Dua Lipa recently announced a partnership with Frame Fitness and spoke to Vogue Magazine about performing at Madison Square Garden, as part of her Radical Optimism Tour, and how doing Pilates every day keeps her fit and grounded. If you have a Vogue subscription, click here to learn more about her core-strength routine and what she listens to when working out. Otherwise, continue reading here for the answers.
Dua Lipa can do a perfectly controlled headstand. She can also do the flying splits (eka pada koundinyasana II). Hell, she can even do a headstand on a surfboard, a trick she just showed off during her holiday in the Balearic Islands. “I always make time to get a good workout in whenever and wherever I’m in the world,” Lipa tells Vogue. A big part of that routine? Reformer pilates.
For the uninitiated, reformer pilates is a low-impact workout beloved by the likes of Hailey Bieber, Meghan Markle, and yes, Lipa. Today, the singer and Service95 founder shares with Vogue that she’s joining Frame as cofounder and chief creative officer.
Frame is an at-home version of the reformer machine from your favorite group class, equipped with a screen so you can stream a class anytime you want. Lipa was actually the first person in Europe to have Frame’s reformer in her home. “I love that I can wake up, roll out of bed, and get right to it on the reformer,” she says. “I love that I see such instant results [from the workout]. It’s like some of the best forms of strength training for me.”
It’s hard to imagine that Lipa would need strength training at all—she’s currently on a 37-city world tour and just started her four-night New York City set. “I’m in heels all the time, so my core is incredibly important. You’ve got to have a really strong core because if you have a strong core, then you’ve got a strong lower back, and so therefore that really helps when you’re dancing and you’re up on your feet for a very long time.”
When it comes to the never-ending joke that Lipa is always on holiday—honestly, jealous eyes!—it’s a principle she applies to her workouts, too. “Don’t overthink it. You get a really good playlist. You throw on a really cute Pilates look, something that makes you feel really good. It clears your mind.”
Ironically, when I exercise, I listen to Dua Lipa. So what’s she listening to? “When I’m looking for something like quite high intensity and powerful, I go for Nia Archives. But I also have this stretching playlist, and I like to listen to something calming while I am doing the strength. Leon Bridges, Portishead.”
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