Bravo first lady...now...

[takncarabizniz]

cover up...

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/michelle-obamas-knockout-response-president-obamas-gimmefive-challenge


I think it's fantastic that she keeps fit and has such a healthy outlook on life, but most first ladies would dress a little more appropriately, even to demonstrate for such an important cause...

[hoosier_daddy]

what video were you looking at?  how was that workout apparel in any way not appropriate?  she was working out...remember?  are you being facetious?

[willam]

When was the last time we had an unfit First Lady?

Perhaps Barbara Bush? Nah - she turns 90 next month. Can't say Barbara ain't a fitness freak too.

So I wonder - what female residing in the White House - at least in all of our lifetimes - hasn't been freaking "fit"?

Do we need to be told Mrs. Obama is?



 

[hoosier_daddy]

you don't have a clue what fit is.  michelle could bench press the other first ladies.  you really think laura bush or hillary were fit?  maybe they were not fat, but that does not make them fit.  she is probably in better shape, lift more, run more, exercise more, than most men her age.  and a lot way younger. 

[willam]

They are all fit.

It isn't a fitness popularity contest. It's first ladies - being first ladies.

All of them are FIT.

[hoosier_daddy]

no, laura bush and hillary were not fit.  you do not know what fit means.  seriously.  go read something about it and come back when you have a clue.  that is like saying frank sinatra was fit as a young man because he was skinny.  or dean martin.  not being fat is not anywhere like being fit.  michelle obama is the first first lady to be actually fit.  period. 

[bluespower]

that leaping up and down off the bench, pressing 35 lb dumbbells (70 lbs), and jumping rope was impressive.
i don't believe any prior first lady was as fit as michelle seems to be.
 

[hoosier_daddy]

it is hilarious to read the comments from people who so obviously do not know the definitions of the words they use.  laura bush was fit?  hillary was fit?  betty ford?  nancy reagan?  geez.  and another mad because SHE IS WORKING OUT IN WORKOUT CLOTHES.  my god. 

[willam]

Hoosier - what's funny to you - makes my day.

All First Ladies are fit.

I stand by that.
Betty Ford - took her fitness seriously - and got help for herself - and mentored to the world what getting FIT meant - by getting sober and returnning herself to good health.

Hillary Clinton - has never been unfit. As far as I know. Just another typical fit first lady. Just like Laura Bush, Nancy Reagan and Michelle Obama.

[hoosier_daddy]

see?  you do not know what fit means.  not being fat does not mean fit.  come on.

This Medical News Today information article provides details on the five main components of physical fitness, which include:

Contents of this article:

Cardiorespiratory endurance
Muscular strength
Muscular endurance
Body composition
Flexibility
Cardiorespiratory endurance1st Lt. DAmelio Running (7637737280)
Jogging can help improve your cardiorespiratory
endurance.
Cardiorespiratory endurance is how our body is able to supply fuel during physical activity via the body's circulatory and respiratory systems.

According to Folsom Lake College2, there are two parts of cardiorespiratory endurance:
How efficient your heart and lungs are at delivering oxygen to your body
How efficient your body is at creating the ATP, or energy, your muscles need in order to contract.
Activites that can help improve your cardiorespiratory endurance include those that cause an elevated and safe heart rate for a sustained period.

These activities include swimming, brisk walking, jogging, and cycling.

It is important to begin these activities slowly and gradually increase the intensity.

Muscular strength
The USDHHS defines muscular strength as the ability of muscle to exert force during an activity.

You can strengthen your muscles by making them work against resistance, hence the term "resistance training". A muscle has to be overloaded to be strengthened. This can be achieved by lifting weights.

Alberta Education3 recommends starting with a resistance of around 80 percent of the maximum weight you can lift at one time and doing 3-9 repetitions of this weight through 3-5 sets for effective muscular benefits.

Muscular endurance
Muscular endurance is the ability of a muscle to continue exerting force without tiring out.

According to Dixie State University4, muscular endurance training helps develop the slow twitch fibers in your muscles.

As opposed to hard twitch fibers, slow twitch fibers handle low levels of force over relatively long periods.

Endurance can be improved by cardio-respiratory activities such as jogging, dancing, and cycling.

Body composition
The relative amounts of muscle, bone, and fat make up body composition, i.e. the body's muscle-bone-fat ratio. Despite someone's weight not changing, that does not mean that their level of fat is the same.

People with a high muscle (lean mass) ratio weigh more than those with the same height and waist circumference who have less muscle. Muscle weighs more per cubic inch of volume than fat.

According to The University of New Mexico5, common methods of calculating body composition include: skinfolds, circumference (girth) measures, hydrostatic weighing, bioelectrical impedance, and near-infrared interactance.

Flexibility?
Flexibility is the range of movement across a joint. Flexbility is important because it improves the ability to link movements together smoothly and can help prevent injuries.

The different types of flexibility, according to The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)6, are:

Dynamic flexibility (also called kinetic flexibility) - dynamic movements of the muscles to allow a limb through its full range of motion in the joints.
Static-active flexibility (also called active flexibility)
Static-passive flexibility (also called passive flexibility).

[willam]

No one can say Barbara Bush wasn't and isn't fit.

No one can say Rosalynn Carter was unfit either.

Hillary Clinton - as fit as a fiddle and ready to rumble - or so she hopes.

Michelle Obama - as fit as the rest. As a matter of fact.

Fit people fall over dead - from heart attacks or strokes.

Happens all the time.

The only fact we know about First Ladies in our lifetime, including Michelle Obama is this - ALL of them were fit.

[caserio1]

the hate for michelle demonstrated by the right can only be explained by her skin color

shame on you