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She makes it all look easy, including the art of looking good. plays a major role in how I handle stress, and especially
We are, of course, talking about our longtime friend and after having the baby, carving out that time for myself was
client Hilary Rhoda. While Rhoda is known for the glam- important to me. My husband is the same way, so we un-
orous life, around here she is a breath of fresh air—for both derstand how important that is for each other. It’s easy to
her beauty and her humor. Don’t believe us? Follow her on make excuses and say there’s no time to work out, but you
social media and you’ll begin to see the multiple layers of can always find the time if you really want to. Does that
life that Rhoda shares with her followers. Like us, you’ll get mean I go to bed at 8 p.m. now? Why yes, it does! But that
to see her dedication to her health and the many aspects of means I get enough sleep to do the things that make me
career-juggling that comes with being a supermodel. happy. Something’s gotta give!
Rhoda has put in the time—both on the catwalk and on We’re obsessed with your son, Nash. How have the
the mat—to know that if it looks effortless, that’s due to a first few months of motherhood been for you?
bit of magic that comes from hours of Incredible! I’m loving every minute of
practice and the muscle memory that’s it, and Nash is such a sweet and happy
now on display. We believe that she’ll boy. I started modeling when I was in
translate this expertise continually into my teens, and was living this very adult
her new role of nurturing her son, Nash, life right out of high school. I had been
as well as her own physical body from taking care of myself for so long, I was
postpartum. If anyone has a new way to so ready to take care of someone else.
transform how this can look, we know So I’m really enjoying this new chapter
this (role) model can. of life.

The world knows you as a super- We know you moved with Tracy
model, and so many women in our during your entire pregnancy and
community know you as an inspira- postpartum. What advice do you
tion. Tell us about how you first dis- have for expecting mothers as they
covered Tracy’s Method, and how it navigate this new physical journey
has impacted your philosophies on for themselves?
healthy living. Listen to your body. That was what I
I first discovered Tracy in the summer had always heard other people say, and
of 2009. I remember it so well because I felt like I had it was definitely hard and frustrating for me to listen to that
finally found my “thing”—a workout that kept me interest- advice at first. I did have to slow down quite a bit from the
ed, challenged, and showed results. I’d call my boyfriend pace and intensity that I was used to. But staying active
(now husband) as soon as I left the studio, and like an is one of the best things you can do for yourself and the
excited kid after her first day at school, I’d try to explain to baby. I felt so good throughout my pregnancy, up until
him what the heck had just gone down in there! Naturally, the day I gave birth, and I think working out had a lot
he was intrigued, and was soon a member himself. Tracy’s to do with that! Plus, with all the changes our bodies go
Method has been so much more than a workout for me. through in pregnancy, it felt good to keep the routine of
My job and schedule can be unpredictable, but this Meth- my pre-pregnancy life.
od has given me consistency and balance, and I show up
Opposite page: Britt Kubat. This page: courtesy Hilary Rhoda
for myself every day on my mat. We follow you on Instagram—and highly suggest ev-
eryone consider it, too—and we’ve come to laugh
MODEL MA TERNITY Over the past year, we watched as the world went alongside you every day (virtually) over the years.
through multiple changes all at once. You went How important is humor to your mental health and
through both a pregnancy and a coast-to-coast move, well-being?
on top of adapting your career to the ever-changing It’s so important! I’ve always tried to find the humor in
Hilary Rhoda opens up about pregnancy and motherhood. pandemic world. What did agility mean at the begin- things to stay positive. A good belly laugh is the best
ning of 2020, and how would you define it now for medicine.
yourself and your physical body? How do you contin-
ue to balance it all? When the world starts to open back up again, where
What a wild year 2020 was! At the beginning of the year, is the first place you want to travel (safely) to shoot
I was pregnant and had already kind of mentally prepared on location?
myself that work was going to slow down for a while. I Well, first of all, let me say that when the world opens back
was actually working in Spain in early March and was on up again, the place I’m most looking forward to getting
one of the last flights that was allowed back in the States back to is a Tracy Anderson studio! I miss it so much. I
before the world shut down. In life in general, I try to stay also want to go to Maryland and Toronto, so Nash can see
positive throughout whatever curveballs life throws my his grandparents. As for work travel, anywhere tropical
way and adapt to that. Working out and moving my body would make me very happy! ■

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