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Call it salmon, amaranth, or “Himalayan salt.” The color recasts a softer shade as a masculine essential. Call it salmon, amaranth, or “Himalayan salt.” The color recasts a softer shade as a masculine essential.

The workout method is favored by names including Gwyneth Paltrow, Madonna, and Victoria Beckham. 

For a fitness method built on small, repetitive movements, the Tracy Anderson Method has had an outsized cultural impact. What began as a niche training philosophy favored by a handful of Hollywood insiders has, over the past decade, evolved into a global brand – amplified recently by social media and a renewed interest in low-impact, sculpting-focused workouts.

At the center of it is Tracy Anderson herself: a former dancer and fitness entrepreneur who rose to prominence in the early 2000s through a growing celebrity client list that includes Gwyneth Paltrow, Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, Victoria Beckham, and Tracee Ellis Ross.

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Paltrow credited the then little-known trainer with helping her reshape her body following weight fluctuations in 2006, describing her as a ‘“pint-sized miracle,” a moment that marked the beginning of Anderson’s ascent.

Rather than promoting heavier weights or traditional strength benchmarks, her method promises a lean, elongated physique built through precise, high-repetition movement. Yet, like most celebrity-favorite workouts the question remains: what exactly is it – and does it merit the devotion?

What is the Tracy Anderson Method?

The Tracy Anderson Method (TAM) is a proprietary fitness system focused on training smaller stabilizing muscles through low-load, high-repetition exercises. Workouts prioritize isolated movement patterns over compound lifts, often using light hand weights, bodyweight resistance, and mat-based sequences.

A defining feature of the method is constant variation. Exercises are rotated regularly, based on Anderson’s belief that repeating the same movements leads to muscular dominance and imbalance. Sessions typically combine muscular work with a dance-influenced cardio component, creating a hybrid format that sits somewhere between strength training and choreography.

TAM is delivered through Tracy Anderson Studios in cities including New York, Los Angeles, London, Madrid, and the Hamptons, as well as through a digital platform offering streamed and on-demand classes, some of which are personalized using assessment-based programming.

What are the benefits of the Tracy Anderson Method?

The method’s most obvious benefit lies in muscular endurance, posture, and coordination. By targeting smaller muscle groups and emphasizing controlled movement, TAM can help improve body awareness and stability – particularly for those with a background in dance or Pilates-style training.

Research supports aspects of this approach. Studies published in The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research indicate that low-load resistance training performed to fatigue can stimulate muscle hypertrophy and endurance, particularly in accessory muscle groups. Separately, studies suggests that varying movement patterns may help reduce overuse injuries by distributing mechanical stress more evenly across muscles.

The dance-based cardio component also contributes to cardiovascular fitness, while research in Frontiers in Psychology has shown that choreographed movement can improve exercise adherence – an often-overlooked factor in long-term results.

Who is the Tracy Anderson Method best for?

The Tracy Anderson Method is well suited to those who value movement quality, variety, and muscular endurance over traditional performance metrics. It appeals to individuals who prefer structured, low-impact workouts and who are less motivated by gym-based strength training.

For those who can’t access the studios, the method’s digital platform offers continuity, allowing users to maintain routine regardless of location. However, those seeking measurable gains in strength, power, or bone health may benefit from pairing TAM with complementary forms of resistance or impact training.

This is a fitness method which endures because it delivers a clearly defined outcome – not because it attempts to be all things at once. Its success lies in consistency, variation, and a focus on how the body moves and appears, rather than how much it can lift.

Owned by the singer and songwriter from 2016 to 2020, the Hollywood Hills home has a penthouse-level bar and media room that spills onto a sky-lounge terrace. Owned by the singer and songwriter from 2016 to 2020, the Hollywood Hills home has a penthouse-level bar and media room that spills onto a sky-lounge terrace.

Rosewood Courchevel Le Jardin Alpin is a modern ode to the 1960s heyday on the slopes. Rosewood Courchevel Le Jardin Alpin is a modern ode to the 1960s heyday on the slopes.

The Albuquerque home made famous in Vince Gilligan’s Emmy-winning AMC drama sold in a bidding war to streamer Adin Ross. The Albuquerque home made famous in Vince Gilligan’s Emmy-winning AMC drama sold in a bidding war to streamer Adin Ross.

The use of Cognac casks and bourbon barrels is a bit unusual for this sherry cask-focused distillery. The use of Cognac casks and bourbon barrels is a bit unusual for this sherry cask-focused distillery.

