Cheryl eager to get back to work as she rehearses for four hours at an LA dance studio... but is it too much too soon?

By Andrea Magrath

Eager: Cheryl Cole hot foots it into a dance studio in LA yesterday four weeks after getting the all-clear from doctors


After an extended break, whether it be a holiday or illness, most of us tend to drag our feet when heading back to work.

But as she hopped out of her car and hot footed it into a dance studio in LA yesterday, it was obvious how excited Cheryl Cole is to be back doing what she loves.

Despite only getting the all-clear from doctors four weeks ago, the singer has eagerly returned to work, already laying down new material at a recording studio last week.

And dressed in a low-key yet stylish outfit of black harem trousers, green T-shirt, leather jacket and heels, with a black cap pulled over her eyes, Cheryl practically ran through the doors of the dance studio yesterday.

Before jetting out to LA, the 27-year-old spoke to Simon Cowell and assured him that 'she was going out to rest, recuperate, gain some weight and hang out in the sun away from the glare of photographers,' a source told Closer magazine last week.

Doctors instructed her to reduce her hectic schedule until her return to judging duties on the X Factor in October, but Cheryl has reportedly recorded a new single which she plans to perform on the second X Factor live show.

The video for the single is also expected to be filmed in the next week, which explains Cheryl's gruelling four-hour dance rehearsal.

She has also reportedly been working out in the gym of her hotel, running on the treadmill and doing crunches.


Back to work: The X Factor star is slowly rebuilding her work load as she prepares to return to the UK to promote a new single and resume judging duties


The first images of Cheryl after her battle with malaria, on a coffee run to her local Starbucks, showed that the tiny singer had gained a little weight, adding some much-needed pounds to her slight frame after weeks of her mother's hearty home-cooked meals.

But with lengthy dance rehearsals and workouts, those few pounds have quickly dropped off again.

Dancer and choreographer Derek Hough, who may have been sleeping off his solo antics from the previous day's Emmys parties, did not accompany her to the dance studio.

But he was by her side last week when she recorded the new tracks at another Hollywood venue. They are clearly relaxed in each others company, both dressed down in tracksuit bottoms and trainers.


Fighting back: After recovering from her malaria battle in LA, Cheryl re-emerged last week to record new material at a studio with Derek by her side


And while they continue to confuse her fans over the status of their relationship, Cheryl has a back-up man waiting in the wings if she is in need of one.

Last year's X Factor runner-up Olly Murs has revealed he has been pleading with Cheryl's protégé to pass on her phone number.

'I'm in a queue of millions of men across the country who fancy Cheryl Cole,' the singer, who releases his new single this week, tells OK magazine.

'I keep asking Joe McElderry if I can have her number but he's always like: "No!"'


source: dailymail