Mary J. Blige stays fit to feel good

Mary J. Blige says the need to  »feel really good » is the motivation behind her fitness regime.

The 42-year-old star has been training for years in the hopes of recapturing her fitness  »zenith » from the late 90s, when she first wore a revealing stage number that enabled her to flaunt her toned physique.

Since then she has been dedicated to maintaining a regular workout session and admits  »as you get older » fitness can falter.

She told The Metro newspaper:  »I’ve been training since 1997. My break-out training moment was when I had a show at Radio City Music Hall and I remember getting ripped for the first time and I wore this little studded bra top and these low waist leather pants and that was the first time of getting a taste of looking good.

 »Then I fell off. You get older, you fall off, but you keep going to maintain. I thought, ‘This time I’ve got to reach my zenith. I’m older and need to feel really good.’  »