Madonna insists she's okay

LONDON - POP LEGEND Madonna, who was photographed with shockingly sinewy arms last week, insists that she is okay, said media reports on Thursday.

According to entertainment websites, the performer says that the images were digitally altered.

Her toned and buff body is apparently achieved by lifting weights in a room heated to 27C.

However, Madonna, 50, may be trying to 'tone' down her super-fit image.

'There aren't many women her age who have a body like that but even Madonna may have to admit this time she might have to tone it down,' a source was reported as saying.

'She asked her trainer Tracy Anderson what she could do to stop her arms looking so sinewy."

But Madonna's friends have said that Madonna secretly likes her arms and believes it 'shows she's in control'.