Serena Williams, at 42, is determined to regain her pre-pregnancy figure after welcoming her second child. The tennis icon wasted no time hitting the gym the day after Christmas, capturing four mirror selfies for an Instagram post where she humorously revealed her real focus during workouts.

“I spend 50% of my time in the gym taking selfies. Trying to get that perfect angle, that angle that makes me look snatched ,” Serena quipped in her caption. “Well, I found that angle so don’t look at me sideways when in person I’m a tad thicker lol .”

Serena received an outpouring of praise from her fans in the comments section for her relatable and candid post. “The realest thing you’ve ever posted ,” one fan commented. “I feel seen! Thank you for normalizing postpartum body!” another fan wrote. Ciara, who recently welcomed her fourth baby, seemed to relate to Serena’s message and left four laughing emojis in response. Other celebrities like La La Anthony and Rosie O’Donnell also showed some love to Serena in the comments.

Since welcoming another daughter over the summer, Serena has been focused on regaining her fitness, although she has seemingly encountered challenges with postpartum recovery in recent months. At the end of November, Serena tweeted that she’s “not ok” and that it’s “ok to not be ok,” which concerned her fans. The famous athlete followed up with a photo of her snuggling her newborn baby, expressing that it brings her “so much happiness.”

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Serena and her husband Alexis Ohanian are dedicated parents to their daughters Olympia, born in 2019, and Adira, born in August. In a 2020 interview, Serena acknowledged that the everyday working mom is her source of inspiration. “I think of what they do literally every single day to support their family and to be a rock for their family,” Serena told TODAY Parents at the time. “And it helps me keep going. There is not a day that goes by that I don’t think that woмеn are just really amazing.”