{"id":365156,"date":"2025-11-08T18:54:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T18:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/365156\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T18:54:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T18:54:27","slug":"at-46-liberty-x-star-michelle-heaton-is-stronger-than-ever-thanks-to-this-workout-formula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/365156\/","title":{"rendered":"At 46, Liberty X star Michelle Heaton is stronger than ever thanks to this workout formula"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liberty X member and fitness<\/a> expert Michelle Heaton has shared the details of her rigorous exercise routine as she prepares for her upcoming production of Ultimate Girl Band Show, where she’ll tour the UK with West End singers. <\/p>\n

Currently, her cardio exercise includes full-body HIIT workouts<\/a> and one session that mixes athletic and martial arts-based movements. ‘I like high-impact classes,’ Michelle told The Daily Mail<\/a>. ‘I like to have people around me. I feel like you push yourself more.’ On weekdays, she heads to the gym for two hours for such cardio workouts after getting her children ready for school. <\/p>\n

However, she has also been a longtime strength trainer, currently lifting weights twice a week. A sample workout<\/a> featured Bulgarian split squats<\/a>, med ball slams, shoulder presses, and upright rows. <\/p>\n

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She also often works out alongside husband Hugh Hanley, with whom she runs Mission Possible Wellness, a service that helps clients achieve healthy lifestyles through movement, nutrition and mindset. <\/p>\n

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The couple\u2019s \u2018Monday total-body workout<\/a>\u2019 included farmer\u2019s carries, single-arm snatches, tricep cable pushdowns, cable bicep curls and lat pulldowns for Michelle\u2019s session, while Hugh\u2019s rotation featured incline Smith-machine bench presses<\/a>, Romanian deadlifts<\/a>, Arnold presses and ab rollouts. And ‘on Thursdays’, when they’re feeling particularly bold, ‘we CrossFit<\/a>‘, grinding out wall walks, devil’s presses, sandbag to platforms and mileage on the rower<\/a> and air bike. <\/p>\n

Last year, a full-body session<\/a> involved pyramid training \u2013 increasing the load for each of the four rounds while dropping the reps: 16, 14, 12, 10. Overhead tricep extensions, half-kneeling double-dumbbell presses, bent-over rows, lunges and goblet squats all featured in the line-up.<\/p>\n

Mixing things up again, Michelle later shared a six-move bodyweight<\/a> workout on social media, including chest press-ups, shoulder taps, tricep dips<\/a>, narrow tricep press-ups, Supermans and single-arm rows. \u2018Do each move for 30 seconds, rest and repeat,\u2019 she told fans \u2013 a routine that worked \u2018the shoulders, biceps, chest, triceps and back\u2019. <\/p>\n

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Michell is especially keen to emphasise the importance of resistance training throughout your life. ‘Incorporating strength training into your routine after 40<\/a> can significantly improve physical health and reduce the risks that are associated with ageing,’ she reminded<\/a> fans. ‘Lifting weights after 40 is important for maintaining muscle mass, boosting metabolism, and improving bone health. It helps preserve joint health, [and] enhances posture and balance.’
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In 2012, at 33, Michelle discovered she carried the BRCA2 gene mutation \u2014 meaning she faced a higher risk of developing ovarian cancer at a young age and up to an 80% chance of breast cancer. As a preventative measure, she underwent a total hysterectomy at 35, which sent her body into immediate menopause<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2018Going through the menopause was incredibly difficult, especially when it came to my energy levels,\u2019 she told OK!<\/a>. \u2018But keeping active helps with that. I felt like I had no get-up-and-go, but eating properly and exercising has a great knock-on effect on the rest of my day.\u2019
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Pilates<\/a> and yoga also proved unexpected game changers. \u2018I never thought I\u2019d enjoy them, but the stretching makes such a difference,\u2019 she told Silk’n<\/a>. <\/p>\n

As a busy mum who can\u2019t always carve out \u2018an extra hour when the kids are in bed\u2019, movement sometimes looks more improvised. \u2018It might be climbing the stairs twice instead of once, or using a tin of baked beans as extra weight,\u2019 she added.

Part of her motivation to qualify as a PT came from wanting to understand \u2018first-hand, through education, what was right and wrong with pre- and post-natal exercise\u2019. <\/p>\n

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