsquareclub #fitness #energy #sculpting #bootilicious #killingit
A post shared by David Kirsch (@davidkirsch) on Aug 4, 2017 at 10:22am PDT
David admires Jennifer’s “crazy discipline” and said, “it’s a pleasure to work with someone who is as dialed into her overall wellness as Jennifer is. When she shows up and I get 500 percent. There’s no phoning in the workout.” Look at Jennifer. She may have phoned in an acting role or two (cough…Gigli…cough), but she never does that when it comes to maintaining her physique. I wish I had her crazy discipline.
A post shared by Jennifer Lopez (@jlo) on Aug 6, 2017 at 6:06pm PDT
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