Our fitness expert explains four reasons why you should make exercise your drug of choice. The side effects of exercise are all awesome

Weight loss pharmaceuticals don’t exactly have a stellar history, because while some can be fairly effective, they come with a series of side effects that has lead to things like them being pulled from the market, lawsuits, or never getting approved in the first place.

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10-minute workout: Fewer moves, faster results! Do these four exercises three times a week — and sculpt every single inch

Do 10-minute lunge jacks, the single-leg bent-over row, plank kick-ups and curtsy lunge with side lifts to sculpt and tone your body

From Kate Hudson to Jennifer Aniston, celebrities are choosing stair climbing to get in shape. And no wonder – climbing flights torches calories in no time, while toning your legs and butt

Climbing stairs is great cardio, it boosts endurance, burns calories and strengthens and tones glutes, quads, hamstrings and other leg muscles.

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