‘Werk’: Keyshia Cole Works on Snapback Body After Giving Birth to Infant Son

It looks like Keyshia Cole is getting back in shape after giving birth just months ago.

The second-time mother was spotted working out in the gym this past weekend and let fans know she was determined to get her pre-baby body back. She took to Instagram on Saturday evening and posted a photo of herself exercising on a treadmill.

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Cole was dressed casually in pants, a T-shirt and baseball cap and opted for a bare face amid her workout. Fixed on getting back her trim physique, she wrote across her image, “Operation get body BACK!!!” She also added an Instagram sticker that read, “Werk.”

On Oct. 16, the 39-year-old crooner showed off her post-baby figure and ageless beauty for her birthday last month. She was flooded by a wave of comments from fans struck by her beaming appearance.

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Keyshia Cole. @keyshiacole/Instagram

“Yesss bae @keyshiacole you look drop dead gorgeous 😍😍 happy birthday beautiful i hope it was everything 🎁,” one fan wrote at the time.

Another person added, “You look bomb I hope I look this good after giving birth. Happy born day gorgeous💋”

Cole and her boyfriend Niko Khale Hale, 24, welcomed their first child, Tobias Khale, on August 1. The new mother also shares 10-year-old son Daniel Gibson Jr. with now estranged husband and former Cleveland Cavaliers player Daniel Gibson.

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Daniel Gibson Jr., Keyshia Cole, unidentified canine friend, and Niko Hale. (Photo: @thepodphotography/Instagram)

Fans of the singer will get an opportunity to view her motherhood journey on her new reality series “My New Life,” slated to air on Monday, Nov. 18, at 10 p.m. on BET. She posted the show’s trailer on her social media page last week, writing, “Our personal little home video. 💁🏽‍♀️ (On a bigger scale 😂) I’m soooo happy to share!!! @tobiaskhale will Always have this beautiful moment to look back on! 🥰❤️💕🧸🙏🏽We All will!!!!”

The singer has been overjoyed about being a new mother and wrote in a Sept. 2 post, “It’s been one month since this little heartbeat entered our lives. … I couldn’t be any more OVERJOYED at the amount of love he has brought with him.”

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