Kelly Ripa graces the cover of December’s Fitness magazine – and she certainly doesn’t look like a woman who’s had three kids. Ripa shares some of her fitness secrets, including wearing super tight jeans to give her butt a lift.

“I buy jeans that are tight in the rear end. I’m not kidding. I treat my cheeks like breasts in a push-up bra. I just reach down in there, lift them up and push them together. And they’ll stay put if the jeans are tight enough in the seat.”

She also comments on her motivation for fitness:
“A month or two after I started working out, I wore a sleeveless turtleneck to work. Regis was like, ‘Pipa, your arm muscles look incredible!’ It was the first time anybody had ever said anything to me about my muscles. And because I am a vain person, that’s all I needed to hear to stay with it.”