Khloe Kardashian: Some girls just want to be slender, but I like to be muscular
Do y’all work out on rowing machines? I haven’t been on one in years. I know rowing machines are great workouts but I feel like I’m dying on them. Well, Khloe Kardashian has a new brand ambassadorship. She’s teaming with Hydrow as the face of their fancy new rowing machines – the “new” part is that the machines have screens in front of them so you can watch TV or pretend you’re rowing on water or something. To promote the new deal, Khloe recently chatted with People about her fitness and gym time. Khloe has been a gym rat for years now, although she only recently started “looking” like a gym rat because she finally got her Pinocchio Butt removed. Now her body is much more proportional-looking, plus the Khloe and Kim are currently trying to be as “small” as possible. Some highlights from People:
Khloe wants to be muscular, not just skinny: “I like muscle. I know some girls, they just want to be slender, but I like to be muscular. [I like to] strengthen my body. I don’t just want to be skinny, I want to be really strong. Everyone has their own aspirations and body goals, but I love when I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh, I have new muscle definition,’ or I finally have that tricep cut that I’ve always wanted.”
Her fitness journey: Kardashian, who describes herself as “a fan of the gym,” says she’s been working out for years now and sees staying fit as a “journey” for her “mind, body and soul.”
Mental health: “Fitness just plays hand in hand with mental health, and when I just sit in the gym, I feel so accomplished. What you give to the gym, you get out of it.” And while she’s the first to admit she has moments “all the time” when she has to give herself a pep talk to get active, the mom of two notes, “I never regret after I go to the gym. I mean, I might be lagging and finding any excuse in the book to not go at times, but once I’m done, that sense of accomplishment [sets in], like, ‘Okay, I feel good,’ and I’m on the right track that day.”
Working out on Hydrow rowing machines: Noting how she will get “really bored, really easily,” the Good American co-founder says Hydrow allows her to have fun while breaking a sweat. “I absolutely love that you’re able to have the monitor in front of you, and you get to have the experience that you’re on the water. And I just love the diversity of it all in all the different classes and different places you could travel to. Having a rower as part of my daily workout is just something that fulfills me, and it works so much of my body. Even if you don’t have time to do a full hour rowing workout, you can essentially get a full body workout for 86 percent of your muscles within 15 to 20 minutes.”
If I’m being honest, I find Khloe slightly inspirational in this very limited area. The rest of Khloe’s life is a catastrophe, but I like that she’s all about physical strength and fitness-as-mental-health. For years now, you can tell that her workouts have kept her sane. Yes, she’s turned the whole thing into her personal brand, but I appreciate the fact that she’s like “I want to be muscular, I love working out, I want to be strong and look strong.” That being said, I’m still going to avoid the rowing machines.
This photo… lord, did she get re-Pinocchio Butt’d? God help us.
Photos courtesy of Instagram.
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