How Kelly Ripa Gets Her Athletic Physique

On April 10, Ripa shared a picture of herself and her husband Mark Consuelos participating in the 2022 Big House 5K, a run organized to raise funds for charity, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Their son, Joaquin, goes to school at the University of Michigan and they’ve been spotted a number of times in the area.

The post was captioned, “Two incredibly average runners. One Big House!! #bighouse5k,” and showed the couple in their athletic attire as they took part in the race.

The post gathered more than 100 thousand likes as well as comments congratulating the two lovebirds for being #fitnessgoals and #couplegoals, too. According to Prevention, the Live With Kelly and Ryan host shared more details of the event on her Instagram Story, including a pic of her running number. She also revealed that she wore her medal all day but joked, “@Instasuelos doesn’t think I should wear the necklace to brunch.” (@Instasuelos is her husband’s Instagram handle, and he shared the same pic on his feed.)

Ripa taking part in a 5K may be new news but running is actually part of her workout routine. According to People, the soap opera alum runs once a week in addition to taking the dance-cardio class AKT four times a week and doing SoulCycle four days a week.

She credits her sister-in-law for inspiring her to get fit, saying, “My sister-in-law told me this a long time ago when I wasn’t working out, and she was running, and I was like, ‘How do you do that? Why do you do that?’ And she said, ‘If we wore our insides on our outside, everybody would exercise.’”

Now, fitness has become an important part of Ripa’s life. She told People, “There are a lot of people that don’t have to work out, and I am so happy for them, but I have to work out for my body type. It’s part of my routine. It’s part of my ritual. It doesn’t just make me look better, but it makes me emotionally feel better.”