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Ivanka Trumpthe daughter of future President Donald Trump, known for leading an active lifestyle.
As a mother of three and outdoor sports enthusiast, the 43-year-old is always on the go, recently adding jiu-jitsu to her mix physical activity.
In a recent appearance on The Skinny Confidential Him & Her podcast, Trump revealed how her daughter Arabella expressed an interest in learning self-defense when she was 11 years old.
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“I’m just in awe of (her),” Trump said of his daughter. “She came up to me and said, ‘As a woman, I feel like I need to know how to protect myself, and I don’t have the level of confidence that I can do that yet.’
Ivanka Trump plays with her daughter Arabella Rose Kushner in the Rose Garden during the Congressional Picnic on the South Lawn of the White House in June 2017. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Trump responded: “At 11 … I didn’t think about how to physically protect myself, and I thought that was the coolest thing.”
After exploring self-defense options, Trump enrolled Arabella, now 13, in jiu-jitsu (martial arts) classes with the Valente brothers at Miami, Florida – and soon the whole family joined.
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“(Arabella) started asking me to join – I did,” she said. “Then my two sons wanted to do what their older sister was doing. Then my husband joined… It’s good for everyone.”
“It’s almost like a moving meditation.”
Trump, who now holds a blue belt in jiu-jitsu, said she likes the way the sport “bonds” physical movement.”
“It’s almost like a moving meditation because the movements are so micro,” she said. – It’s like volumetric chess.
“It’s like real spiritualism… Grounding in some samurai traditions, 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 for weekly runs with husband Jared Kushner and “chasing the kids around the house.”
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Trump shared that she “never played sports” but always loved sports, which is still true today.
She said she enjoys skiing, surfing and racquet sports like padel tennis (a hybrid of tennis and squash) and pickleball, which she described as “fun and social.”
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are seen out with their children on December 10, 2022 in Miami, Florida. (Images by MEGA/GC)
“Raising Awareness”
In the podcast, Trump said she was drawn to jiu-jitsu because it combines physical fitness and philosophy.
It’s also more focused on how to get out of a dangerous situation before harming the person who poses a threat, she noted.
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“Having these skills reduces the likelihood of getting into a fight,” Trump continued.
“Once you have the confidence that you can sort of get out of the situation, the real focus is 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, Renner Gracie, head jiu-jitsu instructor at Gracie University in California, emphasized that the only truly reliable skills are those that have been “learned in muscle memory.”
This comes through the intense practice of self-defense techniques, such as Brazilian jiu-jitsu, which are “leverage-based and not dependent on your physical advantage over the subject,” he noted.
“Having these skills makes you less likely to get into a fight, not more.”
“And by that I mean strength, speed, power and size — because in almost every case, an attacker is going to target someone who they think is physically inferior to them.”
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Gracie, whose family created Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship), shared that Jiu-Jitsu is “highly in demand” because it only takes a few weeks or months for someone to “develop the basic skills that could provide their safety in a violent physical encounter.”
“Transformative” strength training
In addition to learning self-defense skills, Ivanka Trump recently opened up about changes to her fitness routine, incorporating weightlifting and resistance training.
In Instagram, Trump published a video in which he depicted various exercises with various gym equipment, noting in the caption that she used to focus mainly on cardio, yoga and pilates.
“Since moving to Miami, I’ve shifted my focus to weightlifting and resistance training and it’s changed me, helped me build muscle and change my body composition in ways I never imagined,” she wrote.
“I believe in an approach to strength training built around basic, time-tested and simple movements – squats, deadlifts, hinges, push-ups and pull-ups. These are the cornerstones of my training, which emphasize functional strength for life.”
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Trump added that prioritizing fitness is “necessary” to ensure results before gaining weight.
“This ensures a safe and steady progression while maintaining the integrity of each movement,” she continued. “I incorporate mobility work into my classes to increase range of motion.”
“I believe in an approach to strength training based on basic, time-tested, simple movements—squats, deadlifts, push-ups, push-ups, and pull-ups,” Ivanka Trump wrote in an October Instagram post. (Ivanka Trump/Instagram)
“Weightlifting has not only improved my strength, but also my overall athleticism and endurance,” she added.
Trump said she devotes three to four days a week to strength training, including two sessions alone and two with a personal trainer.
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She also said she was increasing it protein intake was also “critical” to her progress.
“Now I consume 30 to 50 grams of protein per meal,” she said. “It works…I’ve never been stronger!”
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump arrive at a beachside diner on May 2, 2024 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Images by MEGA/GC)
Trump also enjoys a weekly yoga class, spending time outdoors with his children and working out with friends, she said.
“I also incorporate some short (10-minute) high-intensity interval training (like sprints) each week to keep my cardiovascular fitness sharp and dynamic,” she noted.
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“This balanced approach infused me with new energy fitness routine and gave excellent results.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to Ivanka Trump for comment.
