Michelle Obama shares her kick-ass kickboxing workout
Michelle Obama has challenged her fellow Americans (and her husband) to get moving by sharing her bad-ass kickboxing workout.
The First Lady of the United States (FLOTUS) moves through an impressive program of skipping, a medicine-ball-assisted abs workout, killer plymometric jumps, and a 35kg bench press topped-off with a kickboxing routine – with help from Cornell McClennan, a member of the President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition. Check it out in the video above.
The clip was released in response to a Barack Obama-issued challenge to "Gimme Five, FLOTUS-style" as part of a US government initiative that aims to get Americans moving by sharing five things they're doing to lead a healthier life.
The Gimme Five campaign is running in conjunction with the fifth anniversary of the First Lady's pet project, Let's Move, which is touted as "America's move to raise a healthier generation of kids".
The avid Twitter-user more than delivered, sharing her workout on Twitter this week:
Consider the gauntlet thrown, Barack.
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