Exclusive | I worked out with rapper Ferg at his new NYC spin class but his top wellness must have isnt what youd expect
“The Trap Lord” is religious about meditation.For rapper Ferg — formerly known as A$AP Ferg — sitting in silence every day has become an integral part of his health routine.When the pressure to come up with new music or run his various business ventures gets to him, the practice helps him find calm in his fast-paced life.“I do 15 minutes every morning,” the 38-year-old told The Post.“It just clears the slate from yesterday until today.
Whatever happened yesterday, I inhale and breathe it away.”“We could reminisce about what happened yesterday, but we’re not merging the days and we want to be excited about today,” he added.The Harlem native has been practicing for nearly a decade, with no apps, just sitting still and allowing himself to be present in the moment, in addition to not reaching for his phone first thing in the morning.Regular meditation isn’t just a trend or health kick for Ferg, whose real name is Darold Durard Brown Ferguson Jr.— it’s part of a growing wellness lifestyle he’s embracing.For one, the A$AP Mob member’s been hosting community “weed-friendly” 5K runs in Harlem alongside Wiz Khalifa and Diplo.You can also spot the chart-topping singer up front at “Flo Fridays with Ferg,” a weekly cycle class at AARMY in Noho.The high-intensity spin class even inspired him to create his own version of an ’80s workout anthem called “Cycle” that’s all about his love for showing up and strapping into the stationary bike.While he’s regularly riding and sweating it out with the mob at the studio now, Ferg wasn’t always in the front row, having only started attending classes going a few months ago.“It looked so crazy, so turned up,” he said of spin class choreography.
“I was like, ‘Man, there’s no way.'”But he continued on his health journey, he used the regular class-goers as motivation for a goal of his own.“I was like, ‘I’m going to become those guys that’s in there working out,'” he said...