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Usher on his fitness training: 'I can mentally ignore the pain'

R&B sensation Usher has confessed that he works out every day and puts all of his energy into maintaining his fitness. 

The 'In This Club' superstar graces the cover of Men's Health for the magazine's 25th anniversary edition

"I train like an athlete every day, believe it or not. My second day I decided to ride to the gym. So I rode there. Boxed. Rode the bike back home."

"Mentally, I’m the type of person who can ignore the pain. Put it somewhere else and allow my body to just go there. But I always suffer. You can’t box, ride a bike for 20 miles in the heat—Georgia heat—and then go to the studio and rehearse. That’s not happening."

He also revealed that portraying boxer Sugar Ray Leonard in the movie 'Hands of Stone' was demanding: "My commitment to this character demands that I not only physically get ready, but also become him. The hair, the personality, the manner he conducts himself in—all that. He’s an incredible man."

 

 

 

 

Watch Usher's video for 'Lemme See' here: