Paula Abdul, 62, reveals the diet and fitness secrets behind her age-defying physique

Paula Abdul is opening up astir nan wellness and fittingness secrets down her unthinkable physique.

At 62, nan famed popular prima and choreographer is still successful highest beingness condition, wowing crowds aggregate times a week arsenic nan opener for New Kids On The Block's Magic Summer Tour.

At caller shows, nan former American Idol judge has looked sensational successful skimpy shape outfits, from sparkly mini-dresses to skintight bodysuits that cling to each inch of her toned figure.

The prima is still dancing up a large wind to each her classical hits - including Cold Hearted and Straight Up - executing each of nan choreography pinch ease.

'I emotion being capable to pass done euphony and creation and arsenic agelong arsenic I tin proceed to do it I'm going to do it for arsenic agelong arsenic I can,' she told DailyMail.com.

'You know, being connected shape is simply a happy spot for me,' she added. 

Fans person been blown distant by nan hitmaker's ageless looks and sprightly performances, pinch galore taking to societal media to definitive their adoration.

'They don't build popular girls for illustration that anymore,' gushed one, while different wrote, 'She looks amazing, OMG!'

'I'm impressed that she and Janet [Jackson] tin present much capacity connected shape than nan youngest that are retired location nowadays,' wrote another.

'What's astir awesome is that she has had 10 spinal surgeries, 3 metallic plates put successful her neck, and she mislaid an inch successful tallness and she tin still creation for illustration that. Most group could not get retired of bed,' wrote one. 

When asked astir her chronic backmost pain, which she sustained from a 1992 level crash, Paula told DailyMail.com that she's successful a 'really bully place' pinch her health.

'I don't for illustration to opportunity dieting, but I eat successful a patient measurement which incorporates a batch of elements from an alkaline fare because my body, conscionable from injuries alone, carries a batch of acidity, truthful I effort to support nan equilibrium correct truthful I tin support arsenic overmuch inflammation retired of my body,' she explained.

When it comes to her regular diet, Paula's go-tos are fruit, vegetables, and coconut water.

'I make judge that I eat patient grains, for illustration I emotion quinoa and I operation immoderate macromolecule in,' she shared.

'My macromolecule comes from thing from ovum whites to tofu to chickenhearted to shrimp, and I operation it up truthful that I person a due equilibrium of macromolecule and fat.'

While she's observant pinch what she eats, Paula makes judge to indulge each now and then. 

She enjoys vegan pizzas to debar nan cheese, and will occasionally person sweets, but tries to support it to a minimum. 

'For my injuries and for keeping my assemblage arsenic optimum arsenic possible, sweetener isn't thing that I tin indulge successful a lot,' she said. 

The Forever Your Girl vocalist doesn't slack successful nan gym either and makes judge to activity retired astir days, successful summation to performing her rigorous creation routines connected stage.

Paula starts her time astatine nan gym pinch 30 minutes of cardio, followed by an hr of spot training pinch her individual trainer.

After nan gym, nan American Idol prima spends astir 90 minutes going complete choreography for her show, and past spends astir an hr doing isometric exercises and stretches pinch a beingness therapist to lukewarm her assemblage up earlier a performance.

Paula's trainers perpetually situation her pinch caller exercises targeted astatine different musculus groups - which has moreover included eye-watering upside-down ab crunches. 

Outside of fare and exercise, Paula's elemental extremity for looking awesome is to ne'er spell to furniture pinch constitution on.

'No matter really tired you are aliases what clip it is, you request to person a bully look routine,' she stressed.

'I do a cleansing regular and lavation my look astir 3 times to get everything off.'

While she's focused connected touring for nan clip being, Paula said she's unfastened to different opportunities, whether it's much tv aliases getting backmost to her first emotion of school dance. 

'I emotion being a coach and still choreographing and it's conscionable thing that is simply a portion of me,' she gushed. 

'There's truthful overmuch awesome caller talent retired location that I've learned to enactment a student because for me, if I enactment a student, past I'll proceed being a bully teacher.

'I deliberation it's important because you're ne'er done learning.'