Jennifer Lopez‘s look is always on point — her hair, her glow, her outfits and now, her abs. It’s undeniable: the actress has never looked better. While some attribute her head-to-toe perfection to being in love (Lopez is dating former New York Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez), it’s also clear that to sustain her svelte body — particularly her flat, chiseled abs — she is sticking to a superhealthy workout and diet plan.

The Grammy winner often shares #fitgoals images on Instagram that reveal her totally toned body (case in point: her washboard abs in a tiny black bikini pic on her 49th birthday). But she also kills it every time she is on the red carpet in supertight, skin-baring bodycon silhouettes.

We’ve rounded up the hottest pics that showcase her sculpted midsection as well as some of the secrets behind her amazing body.

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Yacht Life

Do we spy an eight-pack? Celebrating Magic Johnson’s birthday at the beach in St-Tropez, France, on September 2, 2019, the Hustlers star flashed a side-view of her abs. Framed by a white, long-sleeve crop top and a blue high-slit skirt cover-up, her core looked even more defined than usual. As Lopez told Us in 2018, quarters could theoretically bounce off her abs. “On some days, yes!” she joked.

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Betrothed and Bold

Lopez and Alex Rodriguez may have walked the carpet for the first time as an engaged couple at the Met Gala in May 2019. But at the CFDA Fashion Awards on June 4, 2019, her abs finally made their rock-hard debut next to the man who will soon vow to have and to hold them. Lopez wore an orange, bedazzled long-sleeve turtleneck crop top with a ball gown skirt by Ralph Lauren Collection to the event, where she was honored with the Fashion Icon Award. The singer’s current trainer, Dodd Romero, is a fan of supersets. One he uses to work her lower body and core involves three rounds supported lunges moving directly into cable rope crunches — first with 70 pounds and 50 reps, then with 90 pounds and 35 reps and finally with 120 pounds and 21 reps. “Her strength has actually doubled,” the pro recently told Us.

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Now With More Bling!

This time, JLo’s rock-hard abs had some competition — from her A-Rod rock! On March 15, 2019, a newly engaged Lopez left the gym in Miami wearing the estimated $1.4 million, 15-carat emerald-cut diamond engagement ring Alex Rodriguez had given her less than a week prior. The couple frequently work out together with trainer Dodd Romero. “Everyone does resistance training, but she’s more being sculpted,” Romero recently told Us of Lopez, “meaning, every exercise she does is for a purpose and a reason.”

Facing Reality

After completing a 10-day no-sugar challenge in January — one that had her ex Diddy and her current love, Alex Rodriguez, leaving dueling comments on her Instagram, no less — Lopez’s midsection has never been trimmer. And she was ready to show it off on March 6, 2019 with a post of her wearing just a bra top and a pair of Jennifer Lopez x Niyama Sol yoga pants with her face printed on them.

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Gym Dandy

Lopez is livin’ la vida crunches. Flaunting her ripped midsection in an October 2018 Instagram post, the singer wrote, “My life and career are centered around my passions and doing things that make me happy.” (Hence the promo for her Jennifer Lopez x Niyama Sol Vanguard leggings.) As her sometimes-trainer David Kirsch tells Us of J Lo’s legendary discipline, “When we’re younger, we sort of take things for granted, and then we get older and we become very respectful of our bodies and what we do, how we do it and what makes us feel good.”

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Golden Girl

j Lo wowed in a gilded dress at the August 2018 MTV Music Awards. According to David Kirsch, who often trains Lopez, her “workouts are very focused and the eating is very focused.”

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In Living Color

The World of Dance judge posted a picture on Instagram in a black bikini top plus chic — and colorful — Niyama Sol leggings, a go-to workout staple that reveal her muscular belly.

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Birthday Suit

“Current birthday situation…yup,” the Shades of Blue actress captioned a July 2018 Instagram post wearing a black string bikini that showed off her washboard stomach. As for getting her superfit body, “it doesn’t just happen,” says Kirsch. “You need good genetics and she is very, very disciplined about what she puts in her body. And she doesn’t drink — even though she is holding a bottle of champagne and I’m sure she is celebrating.”

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Core Centric

Lopez puts the “work” in workout. “#SundayFunday kind of … gotta get it in… now let the fun begin!! #birthdayweekbegins,” she captioned a July 2018 Instagram selfie in a white sports bra and leggings while posing post-workout.

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Abs-solutley Right

“If you look at her core now it’s just so tight and her waist is so narrow. And she definitely flaunts that — as she should,” Kirsch tells Us of the singer’s midsection.

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Showstopper

“She’s very mindful of her body being this beautiful temple and really respecting it,” Kirsch, who is also the fitness and wellness curator at CORE: Club in New York City, tells Us.

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Bling Body

Lopez revealed her totally toned body — with particuarly defined upper abs — in a see-through silver dress in April 2018.

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Toned Tummy

Lopez’s flat belly was front and center in a cropped T-shirt while on set of “Amor, Amor, Amor” in NYC in August 2017.

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All the Right Curves

Sleek silhouettes and extreme cut-out details are a staple for Lopez on the red carpet. As for how she gets her body in perfect form to rock them: “Her workouts are very high energy and there is a lot of movement,” Kirsch shares with Us.

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Get Low

The secret to creating a truly flat stomach: taking a 360-degree approach to exercise that focuses on carving it out from all angles. “We’re doing a lot of planks, side planks, and we do this medicine ball toss while holding a lunge so we’re monopolizing the room,” Kirsch says.