Ikaya gets back on the fitness wagon

With football coach and former player Hugh ‘Bingi’ Blair for a father, fitness has always played a huge role in the life of recording artiste Ikaya.

The singer recalls days of having to get up early to accompany her father to the football field as he got into his routine of jogging and exercising. Very soon, her father’s routine became hers, and she began adopting many of his ways as it relates to keeping fit.

“Him used to come wake me up all 5 a.m. to come go on the stands and stuff like that, so I’ve always been doing fitness,” she told Fitfluencers. “I stopped for a while because I had a knee injury, and I had gained a whole lot of weight, like about 60 pounds, and I decided that I had to do something about that.”

The Hard Way singer explained that not only was she displeased with how much the weight gain was affecting her physical appearance, but she was also concerned about how the extra pounds would affect her health.

“I didn’t just decide to do something about it image-wise, but also health-wise. As a musician, you know that being on the stage, you will all work for an hour, and yuh have to have good breath control. Me hate when me deh pan stage and me a hear dis ‘ah ah’ inna di mic. That’s not my thing, so that’s why I’m all into this fitness thing,” she said.

The singer she made the decision to get her fitness journey back on track, said that she has lost a significant amount of the weight.

“The results have been great so far. I lost like 40 pounds with proper dieting and working out,” she said, pointing out that she has eliminated sugary drinks and fatty foods from her diet. “I eat more vegetables, more fruits, and I drink a lot of water.”

She also pointed out that she has had to learn to eat on time and in correct