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SELF Magazine March 2015
Danai Gurira
cross training is the key to maintaining her form and functionality. “it’s part of feeling like i’m balanced,” she says. “i just listen to my body and do what i feel it wants to do.” her pilates practice has also played a big role in keeping everything aligned. “my instructor can see my weaknesses. for instance, i learned that i was favoring my left knee. so we worked to strengthen one side until it matched the other.” her instructor, nancy karr at ballet bodies in west hollywood, says gurira’s strength and balance benefit from her ability to tap into her large and small muscles simultaneously. “she’s in tune with every muscle in her body.”
though gurira loves how exercise makes her look and feel, she admits that particularly tough pilates classes test her and that she sometimes hits a wall while doing cardio. “i scream through it. or i yell, ‘c’mon, gurira!’ it’s hard-core, but i dislike the idea of ever being a quitter,” she says. “i like to be a finisher. iget really pushed by that. i don’t want to feel like i’ve half-assed anything. at the end of the day, it’s about knowing i gave it all i could give.” not much is tougher than that.
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