'Starry Eyed' singer Ellie Goulding has revealed that fitness is something that's really important to her and she thinks that strong women are 'so sexy'.

During an interview with the Daily Star newspaper, the star explained that the main appeal of working out for her was to increase her stamina and strength, but she also thinks that it's attractive to be 'fit and strong': 

"For me, the appeal has always been to be really fit and strong. I think a pair of powerful legs on a girl, or a bigger bum from doing squats, is so sexy."

She went onto add that while she's running on the treadmill she likes to listen to music and often sings along to what she's playing on her iPod, which is sometimes her own music: "When I'm on the treadmill, I mouth the words as if I'm singing, as it's good training."

Goulding, meanwhile, recently hit out at rumours that suggest she had breast surgery and confessed that stopping running as much just meant that she got curvier: "I'm petrified of anything like that (surgery). My friends will think that's hilarious. I ran every day for seven months, maybe too obsessively, and when I stopped I became curvier."

"My boobs look bigger because my waist is smaller. People underestimate how you can shape your body. Since I stopped eating meat and fish, my body's better than ever. I feel calmer, clean, although I drink and smoke. And - touch wood! - I never get ill on tour anymore. And it's always hectic, man."

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