Anne Hathaway Credits Pelvic Floor Training With More Energy

Anne Hathaway, 43, says learning about pelvic floor health improved her energy, strength and overall life. While promoting Verity in a Fandango interview, the actor—who appears in The Odyssey as well as The Devil Wears Prada 2—said she wishes this information had been available when she was younger. She hopes to speak with many specialists and create an extensive guide to help women. Hathaway is pregnant with her third child.

Hollie Grant, founder of The Bump Plan, is a Pilates instructor and fitness specialist in care before and after birth. She describes the pelvic floor as muscles located underneath the pelvis. They help hold pelvic organs in place, assist bladder and bowel control, contribute to sexual function, and coordinate with the diaphragm and abdominal muscles within the core.

These muscles also respond to abdominal pressure during everyday activity and exercise, including coughing, carrying a child, running, jumping and weightlifting. Pregnancy and childbirth place additional demands on them, but their function can also be influenced by ageing, hormonal shifts around menopause, high-impact activity, persistent coughing and constipation. Grant says pelvic floor health involves both contraction and complete relaxation, along with breathing, pressure management, strength work and gradual exposure to desired movements and loads. This broader role makes it relevant across women’s lives, not only during pregnancy or after giving birth.