<![CDATA[Anna Kendrick recalls ‘the dark age’ of low-rise jeans: ‘A hateful time’]]>

“I want to tell this generation: Never look back. Please don’t return to the dark age of low-rise jeans,” the 34-year-old actress recently told Shape. “That was a hateful time, and we don’t need to go there again.”

“I love the fact that athletic wear is acceptable as a real outfit, and not as just an I’m-running-to-7-Eleven outfit,” she continued. “I can go into the world in a stretch top and sweatpants, and it’s fashion. I live for that.”

The “Pitch Perfect” star also touched on her inability to stick with a consistent health and fitness regimen.

“I’ve tried a couple of meditation classes, and so far I feel like I’m doing it wrong,” Kendrick said. “My mind races more when I meditate. And I was vegan for a year, or maybe even two, and it was the best I’ve ever felt. Then I just fell off the wagon super hard. I was like, Well, maybe I can just do vegan most days. But no. It was the classic slippery-slope situation for Anna.”

She added, “Every time I try something new, I’m like, I found it! I found the only workout I’ll ever need! Then I get so obsessed with it that I burn out and have to start over with something new.”

Kendrick says she’s gone through phases of doing yoga, pilates, barre classes and running, but she has a new workout routine that helps her both physically and mentally.

“Right now I’m in a hiking phase. I live in a funky hilly area of LA, and I realized I had to commit to going on a hike because I get my best ideas then,” she said. “Actually, it’s more like mental clarity. Sometimes I’m in my head too much, and I overanalyze things. When I’m walking, I can work through whatever it is.”