Nov
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2008
Barack Obama Fitness
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Anyway, back in May, Men’s Fitness magazine named Barack Obama one of its “25 Fittest” describing how Obama starts every day with a workout and generally skips fatty foods. The magazine quotes former Duke University player and Obama staffer Reggie Love on the president-elect’s backetball skills “He’s wiry-looking but actually pretty strong,” Reggie said. “And he hates losing. He plays hard.” Fitness advocates hope Barack can inspire Americans to get active just as he inspired young people, minorities and those who never voted to go to the polls. “He has an enormous ability to lead by example,” says Dr. James Hill, the co-founder of America on the Move. “Obama is the kind of guy who can have fun and make this inspirational. I’d love to see Barack Obama become a role model for physical activity and fun.” Over the summer, one of the blogs on Politico.com posted an extremely detailed description of Obama working out at the Washington Sports Club in Dupont Circle. The post overlooked nothing – the white headphones, the tricep presses with 15-pound dumbbells, the overhead extensions with 50-pound weights, the calf raises. “If you ask people who aren’t active why they’re not, the biggest excuse you get is they’re too busy,” Hill says. “Who’s busier than the president?” President George W. Bush has also found time in his presidency for reported daily workouts. But Hill doesn’t think Bush managed to get his athleticism to rub off on the rest of the country. Philip Haberstro, executive director of the National Association for Health and Fitness, hopes Obama will use his skills as a community organizer to take the message of health and fitness into schools, churches and neighborhoods. If Obama can get Americans to be more active, working it from the grass-roots level, Haberstro thinks the next president could curb the rising childhood obesity rate and rising health costs. Only two out of three adults get the level of physical activity they need, which is about 30 minutes a day. Looking to make a change and lose some weight? I have reviewed the top diet on the internet and you can go and read over 200 comments people have made about why this diet has worked well for them, as well as some of the problems. Tags: America, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Fitness, co-founder, co-founder of America on the Move, Duke University, DuPont, executive director, George W. Bush, James Hill, National Association for Health, obesity, Philip Haberstro, player, president, Reggie Love, role model, role model for physical activity and fun., Washington Sports ClubIf you like this post then you will probably like these other related items as well
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Barrack Obama is a known cigarette smoker and has been most of his adult life. He is hardly a model of health and fitness and is not setting a good example for America’s youth or adults.
It is true that Obama is a smoker and as such is not in the best of health. However, he is still in good shape and most of America’s youth probably don’t know that he does smoke since he never smokes in public. The guy works out 6 times a week and is lean. Obesity rates, particularly among young people, are at an all time high so he may in fact be a good example for young people in this sense. Nobody is going to start smoking because they know (but never see) that Obama smokes but maybe people will start eating sensibly and getting some exercise when their president shows a similar interest. Let’s hope that he can quit the cigarettes and set an even better example.
i admire Barack Obama because he is very charismatic and he is liberal minded.