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Ivanka Trumpdaughter of incoming President Donald Trump, is known to lead an active life.
As a mother of three and lover of outdoor sports, the 43-year-old is always on the go and recently added jiu-jitsu to her mix of sports. physical activity.
In a recent appearance on The Skinny Confidential Him & Her podcast, Trump shared how his daughter, Arabella, expressed interest in learning self-defense when she was 11 years old.
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“I’m so in awe of (her),” Trump said of his daughter. “She came to me and said, ‘As a woman, I feel like I need to know how to defend myself, and I still don’t have a level of confidence in being able to do that.'”
Ivanka Trump plays with her daughter, Arabella Rose Kushner, in the rose garden during a congressional picnic on the South Lawn of the White House in June 2017. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Trump responded: “At 11… I wasn’t thinking about how to defend myself physically, and I thought that was for the best.”
After researching self-defense options, Trump enrolled Arabella, now 13, in jiu-jitsu (martial arts) classes with the Valente brothers in miami florida – and soon the whole family joined in.
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“(Arabella) started asking me to join, I joined,” he said. “So my two kids wanted to do what their older sister did. Then my husband joined in… It’s good for everyone.”
“It’s almost like a meditation in motion.”
Trump, who is now a blue belt in jiu-jitsu, described how he likes how the sport “combines physical movement“.
“It’s almost like a moving meditation because the movements are so micro,” he said. “It’s like three-dimensional chess.”
“There’s like a real spiritualism in this… The basis in a kind of samurai tradition, culture and wisdom.”
During President Trump’s first term in the White House, Ivanka Trump noted that she focused very little on fitness, only going on weekly runs with her husband Jared Kushner and “chasing the kids around the house.”
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Trump shared that she was “never a gym person,” but always loved sports, which remains true today.
He said he likes skiing, surfing and racquet sports like paddle tennis (a hybrid of tennis and squash) and pickle ball, which he described as “fun and social.”
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner go for a walk with their children on December 10, 2022 in Miami, Florida. (MEGA/GC Images)
‘Raising consciousness’
On the podcast, Trump said she was drawn to jiu-jitsu because it combines physical fitness and philosophy.
It also focuses more on how to get out of a dangerous situation before having to harm someone who is a threat, he said.
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“Having these skills makes you less likely to fight, not more likely,” Trump continued.
“Once you have confidence that you can get out of a situation, you have to really focus on raising awareness.”
Ivanka Trump waves as she arrives at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland for the departure of US President Donald Trump on January 20, 2021. (ALEX EDELMAN/AFP via Getty Images)
In a previous interview with Fox News Digital, Rener Gracie, chief jiu-jitsu instructor at Gracie University in California, highlighted that the only truly reliable skills are those that have been “mastered in muscle memory.”
This occurs through extensive practice of self-defense methods such as Brazilian jiu-jitsu, which “are based on leverage and do not depend on you having a physical advantage over the subject,” he noted.
“Having these skills makes you less likely to fight, not more likely.”
“And by that I mean strength, speed, power and size, because in almost all cases, the attacker will target someone who he feels is physically inferior to him.”
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Gracie, whose family created Brazilian jiu-jitsu and the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship), shared that jiu-jitsu is “highly sought after” because it only takes weeks or months for someone to “develop the basic skills that could keep them safe in a violent physical encounter.”
‘Transformative’ Strength Training
In addition to mastering self-defense skills, Ivanka Trump recently revealed a change to her exercise routine to include weight lifting and resistance training.
On Instagram, Trump posted a video showing different exercises with various equipment in the gym, noting in the caption that she used to focus mainly on cardio, yoga and Pilates.
“Since moving to Miami, I have shifted my focus toward weightlifting and resistance training, and it has been transformative in helping me build muscle and change my body composition in ways I hadn’t imagined,” he wrote.
“I believe in a strength training approach based on basic, time-tested and simple movements: squats, deadlifts, hinges, pushes and pulls. These are the cornerstones of my training, emphasizing lifelong functional strength” .
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Trump added that prioritizing form is “essential” to ensure results before gaining weight.
“This ensures safe and consistent progression while maintaining the integrity of each movement,” he continued. “I incorporate mobility work into my sessions to improve range of motion.”
“I believe in a strength training approach based on basic, time-tested and simple movements: squats, deadlifts, hinges, pushes and pulls,” Ivanka Trump wrote in an Instagram post in October. (Ivanka Trump/Instagram)
“Weightlifting has improved not only my strength but also my overall athleticism and endurance,” he added.
Trump said he dedicates three to four days a week to strength training, including two solo sessions and two with a personal trainer.
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He also said that increasing his protein intake has also been “critical” to their progress.
“I now consume between 30 and 50 grams of protein per meal,” he said. “It works… I’ve never been stronger!”
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump are seen arriving at the beachside restaurant on May 2, 2024 in Miami Beach, Florida. (MEGA/GC Images)
Trump also continues to enjoy weekly yoga sessions, spending time outdoors with his children and playing sports with friends, he said.
“I also incorporate a couple of short (10-minute) high-intensity interval training sessions (such as sprints) each week to keep my cardiovascular fitness sharp and dynamic,” he noted.
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“This balanced approach has infused new energy into my exercise routine and I got excellent results.”
Fox News Digital reached out to Ivanka Trump for comment.
