In the new Body Gospel workouts, Joyner infuses stretches, leg lifts and squats with upbeat gospel music. Her DVDs were backed by Beachbody, a mainstream company that also released exercise DVDs such as P90X, Brazil Butt Lift and Hip Hop Abs.
Adding God into the mix “requires not only to believe it, but the willpower to change,” Joyner said. “It’s a different type of willpower.”
“This is saying to your faith, ‘I’m doing this because my body is the temple of the Holy Spirit,’ ” she said. “This is not about losing weight to look good — it’s more purposeful than that.”
