She won millions of fans with her workout films of the 1980s.
But now Jane Fonda has admitted that her pneumatic regime from that era was actually 'all about going for the pain'.
The fitness guru revealed that punishing yourself was the main point of such classics as her 1982 video Workout which sold 17m copies worldwide.
Fonda said that generation of women who did endless pelvic lifts wearing leg warmers and leotards were not supposed to feel the burn - but to feel the agony instead.
Now at age of 74 she has released a new yoga DVD which she describes as a ‘fun and easy’ way to stay fit.
Even though she remains evergreen, Fonda admitted that age is now catching up with her and that she is having to adjust the routines she performs.
In an interview she said: ‘I used to be all about going for the pain. Not anymore. I'm not asking them to do anything too hard. I do them (the exercises) with older people in mind.
‘I want it to be fun and easy for them, but effective.’
In the interview Fonda said that she was grateful to look as good as she does and that she was ‘well aware of how 75 can look’.
She said: ‘Every single time I go to get out of a car now, I say 'Thank you, Lord, I have strong quads’.
‘Because if I didn't have strong quads, I couldn't be independent. You have to keep your back and legs strong so you can remain free and independent.’
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