Get daily celeb exclusives and behind the scenes house tours direct to your inbox We have more newsletters Get daily celeb exclusives and behind the scenes house tours direct to your inbox We have more newsletters Michelle McManus , who rose to fame as one of the winners of the talent show Pop Idol, has given fans a glimpse of her workout routine by sharing some photos on social media on Tuesday 27 August. Michelle recently revealed her incredible body transformation after she lost an impressive nine stone in weight. The 44 year old singer’s latest post showed off the benefits of strength training.

In her photos, taken at the gym she goes to in Glasgow, Michelle, sporting stunning bright orange hair , displayed her strength by lifting weights and doing pull ups. Her caption said: “One of the greatest joys I’ve experienced over the past 19 months is the discovery of functional strength training. For so long exercise was the enemy.

I did everything to avoid it, as I didn’t have the belief or confidence in myself that I could do it. It always seemed beyond me and something only other people were good at.” Sign up to OK!'s daily newsletter to get updates sent to your inbox for free She went on to praise her personal trainer: “That all changed when I met @thrivefitnessglasgow.

By that point I had already lost a significant amount of weight through calorie deficit and I wanted to move on to my next goal, getting strong and fit. Jenna’s approach was not to measure how .