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Mariska Hargitay's Workout Secrets: Shape Move of the Week

Posted on Oct 21st 2010 2:00PM by That's Fit Editors

Filed Under: Fitness, Celebs & Entertainment

Mariska Hargitay, the actress who plays detective Olivia Benson in "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," has always been an athlete. As a young child she competed in gymnastics and swam and she credits athletics with helping her learn to set goals for herself. To keep her great figure, she eats a balanced diet and drinks plenty of water.

Check out the Hargitay's workout tips and more:

Cover model Mariska Hargitay has always been a fan of exercising outdoors. Visit Shape.com for lots of fun ways to burn calories outside.

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Anne Carol 10-22-2010 @ 7:33AM

What a beautiful woman. Mariska is perfect from head to toe.

barbara 10-23-2010 @ 10:43PM

I AGREE WHATEVER SHE IS DOING WORKS, BECAUSE SHE IS BEAUTIFUL.

Victor 10-22-2010 @ 7:39AM

Mariska has good genes. His parents were very beautiful. She inherited the beauty of combining the two they had to offer. So she's beautiful.

MIchael Mc Manus 10-23-2010 @ 9:44PM

What a nice post. Best of the week.
Usually they are spam or just people mouthing off about nonsense. So nice to read a legit post here.

Dave 10-25-2010 @ 8:07AM

Please set the record straight... swimming, gymnastics and many other "outdoor" activities are RECREATIONAL activities, NOT exercise. Proper EXERCISE
gets the body (muscles) ready for recreational acivities so they may be performed more safely and more efficiently.

Ed 10-23-2010 @ 8:46PM

I saw her on the Tonight Show several years ago, and a more down to earth and genuine person, you will never find!!

billy 10-23-2010 @ 11:00PM

She is drop dead gorgeous....like her mother Jane Mansfield...What a talented actress and a lovely beautiful REAL woman.

Glenn Posner 10-23-2010 @ 11:17PM

Beauty is only skin deep boys and girls...execute caution....regularly..

Rocky S Brewer 10-26-2010 @ 4:43PM

You look terrific. I just saw pics of your Dad in Reps Mag. legends.
I am a lifelong bodybuilder myself and fitness expert.
Keep up the great work gal.

Regards,
Rocky S Brewer
www.fatweightlossfree.com

nicole 10-23-2010 @ 11:51PM

Not only is she beautiful, she is also very talented. Darn it! Just kidding, I just love her and never misses an episode of Law and Order when I am home.

nicole 10-23-2010 @ 11:53PM

Oops! I added too many letters to the word 'miss".
Sorry about that.

cqdeed 10-24-2010 @ 12:36AM

Secret.?.? The only reason it is a "secret" is because she hasn't got 24/7 media coverage. I sincerely doubt she has been hiding the way she takes care of herself.

Luci 10-24-2010 @ 2:02AM

The reason media doesn't follow her around is because she's a LADY, graceful and polite. I will stop watching Law and Order if she goes off.

jan 10-24-2010 @ 2:21AM

i have been a fan of hers since i first started watching L&O SVU. She is my favorite actress on TV; i think she's gorgeous and a great actress. like someone else said, if she wasn't on the show i wouldn't watch it anymore. when she took maternity leave, the show just wasn't the same without her. the chemistry between her and her partner was missing and that's a very big part of the show. without them ever having had a 'thing' they are very sexy together.

EDWIN SMITH 10-24-2010 @ 5:50AM

Such a fine person, poised, polite, has it together, a father who would be so proud of his daughter. This is one person who you enjoy see acting,

jwsexton9 10-24-2010 @ 6:12AM

I like her on L&O the most of any of the Detective series, I also am old enough to remember her parents and when she was born.
She plays the part well and I am not surprised of her fitness in reflection of her father.

Ellen 10-27-2010 @ 1:20PM

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Ole Master Chief 1-09-2011 @ 9:10AM

Just found this website and have been a fan of hers for years and decades ago her Mom. I did not know she was athletic or so beautiful but always loved her work on TV in Law and Order. I am so glad to find that she is all I suspected as I loved her Mom and Dad when I would read about them and for this old Combat vet the Hargitays were somtimes the only sign of sanity back in the states if not the world.