7km runs, planks and arm conditioning: Victoria Beckham reveals the details of her daily two-hour morning workout

'I am very, very disciplined in the way that I work out, in what I eat. That’s how I’m happiest.'
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Victoria Beckham has been talking about how she maintains her tiny frame with a strict regime of diet and exercise, and it involves a two-hour morning home workout.

In a Guardian Weekend Magazine article, journalist Jess Cartner-Morley was granted an exclusive look into the fashion designer's hectic day-to-day life in the lead up to the launch of her new Reebok sportswear collection – and it was rather fascinating.

"I am very, very disciplined in the way that I work out, in what I eat. That’s how I’m happiest. I expect a lot from my body – I’m 44, I’ve got four kids, I work a lot, I travel. For me to do all that, I have to eat healthily and work out," she said, adding that exercising has a positive effect on her.

"It’s part of who I am now, and I really enjoy it. That was a big part of why I wanted to work with Reebok – I had very specific ideas about the workout clothes that I wanted to wear and couldn’t find," she went on.

Victoria says working out is part of who she is now
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Victoria said that she rises each morning between 5.30am and 6am, in order to fit in some of her daily workout before dropping the kids off at school.

It begins with 7km on the treadmill, which she describes as "a mix of uphill fast walking, jogging, running. That’s the only time I watch TV – boxsets, documentaries – so I look forward to that. It takes 45 minutes."

Next up it's legs, arms and core work with a personal trainer. "30 minutes legs, 30 minutes arms, toning and conditioning, then loads of planks and that kind of thing for my core," she says.

"At the weekend I will do the whole thing straight through, but in the week I often jump in the car halfway through to take the kids to school, then carry on when I get home," she continued. "I work out every day when I’m at home, and then when I travel I really focus on work so I can get as much done as possible in a short trip and get home."

She event spoke a little about her eating habits too, which suggest she's not much of a foodie.

"I never cook. I used to – when we lived in Spain, I used to cook a lot. But these days I don’t tend to get home till late, so dinner wouldn’t be ready till quite late.

"David’s a really good cook," she said.

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