HITRUST founder and chairman Daniel Nutkis has upgraded from a VQ55 to a larger VQ70. HITRUST founder and chairman Daniel Nutkis has upgraded from a VQ55 to a larger VQ70.

Where to drink and what to order, according to drinks expert Alice Lascelles. 

I recently returned from a wild week in Mexico exploring the mezcal and tequila scene – a trip which ran the gamut from spit-and-sawdust mezcal palenques in the Oaxaca mountains to the high glamour of Mexico City Art Week launch parties. It’s a while since I was last there and I was dazzled by what I ate, drank, heard, and saw.  

As you know, the country’s biggest spirited export, by far, is tequila – but Mexico produces a wealth of other agave spirits too including mezcal, raicilla, bacanaora, and the mezcal-like sotol. So much choice can be overwhelming, but a good bar, run by people who know their stuff, can really help. Here are three destinations I loved that I think should be at the top of any agave-curious traveler’s list.

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Best place for tequila in Mexico City

Despacho Margarita 

This new addition to Mexico City’s chic Roma Norte district is by the same duo as Licoreria Limantour – a nearby cocktail bar that regularly makes the world’s ‘best of’ lists. Their mission was to reclaim the Margarita – and they offer several variations on the theme including a spicy twist with serrano pepper, and a frozen version with mezcal, tamarind and sweet-and-sour chamoy pickle. The place is small and lively, with a neighbourhood vibe – the wooden counter groans with bowls of limes, while in the corner a giant clay comal heats up for tortillas. The shelves are lined with agave spirits of every style from well-loved names like Ocho and Tapatio to luxury sippers like Casa Dragones. More niche discoveries include La Venenosa Raicilla and pechugas from Bozal including an unusual twist — distilled jamon iberico — plus Mexican gins, vodkas, sotols, and the corn-based Nixta and spicy Ancho Reyes liqueurs. It’s already popular – when I visited at 3pm on a Wednesday the party was well underway. And it’s just round the corner from the beautiful Rosetta restaurant where I had one of the best lunches of my life.   

Best place for tequila in Oaxaca City

In Situ Mezcaleria 

The colorful state of Oaxaca is the heartland of mezcal. And you won’t find a better introduction to the spirit than a tasting at In Situ, a dusky-pink mezcaleria in the City’s charming historic centre. The choice of mezcals here is enormous – they claim it’s the biggest in Mexico – and every one is a small-batch, single-estate release bottled exclusively for the bar. Compare different varieties of agave, and mezcals distilled in copper and clay, or try a pechuga (an artisan variety of mezcal often distilled with added fruits and meat) distilled with a rabbit breast, banana, pineapple and marigolds, specially for the Day of the Dead. The feel here is friendly and informal – you can either sit up at the bar with a mezcal and a beer, or settle in for a guided tasting in one of two white-washed, shabby-chic side rooms. There’s also a little boutique selling accessories by local artisans, as well as mezcal by the bottle and a selection of barware.  

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Best place for tequila in Guadalajara

El Gallo Altanero

If you’re enroute to tequila country, then you’ll almost certainly pass through Guadalajara, a city that’s a-wash with places to drink the national spirit. The hippest of them all is El Gallo Altanero, an open-air agaveria that’s become the epicentre of the city’s indie agave scene. Its balcony bar overlooks a courtyard hung with paper lanterns, and candles flickering on all sides, giving the place – and the good-looking, boho crowd – a rather cinematic glow. The choice of artisan agave spirits is tremendous and there are some clever cocktails too – try the Martini Vampirito, a Martini twist made with blanco tequila, dry vermouth, Green Chartreuse and a splash of sangrita. The soundtrack is vintage vinyl, and there are some excellent Mexican bar snacks. El Gallo’s Panama-hatted owner Freddy Andreasson is a big raicilla fan, and the bar’s stygian cellar is full of green glass demi-johns charged with his rare finds. Who knows, he might even take you down there to try them if you’re really, really nice.  

And if you want some agave reading… 

I can highly recommend Tequila, Mezcal and More by Anna Bruce – a beautifully-designed little handbook that brilliantly brings this vast spirits category to life. British-born, Bruce now lives in Oaxaca, where she runs mezcal palenque tours.

Ulrich Felsberg has restored the 1906 residence near Bonn after it served as the French ambassador’s home for nearly half a century. Ulrich Felsberg has restored the 1906 residence near Bonn after it served as the French ambassador’s home for nearly half a century.

One of the storied Araby Stone Houses is being sold by a former Canadian Football League star for $1.5 million. One of the storied Araby Stone Houses is being sold by a former Canadian Football League star for $1.5 million.