Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Told Me Every Detail Of Her Exercise Routine
Certain celebrities are known for their sheer commitment to an exercise routine. Tracee Ellis Ross and Gwyneth Paltrow are famously Tracy Anderson devotees, while Hailey Bieber and Kendall Jenner are regularly snapped leaving Forma Pilates in LA. One person who also prioritises fitness, but is relatively low-key about it, is Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.
Most recently spotted in the Burberry 2025 festive campaign alongside a host of national treasures including Jennifer Saunders and Naomi Campbell, Huntington-Whiteley paused to share an approach to health and wellness that is refreshingly balanced. Calling from the back of a car winding its way through the Austrian mountains, the model, entrepreneur and mum-of-two broke it all down for British Vogue.
She flows with the seasons
If there’s one thing you should know about Huntington-Whiteley, I come to realise, it’s that she loves Christmas – and the months leading up to it. “[Autumn] is my favourite season – the change from summer and how atmospheric it is.” As for most people, though, it’s an incredibly busy time. “I like to train hard before the festive period, and then take some time off and focus on the family,” she says.
She weight trains
For RHW, training hard means being consistent, as “that’s when [she] feels her strongest and fittest”. As for what she’s doing, it’s a long way from her early 20s, which were a blur of Pilates and dance cardio. Now in her late 30s, she’s all about weight training. “I feel really strong and it’s improved my posture, muscle tone and definition.” In her words: “Every girl should do it.”
Regular resistance training can help with everything from increased bone density (crucial as we age and posture and uprightness become ever more important), to more muscle mass, improved metabolic health, immune function, mood stability and better quality sleep.
She adapts her exercise to her cycle
Cycle syncing your workouts can help with managing energy levels, mood and how fatigued you feel. By tracking where you are in your cycle and adapting your exercise to each phase, working out can feel less like a depletion of resources and more like something that energises you.
“My trainer and I will discuss where I’m at in my cycle and decide whether to go heavier or [depending on where I am], if I want to do a high-rep, low weight workout. There’s nothing more satisfactory to me than when I go up in weight. It makes me happy when I start to see the results of [consistently] lifting.”
