Mark Jenkins, premier fitness instructor to the elite of the hip–hop world, presents a fast, effective two–month workout that uses hip–hop drive to attain an unsurpassed level of fitness in record time. Mark Jenkins, celebrity fitness drillmaster, says 'if you want it, you gotta work it!' He's reshaping the world of hip–hop and film and now wants to give you a body like today's hottest movie and recording stars. With clients such as P. Diddy, Mary J. Blige, Missy Elliot, D'Angelo, LL Cool J, Beyonce, and Brandy, Mark has developed an effective, motivating program, that gets results and keeps people coming back for more. His program consists of intensive sport–specific training, flexibility, high–performance nutrition and supplementation. Exercises that can be performed without gym access keeps training practical and exhilarating. Training sessions are just an hour long, 3 or 4 times a week. Clients who train using this system can achieve an unsurpassed level of physical fitness, visual appeal and energy. This directly translates to improved posture, body awareness, voice quality, physical control, endurance and, ultimately, stage performance. Even if you're not a multi–platinum megastar, you're sure to benefit from looking and feeling like you are. “My legs, my abs, my arms…they look incredible. I’m in the best physical shape of my life thanks to Mark.” (Mary J. Blige) He’s like McGyver. He’ll get a rope and tie it around something and be like ‘pull, pull, run’. He’s clever. (Missy Elliott) “I have hired one of the best trainers, Mark Jenkins, to help me train for the marathon…We have 9 weeks...” (Sean P Diddy Combs) [Mark’s] taught me just how much is possible to achieve and that the quest for higher goals is never over. (D'Angelo) Mark Jenkins is the founder/co-owner of International Fitness, a fitness and wellness company that specializes in training performing artists. He has started a nonprofit organization, Muscle and Music for Youth, to help kids learn about fitness, and has developed his own supplement line, the Pinnacle Work It kit, sold at GNC stores nationwide. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. Chapter One As I cruise through the Mediterranean Sea on board P. Diddy's yacht, water as far as the eye can see, I can't help but smile. The boat is unbelievably tricked out, with rooms fit for kings. The crew treats us like royalty too, anticipating and attending to our every need. Best of all for fitness fanatics like me, a cook prepares food for us that tastes like it was reeled in 10 minutes ago. On top of that, the gym is off the hook! I can't get over my good fortune. I have the best gig in the world. Can you believe I'm here working? That's right. My name is Mark Jenkins, and I'm traveling in style with one of my clients, P. Diddy. He needs to keep training during R&R because in less than a month, he and I will have taken on the New York City Marathon to benefit kids in the New York public school system. The marathon is no joke, believe me. By the time he's finished, P. Diddy, a modern-day icon of style, will have lost five toenails in pursuit of this goal. If you're thinking, "If I had Diddy's bank account, I'd be in shape, too," then think again. No one has handed that guy anything; he's earned every dime of it by rolling his sleeves up and working incredibly hard for a very long time. In fact, free time, the one resource you need the most to get in shape, is the one thing that he has virtually none of, since he runs several multimillion-dollar empires simultaneously. The guy sleeps only four hours a night. Sometimes he's ready to train at three o'clock in the morning. I've even had to send him home because if he's too tired, it's a waste. Puffy really trains his butt off, and as you'll soon find out, I expect no less from you. That's the kind of attitude that you'll need to get in shape. When I'm training Diddy or Mary J. Blige, I admit, I can't always believe it's for real. If a psychic had told me when I was a kid that I'd end up training those two superstars, I'd never have believed her. And they're just the latest in a long list of elite clients I've whipped into the best shape of their lives -- Diddy, Mary, D'Angelo, Beyonce, LL Cool J, and Missy Elliot among them. My current situation is a far cry from where I started out. I grew up in the Crown Heights Brooklyn, which was a tough place back in the early 1980s. My street was a refuge in a bad neighborhood, where gunshots rang out nightly. Our block was safer than the ones around it because the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, the Brooklyn Museum, and the main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library were across the street and there were always police stationed nearby. I remember days when my friends and I walked with screwdrivers in our pockets just to get to the YMCA to play ball. You had to pass through some dangerous neighborhoods on your way, and we wanted to be able to protect ourselves in case we got jumped. In high school I saw kids w