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Obama's Workouts Are Inspiring KILLING Me

Share / Recommend - Comment - Print - Tuesday, Dec 16 2008, 11:58AM

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Move over Schwarzenegger. Barack Obama works out every day. EVERY DAY. (Damn him!)

I get the pool reports of his comings and goings. A sample of his daily routine going to the gym:

From: Helene Cooper Sent: Tue Dec 16 09:13:04 2008 Subject: Pool report 1

PE Obama left his hyde park home at 754 for his morning workout at regents park apts gym. Pool is holding at istria cafe enjoying a nutmeg latte and raisin muffin.

and then returning:

From: Helene Cooper Sent: Tue Dec 16 11:29:20 2008 Subject: Pool 2

PE obama left regents park apts gym at 9:04 am and returned home. At 9:50 his motorcade departed his hyde park home for the 20 minute drive to dodge renaissance academy, where he is to hold a press conference.

His work out discipline has just made me feel terrible about my episodic ventures to any of three Washington, DC gyms to which I belong and rarely go.

I have no idea which U.S. Presidents were in the best shape, but Obama has got to be right up on the very top of the list.

Here is a short roster of the time he has spent at the Regents Club at the Regents Park Luxury Apartments in Chicago -- and this is just a small snapshot of a much longer trend:

BARACK OBAMA'S TIME AT THE GYM: A DAILY ROSTER

16 December -- 70 minutes

15 December -- 71 minutes

14 December -- 148 minutes

13 December -- 80 minutes

12 December -- 76 minutes

11 December -- 77 minutes

10 December -- 72 minutes

9 December -- 78 minutes

8 December -- 91 minutes

7 December -- 108 minutes

6 December -- 94 minutes

5 December -- 70 minutes

4 December -- 65 minutes

3 December -- 86 minutes

and it goes on and on and on. . .

Inspired and irritated by his example, I have started going to the gym every day too -- and I can barely walk and move after the aggravation of muscles I forgot I had. . .

But I'm doing it -- and I bet many other Americans are going to get the Obama gym bug too.

-- Steve Clemons

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Reader Comments (9) - post a comment

Posted by the718, Dec 16 2008, 12:52PM - Link

first

Bush spent a lot of time in the gym as well...

Posted by Cato, Dec 16 2008, 12:58PM - Link

Meant to be helpful tip: do what I did and get a stationary bike and a pull-up bar. Then you can exercise at home while you watch TV and save a fortune in gym dues. Trust me, the only way to make exercise easier is to get someone else to do it for you. PS: Barack Obama is one insanely disciplined person, more so than probably 95% of the populace, so don't feel bad.

Posted by Steve Clemons, Dec 16 2008, 1:12PM - Link

Cato -- you can do pull-ups?! I don't like you anymore... ;-)

best, steve clemons

Posted by susan, Dec 16 2008, 3:08PM - Link

Bush never let presidentin' get in the way of his daily run, bike ride,
or game of computer solitaire. I like the idea that Obama is
disciplined, but if it comes down to a choice between hitting the
gym and doing the nation's business, I hope he goes for the latter.

Posted by nina, Dec 16 2008, 3:28PM - Link

Perhaps there is a little overcompensation on Obama's part due to smoking guilt?

Posted by DonS, Dec 16 2008, 4:05PM - Link

Gotta go with Susan on time allocation, although being fit can of course increase productivity overall. But there are still only 24 hours in a day. Still, who keeps check on the obsessiveness? (I'm reasonably obsessive myself, with moderate exercise, but I don't have the demands). Maybe he's building up so he can glide for awhile on accumulated fitness when he hit's the oval office.

Posted by questions, Dec 16 2008, 6:32PM - Link

I just sat at the piano and "played" Christmas carols for an hour -- does that count?!!

And I have a bike that is stationary (complete with flat tires!)

Woo hoo! I'm in shape!

Posted by slag, Dec 17 2008, 12:43AM - Link

Good on you. Your inspiration inspires my inspiration. Pilates or bust!

Posted by workouts , Jun 23 2009, 12:45AM - Link

Nice article. keep up the good work.
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Karen Walter

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