Tyra Works It Out

Tyra Banks has reportedly joined a boxing gym to keep in shape.

Martin Snow, the owner of Trinity Boxing Club is Tyra's trainer. Snow says he and Tyra don't follow routine and use high-tech equipment.

"No, I really stay away from doing anything you would find in a health club routine. We're very low frills. If you can plug it in, we probably don't use it. And if it was invented after 1950, we don't use it. It's very effective. You don't need expensive equipment or high tech stuff. Just hard work," he told US Weekly.

"She comes in around three times a week now. And each time it's different. We will take these old tractor tires and she will swing sledgehammers. We do bags filled with sand. And of course the boxing," he said."I have a boxing gym so I basically do the moves with her that a fighter would do. She tends to get bored just doing conventional stuff. She has an athletic body, so I just try to bring it out. She responds very well to exercise. I do old-man Charles Atlas workouts. Stuff that old-time fighters used to do to get in shape," he added.

Snow says he has Banks do drills in the park as Banks doesn't hesitate about getting her image spoiled in public and he is really happy with the efforts the model takes."Around and hour to an hour and half. She is not afraid to get dirty. She is not afraid to go to the park and have people look at her like she's crazy. She is not worried about image," he said."She is fantastic. She is very driven and works hard and is super nice. If someone is really enthusiastic, that charges up the trainer. I have to motivate someone, but then I get motivated again," he added.

Not worried about her image? Earlier in the year Tyra's Australian holiday bikini photos caused a stir, with almost every pap and media outlet calling her fat. Tyra later opened a can of whoopass on air by coming out on stage in the bikini she was snapped in and delivering a passionate and tearful "kiss my fat ass" to the camera.

It would be hard NOT to be concerned about one's image under that scrutiny.