While on the West Coast, Pate discovered CrossFit -- an exercise regimen that stresses variety, speed and intensity -- and began attending workouts when a CrossFit gym opened in New Orleans.
"There's never one workout, so you are always shocking your system and never repeating, " says Pate of the internationally known method that is popular with police and military groups.
After losing her brother to heart disease at the age of 28 six years ago and seeing her mother recover from a recent heart attack, Pate says her commitment to challenging workouts is based on "not taking things for granted."
She sees an active lifestyle as an investment plan.
"When I'm 80, I plan on being active, " she says. And that applies to both music and muscle.
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