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E D G E C L A S S I C M U S C L E

REAL t age 52, Tim McGraw is the musician and actor. His
health fell into shambles due
a lean, mean country
music machine, but if
to the stress, which led to poor
FIT A back a decade, the diet choices—which led to 40
you rewind the clock
extra pounds on his 6' frame.
Grammy-winning star will tell
At his highest weight, about
MAN you he was nowhere near the 210 pounds, McGraw’s family
fitness zealot he is today.
intervened to help get his life
As McGraw details in his
in order. First his wife, fellow
Onstage, he may book, Grit & Grace, life on the country star Faith Hill, warned
road, plus challenges with his him to cut back on his party-
be a real bad boy, record label, the death of his ing. Then his oldest daughter,
but country father (major league pitcher Gracie, provided a humor-

superstar Tim Tug McGraw), and a host of ous—and effective—reality
check when he appeared on a
other issues had finally broken
McGraw’s workout 100-foot theater screen during
regimen now has a movie trailer.

him athletically “My daughter said, ‘Jeez,
Dad. You really need to do
shredded.
something,’ ” he says. “For
your kid to say that, it sounds
funny—and it was funny—but
it kick-started a thought pro-
cess in my head that made T H I E N P H A N

A tour bus filled
with gym equip-
ment accompanies
McGraw on tour.

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