GEMMA Atkinson showed off her stunning athletics figure in a black bikini on holiday in Tenerife.
The actress and presenter, 40, looked in incredible shape as she had fun in the pool with her daughter Mia, five.
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Tanned and toned, Gemma beamed for a photo, likely taken by her dancer Strictly Come Dancing husband Gorka Marquez.
She shared photos from the trip on Instagram and wrote: “Adiós Tenerife. Vitamin D, great food, great sleep, loads of swimming and lots of laughs. Just what we all needed. Until next time…”
Her followers were in awe of her figure, with one commenting: “A women who knows how to show an amazing body off in a healthy way.”
A second said: “You look amazing, great inspiration for people wanting to get fit n healthy!”
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Another wrote: “You are, body goals, mum goals and life goals!!! You’re amazing.”
Earlier this year Gemma said that she credits her 5am exercise sessions for being in the best shape of her life at 40.
It is a far cry from her twenties when the straight-talking former Hollyoaks actress admits she preferred to keep fit working up a sweat between the sheets.
Gemma, who has subsequently overhauled her look, has no regrets over her wild youth before finding her dancer fiancé, Gorka.
She told Women’s Health magazine: “I’ve done the, people say walk of shame. I call it a stride of pride, across someone’s landing, praying that their mum or dad doesn’t come out of a bedroom.
“No interaction. Don’t make eye contact — you don’t want to know what I have just done to your son the night before.
“Don’t look at me.”
And the man hunt extended abroad, with wild girls’ holidays to Majorca.
She said: “We used to love Magaluf. It was all two-star apartments.
“The club BCM — next to it there is this grey tower of apartments. Two-star!
“We used to fly and stay there for the weekend with the girls and wait for all the lads from BCM to come out. It was awful.”
Gemma is now looking forward to marrying Gorka, 34, who she met on Strictly in 2017, and counting down every moment with their daughter Mia and one-year-old son Thiago.
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Having been surprised at how long it took to recover after welcoming her second child via a Caesarean, Gemma has a newfound determination to be healthy.
She wakes up at 4.30am before then throwing herself into a kettlebell-and-cardio routine designed by personal trainer Elliott Upton at her home gym in Manchester.
She often has an ice bath to speed up her recovery.
Gemma told Women’s Health magazine: “I gradually built myself back up to where I am now — I feel the best I’ve felt.
“So, it’s taken more than a year, but I just did it in my own time, at my own pace — and now I feel great.”
She has now been in the spotlight for half of her life after joining Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks as Lisa Hunter aged 17.
Gemma has also had roles in Emmerdale and Casualty, but it was her stint on I’m A Celeb in 2007, where she came fifth, and later Strictly, that made her a household name.
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