These are his confessions.
Usher revealed his daily diet and exercise regimen to maintain his fit physique, which includes fasting on Wednesdays, cayenne pepper drinks and meditation.
“Typically I wake up and drink celery juice. I’ve been doing this concoction of lemon, ginger, water and cayenne pepper. I drink it hot,” he told the Wall Street Journal in a new interview published Monday.
“I try to wake up early enough to have a moment of reflection. Some days I may grab a book and read to stimulate my mind. I may sit quietly and meditate. One thing that is a frequent practice is yoga. It really does help to activate my organs and get my mind moving in the right direction.”
For breakfast, the “U Got It Bad” singer, 45, said he sometimes likes to eat “eggs scrambled with cheese” but he mostly likes his eggs “poached or over easy.”
However, Usher shared that he doesn’t like to eat breakfast before he’s “worked out or done something physical,” like “taking a walk, stretching or doing yoga, sitting in the sun and raising my body’s natural heat levels.”
The eight-time Grammy winner also said he fasts in the middle of the week because it’s something his “grandmother practiced.”
“I fast on Wednesdays. I typically try to start around 11 p.m. the previous day, then go the entire day on Wednesday just drinking water,” he told the outlet.
As for what Usher’s fitness regime involves, the pop star usually starts with “walking or certain knee activations.”
“I’ve had minor surgeries on my knee, I had a torn meniscus. Other than that, swimming is a really good thing to get me going and bike riding. Weight lifting, don’t do a lot of that,” he explained.
In February, Usher headlined the 2024 Super Bowl in Las Vegas.
During his 15-minute set, he performed a plethora of his hits song, including “My Boo,” “OMG” and “Yeah!”
Although the “Confessions” singer made it look easy on stage, he told WSJ that the halftime show was “one of the hardest 15 minutes that I’ll ever have in my life” and that he had to work out every day to execute the show the way he wanted to.
“I didn’t really have the time to do a lot of other things,” he said. “I was remedying my body the night before and waking up the next day and eating a very regimented, low-carb diet.”