Marilyn Monroe, who is straight forward and backward, is actually a fitness maniac. She herself doesn't look that big, and she's the most developed goddess of motor nerves... Few people know about these things. In 1952, Monroe once went to magazines to talk about some strange views on fitness.
In 1952, Monroe filmed "Monkey Business", when the camera was not turned on, everyone did not expect that this girl could skate to the foot of the flower (the film was deliberately slippery very rigid), and the topic of "athlete Monroe" came from here.
"My biggest annoyance is how I used to earn money to buy enough food to support myself... But now, this annoyance has become not being able to eat too much. I never wanted to do exercise, but now when I wake up every morning, I am waiting for me at the bedside with two dumbbells. —Marilyn Monroe, How I Stay in Shape
Get up and dry up
"After brushing my teeth, washing my face, and putting out the desire to sleep back in the cage, the first thing I had to do was lift weights. Next to my bed were two small 5-pound (2.2 kg) dumbbells, and the first movement was to lie on the edge of the bed, holding the dumbbells from both hands flat and converging to the ground. ”
The second movement is also to lie down, and the two arms are lifted from perpendicular to about 45° obliquely. Both of these movements are very slow, and I will get tired after about 15 strokes. I hate aerobics, whether it's following the radio or the instructor, there's a sense of being controlled. ”
Women should exercise in shady places
Although she has been seen surfing on the beach more than once, Monroe has a theory that women should not be born to exercise in the sun:
"Tennis, swimming, golf, I've tried these before, but they're more like men's sports. I also don't think that tanning my skin to bronze looks better than white skin, and I think that's unhealthy. I personally like to exercise in dark and narrow places because it feels wrapped up and safe. ”
Eat only two meals a day (eat like an animal)
"I've been told by countless people that my eating habits are strange, but I think it's weird not to eat that way. For breakfast, I like to beat two raw eggs in a glass of hot milk, stir them well with a fork, and drink them while getting dressed, and finally send the next vitamin pill. I don't think there's anything in the world that nourishes women more and saves a morning. ”
"I used to have dinner when it was still dark, and recently I bought steak, lamb chops or liver at the market near the hotel, and went back to the hotel to grill it on the electric stove. Oh yes, no matter what meat I eat at night, I have to accompany it with four raw carrots, which I never seem to get tired of, I may have evolved from a rabbit to an adult..."
Monroe also took fitness photos for Life magazine
She once learned weightlifting with Olympic champion Howard Corrington. Yoga is practiced with Bollywood star Indra Devi...
Perhaps she did give the impression of fullness, indeed, when she was at her fattest, she once reached 63 kilograms (Monroe's height was 166 centimeters).
But during her acting career, Monroe weighed between 52 and 54 kilograms, and when she died in 1962, she weighed 53 kilograms.
Summer is here, let's do it with Monroe