How Janet Jackson Lost 70 Pounds Without Any Cardio… Her Trainer reveals the secret

Less than a year after Janet Jackson gave birth to her first child, and all her fans need to know more about how the new mom got back in the gym and best shape of her life.

So the question is what are the specific steps Janet took to lose the weight? Paulette Sybliss revealed that her original regiment was based around weights. In fact, the pair didn’t do any conventional cardio such as working on a treadmill or cross trainer.

We’re not looking to lose any weight whatsoever. I need to keep her fit and healthy to complete the tour. So it changes as in we’re not having to work as intensely. We’re having to work smart,” Paulette explained. “We make sure that she rests, she doesn’t get injured, and she can finish this tour. And thank god she’s looking great. There have been no illnesses…and that was my goal.”

Janet’s latest tour—that has received rave reviews from audience members including Naomi Campbell, Gabrielle Union, Heidi Klum, Jenna Dewan Tatum and Nicole Richie—is expected to conclude in the states next month.

As every fitness enthusiast knows, eating smart also is an important component in maintaining good health and weight loss.

And before you think her trainer has a fast-rule in what foods not to eat, Paulette said it’s just not the case.

“The way I train my clients is nutrition is about 80%. I believe that if you’re eating well 90/95% of the time, you can eat in moderation anything that you want. So, I don’t set her a cheat day at all,” she explained. “If Janet feels that she needs to have a chocolate cake, go ahead and have a chocolate cake. You’re not eating it every day. You won’t get fat overnight.”

Paulette added, “So I believe everything in moderation. If she wants to have it, go ahead and have it. I’m not looking and saying, ‘Why are you eating that?’ You go ahead and eat it. A majority of the time she’s really eating well.”

“We were doing three or four exercises with weights back to back. What that does—you would look at her and think she’d done like an hour of cardio with me—but when you’re working with weights and you’re working the muscle that way, it elevates the heart rate, but also it’s creating that fat burning affect both during the session and also when she left me, and that was key.”

When it was time for Janet to hit the road for her critically acclaimed State of the World tour, you can image the nightly dances alone kept the singer healthy. But according to Paulette, the focus has now turned to maintenance and “adding a little bit more lean muscle and sculpting”.