Jane Fonda Says Working Out Now Is ‘Kind of Like Sex’

“He’s very hot, and the workouts were really great and hot, and so I thought that would be a good background,” she says.

Own your age.

Speaking of Luda—he, like Supernatural creator Chris Milk, told Fonda he’d grown up watching his mom do her workouts. For some people this could be deflating, but Fonda took it as a point of pride.

“He said it was surreal for him to be actually doing a workout alongside me,” Fonda says. “That didn’t make me feel old. It made me feel really good. This guy that I’m boxing with was a little infant when he was watching me. But I’m still with you, kiddo.”

In other words, getting older isn’t something to be ashamed of, even in the fitness space, which, let’s be honest, tends to skew younger. Instead, Fonda now considers it motivation to keep moving.

“You want to remain independent, get in and out of cars without help, pick up your grandkids and all of that,” she says. “Staying strong is really important.”

Continue the workouts that make you feel good—but always modify as needed.

Fonda says she does essentially the same workouts she used to do, just at a more relaxed pace. This holds true both for her cardio and for strength training, both of which remain vital parts of her routine.

“It’s kind of like sex—slow is better,” she says. In fact, if she could go back and rerecord her earlier videos, she’d want to keep that nugget of advice in mind: Fonda says she probably would slow the movements down, so the broader population could follow along better and get the full benefits of each move.

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