If your New Year’s fitness goals include feeling stronger, moving smarter, and actually enjoying your workouts, Jennifer Aniston’s advice might be exactly what you need. At 55, she’s not only crushing her fitness routine but also feeling stronger than she did in decades past. In an interview with Women’s Health via Pvolve—the low-impact fitness method and brand she co-founded—Jen opened up about how her approach to movement, balance, and embracing what works for her body helped transform her relationship with exercise and stick with it for decades.
Through her years of trial and error, she’s learned that consistency beats perfection, and small steps can help anyone build a sustainable fitness habit. "One thing I’m really proud of in my fitness journey is that I’m still doing it," Jen tells Women’s Health. "I just feel strong. I feel stronger than I was in my 20s, that’s for sure."
Below, she spills trainer-backed fitness tips, hard-earned hacks, and the surprising ways her routine has evolved to keep her feeling her best—all insights that might inspire your 2025 fitness journey.
Smarter workouts trump longer ones.
"I don’t have to kill myself to be fit" is the motto Jennifer wishes she’d embraced sooner. "I used to dread working out because there was one trainer who told me, ‘You’ve got to get in at least 45 minutes of cardio daily. Then on top of that, you have to do your strength training and your floor work,’" she recalls. “Turns out, it’s a waste of time to do that.” Instead, Jen discovered the power of shorter, smarter workouts alongside her trainer, Dani Coleman.
"You don’t have to kill yourself to be in shape. You just have to do the right things," she says. That mindset shift has made her workouts more efficient—and more enjoyable.
Her routine is simple: "I just throw on whatever I grab at the top of my drawer," before starting the day with Coleman, who curates a fresh playlist to keep things motivating. "I love and worship [Coleman], who makes life very easy and hard for me. She has great playlists—she knows what I love. And every time, it’s a different playlist.” Instead of logging endless hours at the gym, Jen works smarter, focusing on shorter sessions that fit into her lifestyle.
During demanding projects like The Morning Show, she sometimes worked out just three times a week or squeezed in 20-minute sessions before heading to set. "I always can get something in no matter what, even if it’s just to get my heart moving," she says. Now, with more free time, she’s back to her sweet spot of four workouts per week, but one thing remains consistent: “I am absolutely a morning workout person,” she says. “I don’t understand and am very impressed with anyone who can finish a day of work and then go work out.”
Listen to your body and focus on taking small steps.
A main focus of Jen’s approach is tuning into her body’s needs and adjusting accordingly. "If your body doesn’t feel good that day, sometimes you have to say, ‘I need to sit this one out,’” she says. Instead of pushing through, she adjusts, “[Sometimes] we’re just going to do some floor work and mobility and stretching."
This do-what-you-can mindset has not only kept her injury-free but also made fitness a sustainable, consistent part of her life. "I’ve learned that you don’t have to push through everything. It’s about doing what you can and knowing that it all adds up," she says.
For anyone looking to start or restart their fitness journey, Jen’s advice is simple: "Just start. Do 10 minutes. And you can choose where you go from there," she says. She recommends scaling up from there as you feel more confident: "Start at 10 minutes, and then maybe you sort of get the bug and then you go, ‘Okay, I can do 15 today. I can do 20.’ And then next thing you know, you’re hooked."
Whether she’s working out alongside Coleman or doing an on-demand Pvolve class, Jen opts for workouts that are scalable in duration and intensity, so she can pick and choose what feels right and build up from here.
High reps of small, functional movements changed her body.
While Jen has tried countless fitness methods, she loves Pvolve for its ability to deliver results without injury. “I’ve seen more transformation in my body from Pvolve workouts than I have with anything else,” she says.
The equipment used in this method—which is all about building functional strength through lengthening and micro-movements—might seem unassuming, but it’s deceptively challenging. Jen’s go-to tools include the P.band, which she loves for how easy it is to use at home, and the Gliders, which she calls “one of the most challenging” pieces for standing glute workouts. “They give you a full-body workout, and you can throw them in your bag when you travel,” she adds.
Another favorite? The slant board, a deceptively intense tool that levels up lower-body exercises while challenging balance. “It’s those micro-movements that kill me but are so effective,” Jen says.
Fitness is more than physical—it’s self-care.
“Our bodies need to be loved and cared for and attended to, and workouts are a part of that,” she says. To her, it’s not just about aesthetics but about staying strong, healthy, and injury-free as she gets older. “Strength training is really important.”
