{"id":108144,"date":"2024-06-29T01:02:45","date_gmt":"2024-06-29T01:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/29\/usher-slows-down-on-wednesdays\/"},"modified":"2024-06-29T01:02:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T01:02:45","slug":"usher-slows-down-on-wednesdays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/29\/usher-slows-down-on-wednesdays\/","title":{"rendered":"Usher &#8216;slows down&#8217; on Wednesdays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2024-06-29\" datetime=\"1719622965\" pubdate=\"\">29 June 2024<\/time>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/usher\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,usher\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Usher<\/a> makes a concerted effort to &#8220;slow down&#8221; on Wednesdays.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Usher takes things slow on Wednesdays<\/p>\n<p>The 45-year-old singer has explained how his late grandmother has influenced his approach to his own health and wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to &#8216;Extra&#8217;, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/usher\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,usher\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Usher<\/a> shared: &#8220;Sometimes I fast and I have other juices \u2026 but for the most part, it\u2019s about fasting and not consuming on that day. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s not religious as much as it\u2019s a practice that me and my grandmother, who is no longer here, shared and her prayer group is really part of the reason I decided to keep doing it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That day now has been reserved to be able to connect to something, to slow down.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nUsher also revealed that he feels proud of Atlanta roots.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe award-winning music star said: &#8220;It\u2019s been a city of dreams and those dreams become reality \u2026 I\u2019m very happy to be a representative of it and also to be able to take what I created in Atlanta and bring it to the rest of the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nEarlier this year, Usher revealed that he doesn&#8217;t eat on Wednesdays.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe chart-topping singer told WSJ. Magazine: &#8220;I fast, not for religious purposes, but it&#8217;s something my grandmother practised.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I fast on Wednesdays. I typically try to start around 11pm the previous day, then go the entire day on Wednesday just drinking water.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nUsher is similarly particular about his exercise routines, too.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe &#8216;U Remind Me&#8217; hitmaker &#8211; who performed the Super Bowl half-time show earlier this year &#8211; explained: &#8220;I don&#8217;t like to eat breakfast before I&#8217;ve worked out or done something physical, taking a walk, stretching or doing yoga, sitting in the sun and raising my body&#8217;s natural heat levels. Then I eat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/usher-slows-wednesdays-1402136.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>29 June 2024 Usher makes a concerted effort to &#8220;slow down&#8221; on Wednesdays. Usher takes things slow on Wednesdays The 45-year-old singer has explained how his late grandmother has influenced his approach to his own health and wellbeing. Speaking to &#8216;Extra&#8217;, Usher shared: &#8220;Sometimes I fast and I have other juices \u2026 but for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":108145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1119],"class_list":{"0":"post-108144","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-usher"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}