Ruth Bader Ginsburg: America's Most Notorious Fitness Guru
Do you dare to complete the RBG workout?
RBG wants to know, ‘Do you even lift, bro?’
As the nation’s left-leaning citizens pray for 84-year-old Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s good health — with some begging her to eat more kale and even offering up their blood for use at her disposal — in the hope of the two-time cancer survivor outlasting Donald Trump’s presidency, the Norotious R.B.G. has some good news for her judicial groupies.
Come the first week of October Term 2017, like exercise gurus of the past, the liberal justice will be the star of her very own fitness book.
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Written by her longtime trainer Bryant Johnson and illustrated by Patrick Welsh, the 112-page book will detail Justice Ginsburg’s complete workout routine, with easy, how-to instructions. The Associated Press has some details on how the Supreme Court justice started her workout regimen:
Johnson, an Army reservist whose day job is as a court clerk in Washington, has been training Ginsburg since 1999 following her treatment for colorectal cancer. Ginsburg has said husband told her she looked “like a survivor of a concentration camp” and needed to do something to rebuild her strength.
These days she trains with Johnson twice a week for an hour each time, doing exercises including push-ups and the core-strengthening plank. She does two sets of 10 push-ups, and not the easier ones where the knees touch the ground.
Nothing in the world will make you feel better about yourself than the knowledge that an octogenarian is able to do more push-ups than you. In fact, Justice Ginsburg’s workout is so difficult that it “nearly broke” Politico reporter Ben Schreckinger during his training session with Johnson.
Do you dare to complete the Ruth Bader Ginsburg workout? It is most assuredly not for snowflakes. You can pre-order a copy of the book — “The RBG Workout: How She Stays Strong … and You Can Too!” — here (affiliate link). Best of luck!
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MEET AMERICA’S LATEST FITNESS STAR: RUTH BADER GINSBURG [Associated Press]
Staci Zaretsky has been an editor at Above the Law since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, or comments. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.
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