# Gisele Bündchen redefines what winning looks like

> At 46, the world's former highest-paid model turns down almost every job, and she can explain exactly why.
- Title: Gisele Bündchen redefines what winning looks like · Maxim
- Summary: At 46, the world's former highest-paid model turns down almost every job, and she can explain exactly why. Success is a definition you write yourself, and it…
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- Source: Maxim — https://maxim.com/news/gisele-bundchen-lifts-weights-in-lacy-bodysuit-for-i-ds-mother-issue
- Published: 2026-09-15T08:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: gisele bündchen, fitness, modeling, motherhood, i-d magazine
## Still lifting at 46
Gisele Bündchen covers i-D magazine's Mother Issue with a barbell in hand, working through bicep curls and an overhead press in a lacy bodysuit.
## The routine is real
Weights three times a week. Pilates once or twice. Yoga two or three times. She trains every single day, and not because a shoot demanded it.

> I do weights three times a week. I do Pilates once or twice a week. I do yoga two or three times a week.
## Get to, not have to
She reframes exercise as something she chooses rather than a chore. Surfing, volleyball with her daughter, paddleboarding, it all counts.

> I don't see it as something I have to do. I see it as something I get to do.
## She says no to 99 percent
Still in demand, most recently as the face of a Marc O'Polo campaign, she screens every offer against what it would cost her at home.

> I say no to 99 percent of the jobs I'm offered.
## The math behind the no
Each job gets weighed against a specific missed moment: her daughter's volleyball game, the park with her son, watching her son DJ.

> Am I going to miss my daughter's volleyball game?
## Success got redefined
Ranked the world's highest-paid model by Forbes for 12 straight years, from 2005 to 2016, she no longer measures it in money or fame.

> When I was in my 20s, success was different than what I feel today.
## Key takeaway

Success is a definition you write yourself, and it can change completely between your 20s and your 40s.