Singer Syleena Johnson always had goals outside of her music career, including one surprising fitness aspiration that she kept private until recently. The Grammy-nominated artist was silently grinding toward becoming a fitness competitor, but things didn't immediately pan out how she planned. "I always wanted to do this, but I just always put it off—procrastinating all the time," Johnson told Blavity. Her journey officially began in 2016 under the tutelage of celebrity fitness expert and professional bodybuilder, ShaNay Norvell. Unfortunately, Johnson found herself incredibly too busy to remain committed. "And one day I was just like, I want to show Black women, I want to show women, that we can do it all in this lifetime," she said. In 2019, she quietly decided to try again, but not until she could prove to herself that she was indeed ready for the challenge. After losing her first 21 pounds, she let her new trainer, Kevin Wilson, in on her secret goal and so began her public...
