How alcohol affects your body

4 Ways Booze Wreaks Havoc on Your Health

Alcohol in your system is detrimental to any kind of fitness activity (except maybe on the dance floor). Here's how booze wreaks havoc on your regimen.
By Selene Yeager womenshealth
 

Two Runners Walk Into a Bar...

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No, this isn't the beginning of a tired joke, it's an increasingly common real-life occurrence. And research shows that, once inside, those avid runners--and other frequent exercisers--tend to accrue bigger tabs than the average bar patron. Picture the Cheers gang clad in head-to-toe sweat-wicking spandex.

The work-hard, play-hard mentality probably isn't doing your fitness any favors. Read on for four shocking ways boozing affects your body.

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