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"Nothing lifts me out of a bad mood better than a hard workout on my treadmill. It never fails. Exercise is nothing short of a miracle"

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Cher frames exercise less as wellness piety and more as a reliable escape hatch: a private, repeatable ritual that cuts through the noise. The blunt certainty of "It never fails" is doing the heavy lifting here. Coming from a musician whose career has been defined by reinvention and endurance, the line reads like a pragmatic survival tip, not a lifestyle brand slogan. A treadmill is as unglamorous as it gets; that specificity is the point. It signals control. When your public image is constantly negotiated by tabloids, fans, ageist commentary, and the churn of the industry, the machine offers a closed system: you show up, you work, the mood changes.

The subtext is that "bad mood" isn't just grumpiness. It's stress, loneliness, pressure, the psychic static of being watched. Exercise becomes a chemical intervention and a narrative reset, a way to re-enter your body when your life is lived as spectacle. Calling it "a miracle" exaggerates on purpose - Cher-speak has always thrived on bold, declarative drama - but the exaggeration lands because it names something many people recognize: the rare feeling of a lever you can actually pull.

There's also a quiet rejection of the idea that transformation has to be aesthetic. No mention of weight, beauty, or discipline. The miracle is emotional portability: a coping mechanism you can buy, plug in, and use when the world (or your own head) gets loud.

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Cher. (2026, January 17). Nothing lifts me out of a bad mood better than a hard workout on my treadmill. It never fails. Exercise is nothing short of a miracle. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/nothing-lifts-me-out-of-a-bad-mood-better-than-a-45025/

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Cher. "Nothing lifts me out of a bad mood better than a hard workout on my treadmill. It never fails. Exercise is nothing short of a miracle." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/nothing-lifts-me-out-of-a-bad-mood-better-than-a-45025/.

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"Nothing lifts me out of a bad mood better than a hard workout on my treadmill. It never fails. Exercise is nothing short of a miracle." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/nothing-lifts-me-out-of-a-bad-mood-better-than-a-45025/. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.

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Cher (born May 20, 1946) is a Musician from USA.

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