
Jennifer Love Hewitt is one of Hollywood's timeless beauties. She maintains an enviable physique and a healthy body, which begs the question: What's her secret?
Having trained clients for over a decade, I’ve learned that celebrity workout routines hype up their fitness fans, and Hewitt was no exception.
So, I spent a month deep diving into her interviews, social media posts, and news articles. In the article, I’ll be sharing Jennifer Love Hewitt’s workout routine and diet.
Let’s dive right in.
Jennifer Love Hewitt Stats

- Age: 44 years (February 21, 1979)
- Height: 5’2” (157 cm)
- Weight: 128 lbs (58 kg)
- Bust: 38 in (97 cm)
- Chest: 26 in. (66 cm)
- Hips: 38 in (97 cm)
Jennifer Love Hewitt Workout Plan
After sorting through various sources, I managed to put together Jennifer’s five-day workout plan, which mainly consists of high-rep endurance lifts and cardio.
After doing a few warm-up exercises, she jumps right into her core workout.
Monday workout routine:
- Dumbbell bench press: 2 sets x 20 reps
- Dumbbell flys: 2 sets x 20 reps
- Straight bar dips: 2 sets x 20 reps
- Dumbbell incline bench press: 2 sets x 20 reps
- Tricep extensions: 2 sets x 20 reps
- V-ups: 2 sets x 20 reps
- Bicycle crunches: 2 sets x 20 reps
- Twisting planks: 2 sets x 20 reps
Tuesday workout routine:
- Forward lunge to dumbbell bicep curl: 2 sets x 20 reps
- Squat to dumbbell press: 2 sets x 20 reps
- Squat thrusts: 2 sets x 20 reps
- Repeat the last three exercises for one more round
- Ab crunches: 2 sets x 20 reps
- Bosu ball knee tucks: 2 sets x 20 reps
- Planks: 2 sets x 20 reps
Wednesday workout routine:
- Dumbbell rows: 2 sets x 20 reps
- Bent-over dumbbell flyes: 2 sets x 20 reps
- Lateral raises: 2 sets x 20 reps
- Stair climbers: 2 minutes slow, 6 minutes fast, and 2 minutes slow
- Repeat the last four exercises for another round
- V-ups: 2 sets x 20 reps
- Bicycle crunches: 2 sets x 20 reps
- Twisting planks: 2 sets x 20 reps
Thursday workout routine:
- Dumbbell bench press: 2 sets x 20 reps
- Dumbbell incline bench press: 2 sets x 20 reps
- Bar dips: 2 sets x 20 reps
- Sprints: 2 sets x 30-second jog followed by 30-second sprint
- Tricep extensions: 2 sets x 20 reps
- Jog: 2 sets x 2 minutes walk, 6 minutes jog, and 2 minutes walk
- Ab crunches: 2 sets x 20 reps
- Bosu ball knee tucks: 2 sets x 20 reps
- Planks: 2 sets x 20 reps
Friday workout routine:
- Jump rope: 1 set x 10 min.
- Walking lunges with dumbbell bicep curls: 2 sets x 20 reps
- Squat to press: 2 sets x 20 reps
- Squat thrust press: 2 sets x 20 reps
- Jog: 2 minutes walk, 5 minutes run
- V-ups: 2 sets x 20 reps
- Bicycle crunches: 2 sets x 20 reps
- Twisting planks: 2 sets x 20 reps
After five days of working out, Jennifer Love Hewitt rests on weekends to refuel her muscles.
Jennifer Love Hewitt’s Workout Principles

Based on her workout plan and interviews, I’ve narrowed down five of Jennifer’s primary workout principles:
- Thorough warm-up routine: Jennifer does a very thorough warm-up before her workouts to avoid injury [1].
- Low weight and high reps: Most of Jennifer’s workout contains endurance-based exercises that use low weights and high reps.
- Full-body routine: Hewitt doesn’t split her workout based on muscle groups; she prefers doing a full-body routine every day.
- Changing exercise routines: Hewitt states that she switches her exercise routine from time to time.
- Abs routine: Jennifer finishes every workout with an ab routine.
What Does Jennifer Love Hewitt Eat?
Her diet plan is straightforward: three meals, one snack, and no junk.
Here’s a quick breakdown of the Jennifer Love Hewitt diet plan:
- Breakfast: Oatmeal, skimmed milk, fresh fruit, and tea with 1/2 tbsp of sugar.
- Lunch: Brown rice with vegetables and a serving of green salad.
- Evening snack: Tea or coffee with dry fruits.
- Dinner: Mixed vegetable soup or tomato soup, green salad, and sprouted grains.
“Instead of piling up food in my fridge that says 'Come eat me!' I keep enough for only a couple of days. And I rarely have treats around that might tempt me late at night, which is when I usually crave something really fattening.”
- Jennifer Love Hewitt
Her Diet Principles

Hewitt’s eating habits comprised the following diet principles:
- Proper hydration: Hewitt would hydrate herself throughout the day, especially before drinking caffeinated beverages, possibly to hydrate herself better [2].
- Organic foods: Hewitt’s diet was extremely clean and consisted of only organic and wholesome foods.
- Simple and effective: Despite her crazy workout, Hewitt limited herself to three wholesome meals a day and one snack, keeping her diet as simple and effective as possible.
Supplements
The Jennifer Love Hewitt diet plan focuses on getting most of your nutrition through organic foods. So, it avoids most supplements.
However, because her diet lacked meat, Jennifer Love Hewitt took multivitamins to ensure she met her daily nutritional requirements.
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