Fitness goes country — or at least it does this month, as multiplatinum country music recording artist Jo Dee Messina shows off her harder side in the January/February 2008 issue of Muscle & Fitness Hers magazine.

The M&F Hers team visited Messina, 37, at her estate outside of Nashville, Tennessee, where the proud fitness fanatic and active marathon runner (she most recently completed the 2007 Chicago Marathon) showed off her spectacular home gym in a converted barn on her property. In the article, Messina dishes about how she fits training into her busy touring schedule, her favorite (and least favorite) exercises, her squeaky-clean diet and more.

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