Fox Health: Ivanka Trump stays fit with this self-defense practice: ‘Moving meditation’

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Ivanka Trump stays fit with this self-defense practice: 'Moving meditation'

Ivanka Trump, daughter of Donald Trump, shared how she maintains her fitness routine which includes jiu-jitsu, outdoor activities and sports and strength training....                        ...                        ...                            ...You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, a daughter of President Trump, has been known to lead an active life.......As the mother of three kids and a lover of outdoor sports, the 43-year-old is always on the move, recently adding jiu-jitsu to her mix of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login.......In a recent appearance on "The Skinny Confidential Him & Her" podcast, Trump shared how her daughter, Arabella, expressed interest in learning self-defense when she was 11.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"I'm just so in awe of [her]," Trump said about her daughter. ......"She came to me and said, 'As a woman, I feel like I need to know how to defend myself, and I don't have a confidence level yet that I can do that.'"......Trump responded, "At 11 ... I was not thinking about how to physically defend myself, and I thought it was the coolest thing."......After researching self-defense options, Trump enrolled Arabella, now 13, in jiu-jitsu (martial arts) classes with the Valente Brothers in Miami, Florida – and soon You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login joined in, she said.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"[Arabella] started asking me to join – I joined," she said. "Then my two sons wanted to do what their older sister was doing. Then my husband joined ... It is good for everyone."......Trump, who is now a blue belt in jiu-jitsu, described that she likes how the sport "meshes You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login."......"It's almost like a moving meditation because the movements are so micro," she said. "It's like three-dimensional chess."......"There's like a real spiritualism to it ... the grounding in sort of samurai tradition and culture and wisdom."......During President Trump's first term in the White House, Ivanka Trump noted that she had very little focus on fitness, taking only weekly runs with husband Jared Kushner and "chasing the kids around the house."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Trump shared that she was "never a gym person," but always loved sports.......She said she enjoys skiing, surfing and racquet sports like padel tennis (a hybrid of tennis and squash) and pickle ball, which she described as "fun and social."......On the podcast, Trump said she was drawn to jiu-jitsu because it combines physical fitness and philosophy.......It also focuses more on how to extract oneself from a dangerous situation before having to harm someone who's a threat, she noted.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"Having these skills makes you less likely to get into a fight, not more likely to," Trump went on......."Once you have the confidence that you can sort of move out of a situation, there's a real focus on elevating awareness."......In a previous interview with Fox News Digital, Rener Gracie, head instructor of jiu-jitsu at Gracie University in California, stressed that the only truly reliable skills are those that have been "mastered into muscle memory."......This occurs through extensively practicing self-defense methods like Brazilian jiu-jitsu, which are "leverage-based and don't rely on you having a physical advantage over the subject," he noted......."And by that, I mean strength, speed, power and size — because in almost every case, the attacker is going to target someone they feel is physically inferior to them."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Gracie, whose family created Brazilian jiu-jitsu and the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship), said jiu-jitsu is "highly sought after" because it only takes weeks or months for someone to "develop the core skills that could keep them safe in a violent physical encounter."......In addition to mastering self-defense skills, Ivanka Trump recently revealed a shift in her fitness routine to include weightlifting and resistance training.......On Instagram, Trump posted a video displaying You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login with various equipment in the gym, noting in the caption that she used to focus primarily on cardio, yoga and Pilates......."Since moving to Miami, I have shifted my focus to weightlifting and resistance training, and it has been transformative in helping me build muscle and shift my body composition in ways I hadn't imagined," she wrote......."I believe in a strength-training approach built on foundational, time-tested and simple movements – squats, deadlifts, hinges, pushes and pulls. These are the cornerstones of my workout, emphasizing functional strength for life."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginYou are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Trump added that prioritizing form is "essential" to ensure results before adding on weight......."This ensures a safe and steady progression while maintaining the integrity of each movement," she continued. "I incorporate mobility work within my sessions to enhance range of motion."......"Weightlifting has enhanced not just my strength but my overall athleticism and resilience," she added.......Trump said she dedicates three to four days a week to strength training, including two solo sessions and two with a personal trainer.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......She also said that increasing her You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login has also been "critical" to her progress......."I now consume between 30 and 50 grams of protein a meal," she said. "It works ... I've never been stronger!"......Trump also still enjoys weekly yoga sessions, spending time outdoors with her children and playing sports with friends, she said......."I also incorporate a couple of short (10-minute), high-intensity interval training sessions (such as sprints) each week to keep my cardiovascular fitness sharp and dynamic," she noted......."This balanced approach has infused new energy into my You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login and yielded great results."......Fox News Digital reached out to Ivanka Trump for comment....

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