{"id":78504,"date":"2023-06-13T19:46:34","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T19:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&p=78504"},"modified":"2023-06-13T20:04:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T20:04:25","slug":"tracy-anderson-game-changer","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/tracy-anderson-game-changer\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracy Anderson Knows the Secret to Success Is All About Balance"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Courtesy Tracy Anderson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Every issue,\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>GRAZIA USA<\/strong>\u00a0highlights\u00a0Game Changers<\/a> who inspire, educate, and celebrate individuality, beauty and style. Meet Tracy Anderson, the fitness pioneer who revolutionized the industry with her results-proven fitness methodology, the Tracy Anderson Method.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

For someone who didn\u2019t set out to build a fitness empire, Tracy Anderson<\/a> sure did change the game. She created the Tracy Anderson Method<\/a>, a dynamic, holistic approach to movement that balances the body by activating small muscles to create that elusive long, lean dancer\u2019s physique. She has members-only studios in New York City, Los Angeles, the Hamptons and Madrid, Spain, and she\u2019s built the largest bank of fitness content on record with over 170 DVD workouts and the TA Online Studio, a video-on-demand streaming service. “I don\u2019t consider myself an entrepreneur because I didn’t set out to start a business,\u201d Anderson tells GRAZIA USA<\/em>. \u201cI set out to create a body of work that actually supported the complexity of being human \u2014 the complexity of aging, the complexity of wanting to feel balanced and connected to your body.”<\/p>\n

Anderson spent five years researching a group of 150 women as they engaged in custom workouts and walked away with leaner, transformed bodies. \u201cI still didn’t even do that to back a brand or anything,\u201d Anderson says. \u201cI just did it to figure out a way forward for people that couldn’t get comfortable in their bodies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her business grew after Gwyneth Paltrow<\/a> \u2014 who was trying to lose stubborn baby weight after the birth of her son Moses \u2014\u00a0 lost 11 inches in the first 10 days of working out with Anderson. The two became business partners in 2008. Today, Anderson\u2019s brand has body and skincare products, activewear collections, at-home exercise equipment<\/a> and more. She\u2019s constantly coming out with new launches and workouts \u2014 and won\u2019t be slowing down anytime soon. \u201cI learned that when the body gets bored, systems start to shut down,\u201d Anderson shares. \u201cAt 48, I feel better and more boundless in my body, like I can do anything, and move however I want. I have no pain, and that means that I have to have a continuing, evolving conversation going with my body and tend to it in different ways.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Courtesy Tracy Anderson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It’s a workout philosophy she\u2019s making sure her clients can benefit from, too. \u201cI was signing up to create the largest language of choreography fitness had ever seen because each week, when people come to the online studio, there are three new classes waiting for them. I create 10 new hours of content a week now.\u201d<\/p>\n

She also brings that same level-headed approach to life outside the fitness studio<\/a>. \u201cAt the end of the day, I’m very forgiving of the things that I don’t get done, and I’m very proud of the things that I do accomplish. I let go because I care very much about my sleep,\u201d she says. \u201cI also care very much about my intimate relationships with my partner, my children, my friendships, my team. I try and just make sure there\u2019s quality in my life.<\/p>\n

Anderson may not have known just how far her brand would go when she did her first research study in 2001, but she realized she created something pretty special when she was training Madonna and was credited as the pop singer\u2019s fitness \u201csecret weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt hit the press that I had some special [gift],\u201d she recalls. \u201cBut I don’t believe in gurus. I worked really hard to have the skills that I have.\u201d She adds, \u201cI felt the recognition that I’ve built something of substance, and it took a few years, but I realized I didn\u2019t want to be beholden to train individuals, I wanted to give it to the world.<\/p>\n

Read GRAZIA USA<\/em>\u2019s Summer issue featuring cover star Priyanka Chopra Jonas:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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