Jennifer Garner's Trainer Tracy Anderson Slams 'Beauty-Obsessed Over Health-Obsessed' Society, Launches Full-Body Workout Device
June 21 2021, Published 6:31 p.m. ET
Tracy Anderson is a celebrity fitness guru who's responsible for real bodies like those of Jennifer Garner and Gwyneth Paltrow.
The famous trainer recently spoke with Grazia Gazette: The Hamptons about her commitment to techniques and products that actually work, saying you'll never catch her touting a viral squat challenge, 10-day ab workout, or detox gummy bear.
"For me, it's about progress and me wanting to do all that I am capable of to help contribute to progress," explained the 46-year-old mother of two. "The human race needs a lot of progress, and I want to make sure that I do my part – so that my children and my children's children have the opportunity to not get hip replacements when they're 30; or to not have disconnected physical feelings; to be able to be and to become their most balanced self and to do it for the right reasons."
But unfortunately, today's beauty standards are often mistaken for health, as more and more regular folk are turning to social media for the guidance of unqualified "trainers," celebrity-endorsed diets and quick fixes to reach their goals, which are often short term.
"Instead of making progress, most people just want to have a gimmick," said Anderson. "If they have a gimmick and they look relatively hot, or if they can buddy up to a celebrity, then that's enough."
For Tracy, the physical transformation is only part of the overall metamorphosis that she works tirelessly to promote.
"What inspires me is the mathematical challenges, the scientific challenges, the historic research of, Where did we go wrong? Where did we derail our health? Where did we start kidding ourselves? Where did we start becoming so denatured, physically distanced? Where, when, and why did this happen in our history and how do we get it back on track so that I can help contribute to our longevity and quality of life?" she explained. "So it really comes from this: How can I help?"
The issue the fitness expert says she often faces is that – because today's society is "sort of beauty-obsessed over health-obsessed" – not everyone wants to undergo said metamorphosis.
"I struggle now more than ever with how to make a meaningful statement or connection in a world that seems to be more interested in superficial connections and quick fixes," she admitted. "All this research, all this strategy, it's mind boggling to me when people will just be like, 'Oh, but that's too hard for me.' Or 'I'd rather have four-minute apps,' or 'I'm just going to hop on a bike and ride all day long because it's easy for me.' They don't want to, you know, really be academic with their bodies."