Even after retirement, Laila Ali continues training like a champion. Her undefeated record, relentless power, and speed made her one of the most renowned champions in the boxing ring. Throughout her life, Muhammad Ali’s daughter has been combining smart workouts and a balanced nutrition plan to stay in peak shape. She retired with a perfect 24-0 record, which includes 21 knockouts, making her one of the most accomplished and dominant female boxers worldwide.

Ali revealed how she enjoyed switching up her workouts, especially after having her children. Her typical workout routine consists of running for 45 minutes thrice a week, spinning twice a week, and weight training thrice a week. She has kept her meals super healthy and nutritious, sticking to clean juices, Greek yogurt, fresh fruits and vegetables, and home-cooked meals.

“Green salad with grilled chicken for lunch and baked fish with veggies and baked sweet potato for dinner,” Ali said when asked what she enjoys for dinner. Even snack time for her is healthy.

“Vanilla protein shake with 1/2 banana,” she revealed, was her go-to healthy snack option, according to Self. She also adds a scoop of collagen powder for healthy hair, nails, and joints.

However, even Ali has her guilty pleasures. She admitted to enjoying baked goods as her top unhealthy habit.

Of course, she makes up for it by continuing to train intensely, be it in the form of Pilates, Spin classes, HIIT, or simply walking her dogs.

Ali credits her work ethic, resilience, and discipline to her father, Muhammad Ali. She revealed how his core values and examples have shaped her to become the champion and woman she is now- inside and outside the ring.

How Muhammad Ali’s influence shaped Laila Ali’s journey

With Muhammad Ali as her father, Laila Ali always found herself surrounded by greatness. However, it was her father's confidence, discipline, and unrelenting resilience that left a huge mark on Laila Ali.

“Well, I had the double or triple whammy that my father, being the greatest boxer of all time, coming behind him, there would be a lot of comparisons to him,” she said, as per Hollywood Life. “My father taught me how to be confident and to be fearless in everything you do.”

Ali often talks about how she learned about passion and confidence from her father. She reflected on how he used his fearlessness in a positive way, using boxing as a platform to make a difference in this world.

Moreover, he used his unending passion to commit to many humanitarian causes as well. From racial equality to civil rights, religious freedom, and anti-war and peace activism, Muhammad Ali spread his greatness beyond the ring.

“He brought the passion you see in the ring in his commitment to humanitarian causes,” she remembered.

Ali continues to honor her father Muhammad Ali’s legacy, living with the same purpose and discipline.

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Written by

Avantika Das

Edited by

Zaid Quraishi