WELLNESS
BODY TALK
Fitness guru Tracy Anderson opens up about getting Gwyneth and Madonna on board with her movement method – and why us mere mortals need to look at fitness anew after 50
INTERVIEW: CASSIE STEER.
PHOTO (TOP RIGHT): GETTY IMAGES
If you haven’t heard of Tracy Anderson, where have you been for the past two decades? The movement mogul, whose notoriety has almost eclipsed that of her famous clients (everyone from Tracee Ellis Ross to Jennifer Lopez and even Harry Styles) is forensic about fitness.
It’s this “research and results-proven fitness methodology” that has kept her relevant in a world where algorithms rule, pioneering online fitness programs filmed in real time with the help of lifestyle guru Gwyneth Paltrow who dubbed the mother of two, who has just celebrated her 50th birthday, a “pint-sized miracle”.
Having tried her classes in Los Angeles (the ultimate status sweat) and London, where her studios are in chic wellness member club Surrenne, I can attest that they are not for the faint-hearted.