Elsa Pataky, 48, shows off her youthful looks as she strips down for stunning Elle Spain shoot – after revealing her simple diet and workout secrets

Elsa Pataky never disappoints in the fashion stakes. 

The 48-year-old Spanish actress was showing off her incredible style and her youthful looks in a new shoot for Elle Spain this week. 

The wife of Australian superstar Chris Hemsworth stripped down for the sultry photos, one of which showed her topless with her back to the camera. 

Elsa donned a pair of closely fitted blue jeans that clung to her fit physique and included unusual hemming at the ankle for an editorial edge. 

The Interceptor star flaunted her natural beauty in a glowing and fresh makeup look and wore her blonde locks down around her face. 

In a second image, she again worked her angles in a racy white bodysuit paired with slouch boots and an oversized wool cardigan. 

A third photo depicted Elsa enjoying the outdoors in a brown crop top and skimpy bikini bottoms. 

She added a pair of boots in the same tone along with a denim jacket, and sipped from a water cannister.  

Elsa Pataky never disappoints in the fashion stakes. The 48-year-old Spanish actress was showing off her youthful looks in a new shoot for Elle Spain this week (pictured) 

It comes after Elsa revealed her surprisingly simple diet and workout secrets during an appearance on Sunrise.

Promoting her fitness book, Strong, she told fans to ignore ‘quick-fix diets’ and instead embrace a new way of living. 

‘I don’t believe anything about diets, like quick diets that you do before summer. Those miracles don’t exist,’ said the mother-of-three.

Instead of crash dieting, Elsa emphasised the importance of adopting an overall health-focused philosophy.

In a second image, she again worked her angles in a racy white bodysuit paired with slouch boots and an oversized wool cardigan

In a second image, she again worked her angles in a racy white bodysuit paired with slouch boots and an oversized wool cardigan

A third photo depicted Elsa enjoying the outdoors in a brown crop top and skimpy bikini bottoms while supping on water

A third photo depicted Elsa enjoying the outdoors in a brown crop top and skimpy bikini bottoms while supping on water

‘Eat healthier, like Mediterranean food every day, not just [for] periods of time,’ she said.

The Mediterranean diet, which is inspired by the eating habits of Italians and Greeks in the 1960s, is generally high in vegetables, fruits, legumes, whole grains, nuts, seeds and olive oil. 

Elsa also advised that sugar, alcohol and fatty foods should be kept to a minimum. 

On the topic of exercise, the Fast and the Furious star recommended a step-by-step approach.

‘At a minimum, start [with] 15 minutes, or 20 minutes [of exercise] a day. If you go on a bus to work, maybe get off earlier than your stop and walk,’ she said. 

It comes after Elsa revealed her surprisingly simple diet and workout secrets during an appearance on Sunrise

It comes after Elsa revealed her surprisingly simple diet and workout secrets during an appearance on Sunrise 

Promoting her fitness book, Strong, she told fans to ignore 'quick-fix diets' and instead embrace a new way of living

Promoting her fitness book, Strong, she told fans to ignore ‘quick-fix diets’ and instead embrace a new way of living

‘As much as you can do, start little by little, and you’ll feel like you’re getting addicted to feeling better,’ she added. 

Elsa, who is known to enjoy yoga and horse riding, then encouraged her fans to embrace forms of exercise they feel passionate about.

‘Get passionate about something you like. Don’t make it like, “Oh, I have to go to the gym”. It has to be something that you love,’ she said. 

Elsa also likes to get her three children involved when she is working out at home in Byron Bay, and has created ‘circuits’ for them to complete with toy weights.

However, she warned that mothers should expect to have their workouts interrupted on a regular basis.

‘Of course, you stop 100 times because they are fighting or something like that!’ Elsa laughed.   

Elsa and her husband, Chris Hemsworth, share three children: daughter India, and twin sons Tristan and Sasha.  

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