Rita Ora Preps for Menopause and Future Family

has embarked on a health and fitness journey since turning 30, in a bid to future-proof her body and mind as she ages.

The Hot Right Now singer, 35, stars on the cover of Women’s Health UK, showing off her gym-honed figure in a racy leotard and a sports bra and cycling shorts.

Rita explained how she had the time of her life in her twenties when her career soared and she was 'enjoying every second'.

But when she turned 30 five years ago she noticed major shifts in how she was feeling physically, leading to a complete overhaul of her fitness regime and the mindset that she should 'treat my body like I'm a kind of athlete.' 

'I don't want people to get confused with [my health journey] being about me being obsessed with my physical appearance, because I think sometimes that line gets very blurred. It's all to do with how I feel,' she explained to the magazine.

As well as taking up weight training, the chart-topper has educated herself on after watching her mother go through breast treatment which stimulated menopause at an early age.

'I'm trying to get ahead of it and learn about it,' she explained, adding: 'I learned a lot from Davina [McCall] while working with her on The Masked Singer.'

Rita, who is stepmother to her 50-year-old husband Taika Waititi's daughters also feels secure with her fertility health after freezing her eggs twice, once aged 24 and again aged 27.

'[Back then] a doctor told me it was a really good time to preserve the best quality [eggs],' she said. 

'It was actually the best advice, because now I'm in my mid-thirties and I have a lot of friends really trying to figure it out. It will just be more of an expansion when the time comes. Davina is always like, "Hurry up – you can do it!"'

Rita and filmaker Taika wed in a secret ceremony in August 2022, after she bucked tradition and popped the question. 

After years of not being in the right relationship during her 'messy twenties', Rita said that when she got together with Taika in 2021 it felt 'right and safe'.

Prior to their romantic relationship, Rita and Taika were close friends for five years.

Whilst she has considered a future family, for now Rita is content with her role as step-mother to Te Kāinga o te Hinekāhu, 13, and Matewa Kiritapu, nine, gushing: 'I've loved every second – the girls are just a dream. I think I got very lucky.'

'We have a lot of fun – doing nails, going shopping. I love hanging out with them.' 

As well as ensuring her long-term physical health, Rita explained how a 2016 panic attack whilst meeting the then-Prince Charles at a charity event, kick started her focus on her mental health.

'Every time I see that photo of me there, standing next to , I just remember how I felt. It was like an out-of-body experience,' she admitted.

'But it was also a big wake-up call. That was one of the first times I was like, "Okay, I need to do something about this." [Therapy gave me] perspective and I think that's what I wasn't trained in.' 

The full interview with Rita Ora can be read in the April issue of Women’s Health UK, on sale from 10th March