Celebrities Who Make Fitness a Family Affair

By Morgan Greenwald
Hitting the gym routinely is tough when you've got kids, but these fit female celebrities make the motherhood-workout balance look fun
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Drew Barrymore

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Drew Barrymore got her flow on at mother-daughter yoga class with Elsa from Frozen (AKA her daughter Olive, who's almost 2 years old). 

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Britney Spears

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Whatever Britney's doing to stay in such amazing shape, we're willing to try—except, maybe, these splits. In this Instagram, she shows off her flexibility with niece Sophia, who has a seriously impressive heel-stretch going on. 

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Elsa Pataky

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Spanish model and actress Elsa Pataky teaches downward dog to her two-year-old twin sons, Tristan and Sasha, during some beach yoga fun. 

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Lily Aldridge

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Lily Aldridge poses mid-workout with her "favorite workout partner," daughter Dixie, on her back. Who needs dumbbells or resistance bands when you have tiny humans to add some weight to your workout?

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Molly Sims

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A three-month-old daughter hasn’t stopped supermodel Molly Sims from stretching her gloriously long limbs. The mom of two even brings Scarlett May along for Baby and Me Yoga. (It's no wonder she has one of The Best Celebrity Bikini Bodies of 2015.)

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Brooke Burke

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The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree! Looks like the daughter of Dancing With the Stars victor Brooke Burke inherited her mother’s flexibility. Do we spy a future dancer on the rise?

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Jenna Dewan-Tatum

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Who needs a treadmill when you have a toddler? When American Horror Story: Asylum actress Jenna Dewan-Tatum isn’t cuddling up to her Magic Channing, she’s racing the streets with daughter Everly. We wonder who won this race.

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Hilary Duff

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Hilary Duff: pop star, actress, human jungle gym? The 27-year-old mom said in her

Shape

cover interview back in May, “I rely on real-life exercise. Carrying my son, for one. He weighs 35 pounds.”

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Gisele Bündchen

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Namaste! All this Brazilian supermodel needs to unwind is nature, a sun salutation, and her son, Benjamin.

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Hilaria Baldwin

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Yogi Hilaria Baldwin has wasted no time turning daughter Carmen into a fellow fitness fanatic. This is one family that doesn’t nama-stay in bed.

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Michelle Obama

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She may be the First Lady, but she’s a mother first. The mom of two is the brain behind “Let’s Move,” an initiative to make America’s youth more active, so it makes sense that she’d begin her progress right at home.

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Jada Pinkett Smith

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Now that her kids are older, Jada Pinkett-Smith can truly bond with daughter Willow, 14, and son Jaden, 16. It looks like running on the beach is the bonding activity of choice. (Get Jada Pinkett Smith's Look-Hot-From-Behind Butt Workout.)

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Pink

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They say that kids can weigh you down, but singer Pink took it a bit literally. At least daughter Willow Hart is giving her an extra leg workout!

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Jessica Simpson

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Jessica Simpson has always been outspoken about the workout that playing with your kids can give you. “With both kids, I’m running up and down my stairs a million times,” Simpson told

USA Today

. “Kids can keep your metabolism going.”

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Keri Russell

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Keri Russell is one laid-back chick! Instead of driving around, the actress prefers to cruise around with her kids on a bike. (Biking with your kid should definitely be added onto the 14 Reasons Why Bike Riding Is Seriously Badass.)

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Alessandra Ambrosio

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Looks like this Victoria’s Secret supermodel has a fitness buddy for life.

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Ivanka Trump

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Ivanka Trump may be known by most for her business prowess, but daughter Arabella and son Joseph know their mom as a top-notch yoga partner.

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