Carla Bruni details her exercise routine to limit the effects of menopause

Weight gain, body changes, hot flashes, mood swings… These are some of the discomforts women can experience during menopause. A painful experience for some, as taboo and silence still weigh heavily on the subject. It is for freedom of speech and to inform as many people as possible that journalist Elsa Wolinsky sets out to meet public women on her podcast. Come on, I dare you. In the last episode broadcast on March 15, he interrogates Carla Bruni-Sarkozy. At the age of 56, the latter talks about breast cancer, menopause and its connection with aging and shares her sports routine in this context.

Sports family

In response to Elsa Wolinski, who asks her what allows her to maintain her body, Carla Bruni says that she plays sports and always has. “I come from a family of athletes, everyone is involved in sports,” he says. In practice, she says she does “about an hour of cardio or 40 minutes” followed by Pilates, an “extraordinary” discipline, she comments. without specifying how often he engages in the activity. In general, he adds, doing “absolutely everything”; Xtend barre (a discipline that combines classical dance, pilates and cardio), bodybuilding, swimming, walking, skiing, running… and especially the elliptical. “My pleasure is to follow with my teeth,” concludes Carla Bruni.

Breathing and stretching

To work on the appearance of the stomach during menopause, Carla Bruni mentions former professional dancer Celine Roy’s method, which she says is “awesome”. “It’s not just about ‘detoxing’ your abs, weight training or Pilates, it’s a way to relieve stress. This breathing that he has, using the extension of the stomach, the fact of holding the arch, it changes absolutely everything. […]. I breathe a little more every day.”