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OZZY OSBOURNE’S DRUG-ADDLED live shows. Jimi Hendrix’s ever-present purple haze. Keith Richards. Willie Nelson. Snoop Dogg. Music, booze, and drugs have long been inseparable, with vice, hedonism, and excess being part of life on the road. But a new band of artists is changing all of that.

These guys are hitting the gym instead of the bottle (or the bong) before performances. They’re organizing run clubs with fans that double as sweaty after-parties. Like pro athletes, they’re hiring trainers and nutritionists to help them achieve and maintain peak fitness.

And they’re riding the post-pandemic wellness wave to ever more prominent abs and pecs. Check out the lineup below and you’ll get a backstage pass to the workout wonders of funk icon Lenny Kravitz, 62; electronic dance music star Diplo, 47; rap titan Gunna, 33; rap-country phenom Shaboozey, 31; and many other super-fit musicians.

Muscular individual with dreadlocks poses confidently in a gym setting while wearing sunglasses.
Athlete performing a push-up with dumbbells, showcasing strength and fitness outdoors by the sea.
A shirtless man with tattoos running on the beach near the water under a clear sky.
Male boxer in a gym, wearing boxing gloves, facing the camera with a determined expression.

Encore! Music + Muscle

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Ben Court
Executive Editor

Ben Court is the Executive Editor of Men's Health. He has a decade of experience writing and editing stories about peak performance, as it relates to health, nutrition, fitness, weight loss, and sex and relationships. He enjoys yoga, cycling, running, swimming, lifting, grilling, and napping.