Jennifer Aniston HEALTHY HOTTE THAN EVER

A NEW MINDSET, A NEW MAN (MAYBE) AND THE SAME ICONIC ABS: THE FRIENDS ACTRESS SPILLS HER SECRETS AT 56.

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LITTLE THINGS Jen has said she loves red light therapy for her skin and indulging her "savory tooth" with Mexican food to boost happiness.

SHE used to torture herself. In her quest to keep her body in elite shape when she was younger, Jennifer Aniston “really destroyed my joints from running or boxing” and going “too hard,” she revealed in April.

She frequently injured herself in her pursuit of physical perfection. “I always thought that you have to push your body; it has to be an hour and a half; it has to be, ‘no pain, no gain,’ and all of those things that we’ve been told.”

ACUTABOVE "I've never had this kind of definition," Jen, a Smartwater spokesperson, marveled in January of her sculpted muscles, crediting the resistance-focused workouts she's been doing for more than two years.

She’s learned a valuable lesson. “You don’t have to break your body or spend hours in the gym,” Jen declared. These days, she works out smarter, not harder. Devoted to Pvolve, a fitness method that combines low-impact exercises and simple resistance equipment like ankle bands and gliders, she aims to do 50-minute sessions three to five times a week. “I just wish I had a workout like this in my 20s and 30s because I wouldn't have all of the injuries that I have.” At 56, she says, “I personally feel like I’m the strongest and the most in-shape that I’ve ever been.” And it extends far beyond how hot she looks. “Jen takes excellent care of her health,” a source tells Star. “She’s strong and fit both in body and mind.”

MAKING IT WORK