Obama says working out alongside Marines at gym in Hawaii 'makes me feel small'
Darlene Superville, The Associated Press
The Canadian Press
December 26, 2015
KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii - President Barack Obama may be one of the most powerful men in the world but he admits to feeling "small" when working out alongside Marines at their gym on base in Hawaii.
"The only problem I've got when I'm here is having to work out with Marines in the gym," Obama said during his annual Christmas Day visit with U.S. troops at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay. "Because I generally feel like your commander in chief is in pretty good shape, and then I get next to some guy, you know, curling 100 pounds and it makes me feel small."
Obama works out at the base gym just about every day when he vacations here. With New Year's Day approaching, though, he told the troops he's inspired "to work harder so I can keep up with you next year."
Perhaps using the "workout stuff" his wife, Michelle, had said she was getting him for Christmas.
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