On her \u201cman abs\u2026\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cMy man abs? They\u2019re pretty full-on. It\u2019s like that D\u2019Angelo video [for \u201cHow Does It Feel\u201d]; he\u2019s got that V. I get a lot of flak for it. That\u2019s where the masculine thing comes in, people saying it\u2019s not normal for a girl to have [those]. But I\u2019m OK with it. I think it\u2019s because I was a gymnast for eight years, from ages 4 to 12. My body was made before my bones were fully grown. Gymnasts are short, stocky, muscular powerhouses.\u201d<\/p>\n
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How she stays fit on the road\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cEver hear of P90X? My brother and his wife are both in the Air Force; they do marathons and triathlons. I went [to visit them and she\u2019s doing P90X]. I couldn\u2019t keep up with her\u2014and she\u2019d just had her first baby four weeks ago. I was like, This is bullshit! I will perfect this thing!<\/em> So usually, I wake up and do an hour of cardio, then an hour of P90X or yoga, then a half-hour of warm-up [during show rehearsal]. I do that six days a week.\u201d<\/p>\nHer day off\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cI try to make it a show day so I\u2019m still getting cardio. I have to be able to run up those stairs as many times as I do and be able to sing at the same time. I\u2019m an asthmatic. I have to be on that treadmill singing to get my lungs right.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Why she likes working out\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cI like results. I like feeling strong. It keeps my mental floor higher.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Does she have a trainer?<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cNo. I don\u2019t work well with trainers. [Air quotes] \u201cDoes not work well with others.\u201d<\/p>\n
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She knows she\u2019s a 10, right?<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cNo, no, no!\u00a0 I feel like a seven and a half!\u00a0 I\u2019m not going to lie and tell you when I look in the mirror there\u2019s nothing I don\u2019t want to fix.\u00a0 If they figure out how to stretch me and make me a little bit taller, then maybe I\u2019ll get upwards of eight.\u201d
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