Carrie Underwood Celebrates Jake, Says Workout Has Changed

Carrie Underwood posted a sweet image of her son Jacob as a newborn baby on Instagram as he celebrated his 4th birthday this week. Carrie also posted a photo of his Amazing Spider-Man birthday cake.

She captioned the photos, "This was yesterday…and now you are 4. Happy birthday, sweet Jake…my sunshine!!! God truly blessed us when he gave us the miracle of you!!! We love you! Thanks, @iveycakestore, for the adorable and delicious cake! You guys are the best!"

Many fans reacted to the post, including one who wrote, "Wow, cute cake! Happy 4th birthday to Jake!" Another fan commented, "Happy Belated Birthday Jacob. May you have many Blessings come your way."

Underwood recently talked about exercise, being a mom, and being on the road with People magazine. She said that over the years, her exercise goals have changed, "I feel like earlier in my career, I was working out more to be a certain size or fit into a certain aesthetic that I thought I wanted to be. And now I feel like I work out more to be strong and to have energy and longevity." She added, "It really is playing the long game, right? I've worked out a whole lot and been frustrated because it wasn't the results that I wanted. I feel like now, at this point in my life, you really do learn that it is a lifestyle, it's balance. It is overall taking care of yourself."

Carrie says she gets more opportunity to work out when she's on the road, "When I'm at home, I feel like I'm mom-ing it. I'm doing the laundry, packing the lunches, I'm always cleaning, So when I'm on the road, and I live on a bus or in a hotel room, I'm not having to do all that stuff, so it frees up a little time. My schedule is still very regimented, and there's all this stuff that I do, but my mornings are a little bit more flexible."

She says that being on stage isn't as easy as it looks, "It's surprisingly physical being on stage — there's a lot of cardio. I'm running around in heels, and I honestly write songs that I don't give myself time to breathe."

As we get into the new year, people are starting to work on their New Year's resolutions. For many, those resolutions involve getting in shape. Here, we take a look at the country music stars today who work on their health full-time, making sure they look and feel as good as possible.

A bunch of country stars work on their health, but we found the top five and ranked them to number one. Here's who we believe are the fittest stars in country music today.

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This one was too close to call, so we are listing two country stars at number five. Dierks Bentley constantly rides his mountain bike, does many bike marathons, and sits in a barrel of ice as an annual ritual. He is a fit guy who loves playing outside and having fun whenever possible. Carly Pearce is reasonably fit and eats right 90 percent of the time, and does a daily run to stay on top of her game physically.

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Kenny has always lifted weights and worked out since he began his country music journey years ago. He always looks spot-on and buff and fit as a fiddle.

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Kane has been working hard and working out for a couple of years. He is so fit and tight that not long ago, his wife had to post a video to Insta stories with Brown saying that he is not too skinny; he's just been working out a lot.

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Tim is the buffest male country star today and often shares his working out on the road when he travels, which includes lifting giant tires. Many country stars who tour with him in the summer end up starting a workout program like him. In 2016, he was featured in Men's Health magazine as one of the fittest guys in the music business.In 2019, he published the book Grit & Grace: Train the Mind, Train the Body, Own Your Life.

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Carrie loves to eat right (she is a vegan), exercises every day, and has the best legs in country music to prove it. She even has her own line of workout clothes (Calia) and works out with a fitness app called Fit52 alongside her husband, Mike Fisher.