Hilary Swank is opening up about the way motherhood has altered how she views discipline while working out.
“Motherhood has changed the way I think about discipline,” Swank, 51, wrote via Instagram on Friday, May 8, alongside a slew of pictures featuring the actress’ home gym. “It’s less about perfection, more about consistency — and letting your kids see you take care of yourself.”
In October 2022, the Academy award-winning actress announced she was expecting twins with her husband, Philip Schneider.
“This is something that I’ve been wanting for a long time, and my next thing is I’m gonna be a mom,” she said at the time. “And not just of one, but of two. I can’t believe it.”
Swank welcomed twins Aya and Ohm in April 2023. Since then, Swank admitted that it has been difficult to find the “me time” necessary to work out.
“My workout routine is a little different these days… it mostly happens in the garage,” she wrote. “With 3-year-old twins, ‘finding time’ to work out isn’t really a thing. So we started figuring out how to move together — in between naps, book readings, swim lessons, and the general chaos of toddlerhood.”
She added, “I’m back on set for #Yellowjackets — so grateful — but the hours are long. And when I’m home, I just want to be with the kids. So this became our answer: a space we could all use, that could grow with the kids, and where we could not just work out but actually have fun.”
Swank shared that her husband “managed to design and build” most of her new at-home gym, alongside a couple of “very ‘handy’ friends” who utilized “as much scrap material as possible.”
“I’m just grateful he didn’t burn down the garage in the process,” she wrote. “I usually hide power tools from him…”
Swank then broke down her workout routine, saying that sometimes she just has time to do a “quick power-lift during nap time.”
“Other days it’s tap dancing inspired by the insanely talented @chloearnoldtaps, swinging around like monkeys @tumbltrak, rock-climbing ‘Everest’ to find the whale @atomikclimbingholds, pretending we’re firemen going up and down the fire-pole, or just laying in the ‘spider web’ reading books on a rainy afternoon,” she wrote. “Mostly, it’s just about showing up however we can.”
She concluded, “Grateful for my husband for creating this space… and for the tiny humans who keep me moving whether I like it or not.”
