LeAnn Rimes’ Trainer Defends Her Physique

It’s no secret that LeAnn Rimes has been the target of eating disorder rumors, but the “Can’t Fight the Moonlight” songstress’ trainer Michael Jackson has come to her defense.

Rimes lamented, “People are calling me bulimic or anorexic. These are real issues and diseases- that I don’t have.”

Jackson explained to FOX 411, “I know it really bothers her. A lot of people see pictures of LeAnn and assume certain things. But we’re in the process of putting a video together that she’ll post to her blog so that people will see what it is that we’re doing to get her in shape.”

He continued, “It’ll probably go live sometime next month—we haven’t set an exact date. I know she’s really anxious to show people—excuse my French—that she takes her s**t seriously.”

“With LeAnn, the one thing I do is boxing—it’s all about boxing. We use hand mitts and boxing gloves. For a typical workout, we warm up with about five to 10 minutes of jump rope. Then, we’ll get going with some light, dynamic stretching. But LeAnn usually likes to start boxing first. When she comes into the gym, she’s usually just gotten off a plane and she needs to work some stuff out, so we’ll do some boxing, using traditional boxing techniques. We’ll also work on the core, legs and hips. We do arms more than anything. I know a lot of people think boxing is just punching, but proper technique involves working out the quads, butt, back and core—things a lot of women like to work on.”

“After boxing, we’ll do some strength training, which consists of a core workout. We’ll have our days where we’ll do core, we’ll have our days where we’ll do legs and upper body. That’ll consist of lunges, lunges with weights and squats. For core work, we’ll use a cable machine. Then, we’ll end with some stretches. It’s not anything light.”

As for LeAnn’s diet, Michael shared, “Every week, I give her a meal plan. We’re always back and forth on Twitter—if she can’t get to her computer, she’ll email or text message me—I make it as convenient as possible.”

“She eats a lot of lean meats—fish, chicken—maybe on occasion, lean turkey. A lot of vegetables—broccoli, carrots and asparagus. And I try to have LeAnn eat some fruit like oranges or apples before 3 o’clock. The reason for that is because fruits contain a lot of sugar, and sugar metabolizes into carbs, so I try to have her eat that before she really gets active. Fruits are a good source energy—much better than energy drinks.”