Nathan Buckley, AFL: Inside Alex Pike's very demanding daily routine

Nathan Buckley, AFL: Inside Alex Pike's very demanding daily routine
Nathan Buckley, AFL: Inside Alex Pike's very demanding daily routine

Alex Pike has shared her secret to looking good and feeling great in her forties.

The glamorous girlfriend of former Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley revealed her strict daily routine on Instagram on Tuesday morning.

The positive-thinking advocate, 44, listed her eight steps to 'creating a day worth living' - and some of them are quite demanding.

Philosophy: Alex Pike has shared her secret to looking good and feeling great in her forties

Philosophy: Alex Pike has shared her secret to looking good and feeling great in her forties

Her steps are: '1. Get up early, 2. Write a gratitude list, 3. Get some sunlight, 4. Exercise - no matter what, 5. Do something for someone else, 6. Put a smile on someone's face, 7. Learn something new, 8. Drink Water.'

While drinking water and getting sunlight aren't exactly groundbreaking additions to her daily to-do list, other steps seem rather taxing.

For example, learning a new skill or piece of knowledge every day might prove difficult for people with busy schedules.

And her no-excuses attitude to daily workouts seems a bit unforgiving - but of course no one ever said looking good was easy. 

No days off: The glamorous girlfriend of former Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley revealed her strict daily routine on Instagram on Tuesday morning

No days off: The glamorous girlfriend of former Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley revealed her strict daily routine on Instagram on Tuesday morning

The rules: The positive-thinking advocate, 44, listed her eight steps to 'creating a day worth living' - and some of them are quite demanding

The rules: The positive-thinking advocate, 44, listed her eight steps to 'creating a day worth living' - and some of them are quite demanding

Could you keep up? While drinking water and getting sunlight aren't exactly groundbreaking additions to her daily to-do list, other steps seem quite taxing. For example, learning a new skill or piece of knowledge every day might prove difficult for people with busy schedules; and her no-excuses attitude to daily workouts seems a bit unforgiving

Could you keep up? While drinking water and getting sunlight aren't exactly groundbreaking additions to her daily to-do list, other steps seem quite taxing. For example, learning a new skill or piece of knowledge every day might prove difficult for people with busy schedules; and her no-excuses attitude to daily workouts seems a bit unforgiving

Meanwhile, Alex undergone quite the transformation in the last two years. 

The mother of three recently shared photos of herself taken in April 2019, which show her with a fuller face and figure compare to her current toned appearance.

The photos were taken right before the cosmetic nurse embarked on the viral #75HARD Challenge.

Before and after: Alex last week unveiled her fitness transformation by sharing a photo from 2019 (left) alongside a recent image (right) to document her changes over the years

Before and after: Alex last week unveiled her fitness transformation by sharing a photo from 2019 (left) alongside a recent image (right) to document her changes over the years

The extremely strict health and fitness challenge is described as a 'mental toughness test' which pushes participants through 75 days of rigid diet and rigorous exercise.

It involves twice daily workouts, calorie counting, a clean diet with no cheat meals, reading non-fiction books every day and much more.

Even before embarking on #75HARD, Alex followed a very clean and restrictive diet to stay in shape.

In 2016, she wrote on her website that she doesn't eat any sugars, breads or pasta and prefers resistance training and body building to aerobics exercises.

'After having three children I am in the best shape of my life. I owe this to

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