Carine Roitfeld Quotes

Core strengthening is key to everything. It's not just about the way I look, but about stabilizing my body so I can perform better on stage.

The most important thing to do as you age is to stay physically active. Lots of people just throw in the towel if they can't do what they used to do, and that's terrible.

I have no problem with my hips - I can still do the things that I used to do. I can run, I'm just not the fastest person on the field anymore.

As you get older, things don't work as well. I do Pilates, and that helps.

Ever since I've given up dancing, every physiotherapist or Pilates teacher has said you have to keep moving. If I don't, I'll have a hundred times more injuries because you get weak areas on your body.

Put me on solid ground and I'll start tapping! At my age they say to keep moving.

I get on the floor, and I can do things a woman a fifth my age can't do.

All physical activity begins with the body's core. I maintain the strength in my core so that I can jump, run, start, stop, and accelerate at the highest levels.

I think it's important to stretch as you get older, but I try to do basically all the things I did when I played, except I can't do them as well and as much.

I asked Fred Astaire once when he was about my age if he still danced, and he said 'Yes, but it hurts now.' That's exactly it. I can still dance, too, but it hurts now!

It is better not to sit on the grass after thirty when sprawling at all is difficult, let alone sprawling gracefully.

You are the age of your spine. You are as flexible as your spine. That transfers to other areas of your life.

From the moment I open my eyes, I'm trying to free my body. I'm trying to get looser, more flexible, to gain control. Movement is medicine to me.

Remember to stand tall and tuck your tummy in - very important as you get older!

I think that for my sport, the core is the most important. I mean, really in all sports, but especially in the sport I play, I keep my core right and try and keep that up no matter what I'm doing.

I fall a lot during training.

For me, a big thing, because I have really long legs, is core stability. It's very important not only for injury but also just to be able to carry my weight around properly and not feel like I'm collapsing in specific situations when I'm stretched out too far.

I love the plie squat. I love that because I can feel my glutes and inner thighs, and it makes me feel grounded.

For exercise, I am doing a lot of Pilates. I am very tight and not very flexible, and so it is a nice balance between stretching and doing exercises.

As an older dad you can certainly get down on the floor. The problem is can you get up again?

I like doing Pilates because I get to lie down on the floor for the duration of the session.

The body doesn't recover like it does when you're younger.

I used to do ballet all the time, and I do this ballet workout: it is an amazing thing called Barrecore. It is like pulsing. It turns your legs into, like, jelly, and you feel like a Bambi; you lose so much control over your body because you're pulsing so much.

Darling, the legs aren't so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.

I think the two most important parts of any athlete's workouts are his leg workouts and his core training.