You Have To See Olympic Skier Mikaela Shiffrin Totally Crush Her Vacay Workout

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  • Mikaela Shiffrin just shared a seriously intense workout from her beach vacation on Instagram.

  • She works her whole body and shows off her strong muscles in a bikini after her sweat sesh.

  • Mikaela also packs her plate with lean proteins, salads, and lots of veggies to fuel her training.


It’s no secret that Olympic athletes are incredibly fit (because, hello, it’s in the job description). But Olympic skier Mikaela Shiffrin just shared a workout video on Instagram that’ll make your jaw drop. If you've been impressed by Simone Biles' and Lindsey Vonn's recent athletic feats, you do not want to miss this.

In the video, the alpine skier shared that she’s someplace warm celebrating her brother and his fiancé’s upcoming wedding. But, of course, she’s still working out hard. “Got back to the salt and sand for the weekend to celebrate my brother and his fiancé’s soon-to-be union! Gotta make the most of it!☺️🙌🤙🏋️♀️🎾🏓☀️🌊🌴👙🤪,” she wrote in the caption. Cut to footage of Mikaela completely tearing it up at the gym.

Her workout includes planks with her feet strapped into TRX bands, one-legged inverted crunches with her foot on a medicine ball, one-legged squat jumps over kettlebells, and one-legged speed jumps over a battle rope.

Oh, and she wasn’t even close to being done. Mikaela then took things outside, where she tosses a medicine ball practically up to the clouds before heading back inside for wall slams with a different ball. Then, she did weighted squat jumps, weighted side planks, weighted one-legged box jumps, and a series of arm exercises.

Mikaela left the gym looking a little sweaty before cooling off in the ocean. Then, she shared footage of herself in front of a gorgeous beach in a stunning maroon string bikini. Her abs, legs, arms—everything—looks incredibly jacked. Clearly, all that hard work is creating some serious muscles.

Mikaela doesn’t just go hard at the gym and on the mountain—she also eats really well. Mikaela told Sports Illustrated earlier this year that she tries to eat healthy, loading up on lean proteins, salads, and lots of veggies. But, when she has a race coming up, she’ll carbo load with a big bowl of pasta. “I feel a lot more energy in every way for the race,” she said. “That’s a theory I believe in.”

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Mikaela doesn’t shy away from carbs in general, telling Good Housekeeping that pasta is her “superfood.” The skier, who aims to have about 3,000 calories a day, also said that she tries to have carbs at every meal.

"They're essential in providing the energy I need, especially on race days that can last 12 hours," she explained. "I wouldn't eat a 1,000-calorie bowl of spaghetti for dinner, but I've always loved pasta and think it's a good addition to any meal and a great base for pretty much any vegetable. It's also great when I have a nervous stomach before race day."

Pass the pasta, please.

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