President Obama Shirtless on Cover of Washingtonian Magazine

This post has absolutely nothing to do with our Official Spring Cleaning Week but we just couldn’t resist!  President Barack Obama was just featured on the cover of Washingtonian Magazine and we had to share!  We felt it was our …. patriotic duty.  Yeah, that’s it.

We are thrilled that our new President is so into health and fitness.  Sure, we’ve had other presidents who liked to exercise (Bill Clinton with his infamous jogging routine and George W Bush with his biking habit come to mind) but Barack Obama takes it a step further.  In fact, the whole first family makes fitness a priority!

In a recent interview with Men’s Health, President Obama said,

“The main reason I do it is just to clear my head and relieve me of stress.  My blood pressure is pretty low and I tend to be a healthy eater.”

“Most of my workouts have to come before my day starts.  “There’s always a trade-off between sleep and working out. Usually I get in about 45 minutes, six days a week. I’ll lift [weights] one day, do cardio the next.  I wish I was getting a 90-minute workout.”

Obama’s passion is basketball and it has even been rumored that he might add a court to the White House grounds.  As for food, he has said he’s a pretty healthy eater.  While Ronald Reagan was known for his love of jelly beans and Jimmy Carter snacked on peanuts, Obama’s favorite snack is Planters Trail Mix, consisting of nuts, seeds and raisins, washed down with organic berry tea.