For someone as influential as Kim Kardashian, there’s hardly any downtime between breaking the internet and running several businesses. But even with a nonstop schedule, she still makes time to work on her killer bod. Kardashian doesn’t negotiate when it comes to her workout routine, and according to her trainer, Senada Greca, MBA, founder of WeRise and a NikeSkims athlete, that commitment is exactly what drives her results.
“My philosophy is simple: It’s building strength that lasts,” she tells SELF. “Aesthetics are a by-product. The real goal is longevity, resilience, and the confidence that comes from strength training.” It’s a mindset she’s developed over years of training—after cycling through high-volume cardio and endurance work herself. “Nothing has given me that confidence, that resilience, and that self-belief that strength training has,” she says.
She applies that same philosophy as a celebrity trainer. “I work with high-profile clients like Kim, and the method doesn’t really change,” Greca says. At the core: helping clients see their bodies as something worth investing in for the long haul. Greca believes your body is your home—so it has to be treated with respect and care.
Strength training, she adds, isn’t just about getting stronger in the moment—it’s about protecting your future health. It plays a key role in preventing conditions like bone-density loss and muscle loss while also supporting everything from metabolic health to cardiovascular fitness. “I want to live in this home as best as I can,” Greca says. “So that down the road, we can still do the things that we enjoy.”
Her method starts simple: Master how to move well, then gradually add load. “It’s about moving with mindfulness, learning proper form and breathing patterns, and then progressively getting stronger in a way that’s safe,” she says. But that doesn’t mean workouts have to feel rigid—or boring. In fact, Greca intentionally builds in variety and enjoyment for Kardashian. “It should feel like playtime,” she says. “We’ve built this mindset that working out is something we have to do, instead of something we get to do.”
That balance of structure and flexibility is especially key when training someone like Kardashian. “She’s very busy—but she prioritizes working out. It’s in her schedule. She shows up. There’s no negotiation,” Greca says.
So what does that actually look like in practice? For Kardashian, workouts are typically split between lower-body strength days—focusing on legs and glutes—and upper-body and core sessions, with the occasional full-body circuit mixed in.
