Walking the iconic Victoria’s Secret runway with thousands of eyes on her Adriana Lima always put on the most confident of displays.
The model, 45, is known for showing off her jaw-dropping abs and gym-honed muscles while strutting her stuff alongside fellow Angels Gigi Hadid, Candice Swanepoel and Alessandra Ambrosio.
But behind the glitzy and glamorous Victoria’s Secret shows once a year is a tough and relentless workout regimen for Adriana in order to look her best.
The star has previously said: ‘I am at the gym every day. Or if I’m not at the gym, I’m working out somewhere, like in my bedroom.’
She uses Dogpound Gym founder Kirk Myers as her PT – who is also the trainer for the one and only Taylor Swift – eats six meals a day and is obsessed with boxing.
Her boxing makes up around 80 per cent of her workouts, she has previously revealed, and she uses Michael Olajide Jr, a former middleweight boxing champion as her trainer.
Kirk has previously said of Adriana: ‘She’s a badass and all of the other supermodels look up to her for inspiration.
Walking the iconic Victoria’s Secret runway with thousands of eyes on her Adriana Lima always put on the most confident of displays
But behind the glitzy and glamorous Victoria’s Secrets shows once a year is a tough and relentless workout regimen for Adriana in order to look her best
‘She is known amongst the supermodels as to have the hardest workouts and all of the other Victoria’s Secret Angels, and models speak super highly of her and admire her.’
While her boxing coach has always been equally as gushing over her dedication, saying: ‘Adriana does what she has to in the gym. Her work ethic is out of control! When she gets in her mind she wants to get something done, she does it.’
While she’s not boxing, it’s cardio-heavy workouts for Ariana, including battle ropes work, core work and medicine ball exercises. Though cross fit she isn’t a fan of.
The brunette beauty has even admitted before that she travels with her jump rope so that she never has any excuse to miss a workout.
She told Insider in 2017: ‘I like to sweat, and I like intense workouts, nothing slow. I’m always ready. That’s why I’ve been in the business for over 20 years.’
Adriana is also a runner – racking up around 5kms a couple of times a week. While Barry’s Bootcamp is also one of her go to work out classes if in the UK.
When she wants something a bit more relaxed however, yoga and Lagree and Pilates are her go to.
In terms of her diet and nutrition, things are equally as strict and healthy – with the star eating six small meals a day and drinking two litres of water.
She also credits nine hours of sleep and meditating before bed to her keeping happy and healthy.
A typical breakfast for her would be oatmeal with nuts and fruit, while her morning snack consists of a protein shake with fruit and vegetables.
The star has previously said: ‘I am at the gym every day. Or if I’m not at the gym, I’m working out somewhere, like in my bedroom’
The model, 45, is known for showing off her jaw-dropping abs and gym-honed muscles while strutting her stuff alongside fellow Angels Gigi Hadid, Candice Swanepoel and Alessandra Ambrosio (seen in 2001 walking the VS show)
Her boxing makes up around 80 per cent of her workouts, she has previously revealed, and she uses Michael Olajide Jr, a former middleweight boxing champion as her trainer
While she’s not boxing, it’s cardio-heavy workouts for Ariana, including battle ropes work, core work and medicine ball exercises. Though cross fit she isn’t a fan of
Next up, lunch would normally be a chicken breast with sweet potato, quinoa or rice and vegetables.
For an afternoon snack it would be carrot sticks, celery sticks and nuts before a dinner of salad with chicken or fish.
There is then room for a night time snack of buckwheat with hemp milk and honey which she says helps with her digestion and satisfies her cravings for sweet things.
Occasionally she will have some dark chocolate as a snack, but drinks her every day coffee with honey instead of sugar.
In terms of a really rare treat, she has previously said: ‘I love chocolate cake, and every time I eat it I just enjoy it so much.
‘Right after I feel a little bit guilty because I’m the type of person to have two or three pieces of chocolate cake. I cannot control myself!’
Meanwhile Adriana’s personal life is also flourishing, with the star putting on a series of loved-up displays with her husband Andre Lemmers at events this year.
Adriana revealed she had married her partner Andre just before Christmas in 2024, announcing the happy news on Instagram with a snap of her jaw-dropping rings.
The model captioned the snap: ‘Officially Mrs Lima Lemmers AKA Limers [ring emoji and bride emoji].’
Andre is a film producer and unlike Adriana he does not have a presence on social media.
He has been the CEO of MiLu Entertainment since 2014 and he is also a partner at Hollywood Gang Productions.
The pair began dating at the start of 2021, before making their red carpet debut as a couple at Venice Film Festival that year.
They then welcomed their first child together in August 2022, a baby boy called Cyan Lima Lemmers.
This is her third child as she already shares two daughters – Valentina, 15, and Sienna, 12 – with ex-husband and Serbian basketball player Marko Jaric, who she split from in 2014.
She is best known for being a Victoria’s Secret Angel.
She announced in 2024 that she would be donning the brand’s angel wings once again, when the fashion show returned after its hiatus. She then walked in the 2025 show.
The brunette opened the show on five occasions in 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2012.
The star has also worked for Giorgio Armani, Vera Wang, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Christian Dior, and Anna Sui.