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\"eminem\"<\/a>Eminem is the feature story in the Men’s Journal Sept issue.<\/p>\n

In an interview, Eminem reveals how fitness helped him during his 2007 battle with drug addiction. Detailing his weight loss strategies after an overdose, the Detroit emcee revealed his on-and-off relationship with fitness, which included boxing and a stint of working out with Dr. Dre.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2007, I overdosed on pills, and I went into the hospital. I was close to 230 pounds. I\u2019m not sure how I got so big, but I have ideas,\u201d he said. \u201cThe coating on the Vicodin and the Valium I\u2019d been taking for years leaves a hole in your stomach, so to avoid a stomachache, I was constantly eating \u2014 and eating badly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sharing that running became his substitute for drug addiction, Eminem recanted a nearly unhealthy obsession with the treadmill. Churning out 17 miles a day, the rapper admitted that he started to become \u201cOCD about the calories.\u201d It wasn\u2019t until running started to take a toll on his hip flexors that he resorted to other workouts. He got his weight down to 149 pounds.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s easy to understand how people replace addiction with exercise,\u201d Em said. \u201cOne addiction for another but one that\u2019s good for them. I got an addict\u2019s brain, and when it came to running, I think I got a little carried away. I became a fucking hamster.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eminem eventually found his fitness groove with at-home workout DVDs, running through Shaun T\u2019s Insanity workout and Tony Horton\u2019s popular P90X routine. The rapper also credits Sagi Kalev\u2019s Body Beast workout as part of his new routine. Now isolating regions of his body with his fitness regimen, Em admits that he\u2019s still \u201cpretty compulsive.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like if I step away from it for too long, if I have a crazy week and take a five-day break, it\u2019ll be like starting over,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m afraid that if it goes beyond that, I might lose the motivation. Once you\u2019re at a place where you\u2019ve made progress and you\u2019ve got some time invested in it, you don\u2019t wanna quit and give up what you started.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read the full story on Eminem\u2019s fitness recovery HERE<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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