Paulina Porizkova's gym routine led to ‘a revelation’ in her sixties

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Fox News · collected 2026-10-10 · by Lori Bashian

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Paulina Porizkova, 61, a former supermodel and judge on "America's Next Top Model," shared her experience with working out on Instagram, revealing how exercise has helped manage her severe anxiety and improve her physical strength. She now follows a routine of lifting weights three days a week and incorporates Pilates into her regimen, despite initially disliking workouts until she was in her 40s. Porizkova highlights that even after hip replacement surgery and menopausal weight gain, regular exercise has left her feeling stronger and more capable than ever before, as evidenced by videos showing her dancing with younger people at a wedding for her son's friend.
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Paulina Porizkova, a 61-year-old former "America's Next Top Model" judge, shared on Instagram her positive experiences with regular exercise despite initial dislike for working out. She attributes her newfound enthusiasm to the physical benefits such as weight management and relief from severe anxiety. Her current routine includes going to the gym three times a week, alternating between upper body and lower body workouts, and incorporates heavy lifting and Pilates exercises like hammer curls, cable pulls, deadlifts, pull-ups, lunges, and others. Fans in the comments section praised her for being an inspiration, particularly after she mentioned overcoming health challenges including bilateral hip replacement surgery and menopausal weight gain.

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"This is after my bilateral hip replacement that kept me in severe pain for years, after my menopausal weight gain, after Jeff’s knee trouble, and including arthritis in both of our shoulders … and yet, We have never felt more at home and at ease in our bodies." Fans in the comments section sent messages of support to the former "America's Next Top Model" judge, with one telling her, "You are an inspiration."
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🔮 She explained that while she still doesn't like working out and would "much rather be reclining on the couch and reading novels," that would help "feed my brain, but it doesn’t really do it for my body," so she chooses to go to the gym.

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Paulina Porizkova is enjoying the benefits of exercising after starting to work out. asserted
Porizkova → enjoy → benefits
In a recent Instagram post, the 61-year-old supermodel shared her gym routine with her many followers, and shared working out has helped her in more ways than one. asserted
working → share → one
"I really used to hate to work out. asserted
I → use → ?
And so I didn’t do it until I was in my 40s, and I realized that it really helped with my pretty severe anxiety," she said in a voice-over footage of her lifting weights. asserted
her → do → weights
"And also it made me look better." asserted
me → make → ?
She explained that while she still doesn't like working out and would "much rather be reclining on the couch and reading novels," that would help "feed my brain, but it doesn’t really do it for my body," so she chooses to go to the gym. asserted
she → explain → gym
The supermodel shared that she tries to go to the gym three days a week, alternating between focusing on her upper body and her lower body, and leaves one day to work both out. asserted
she → share → both
She explained that she's taken the advice of doctors and Instagram influencers and tries "to lift heavy," adding that she also mixes Pilates into her routine. asserted
she → explain → routine
In the video, Porizkova can be seen doing exercises such as hammer curls, cable pulls, deadlifts, pull-ups, lunges and others. asserted
Porizkova → see → curls
"What's wonderful about it is, it not only helps my severe anxiety and makes me look better, but it also has made me a lot stronger," she added. asserted
she → help → anxiety
"So, despite my 10 pound weight gain, I can dance the night away with people half my age. asserted
I → dance → people
She then shared video of herself dancing with a group of people, writing in the caption that she was at a wedding for her son's friend, boasting that although they were younger than her, "we still pretty much out-danced them all." asserted
we → share → them
In her caption she assured fans she and her husband are working with a trainer who "taught us HOW to lift properly so we don't injure ourselves." asserted
we → assure → ourselves
"To feel like we’re in the best shape of our lives in our sixties is a revelation," she wrote. asserted
she → feel → sixties
"This is after my bilateral hip replacement that kept me in severe pain for years, after my menopausal weight gain, after Jeff’s knee trouble, and including arthritis in both of our shoulders … and yet, We have never felt more at home and at ease in our bodies." Fans in the comments section sent messages of support to the former "America's Next Top Model" judge, with one telling her, "You are an inspiration." asserted
You → keep → her
"I’m looking at having a hip replacement down the road- am doing PT now to hold off for a bit," the fan wrote. asserted
fan → look → bit
"But looking at all you’re doing after having had both done, it gives me hope! asserted
it → look → hope
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