Michelle Obama can skip rope way better than you can

Michelle Obama jumping rope
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As part of her ongoing "Let's Move" campaign to get Americans to work out and eat healthy, First Lady Michelle Obama participated in a workout video featuring her doing crunches, lifting weights, and other sundry exercises. But the one thing that really stands out is that Obama has Pacquiao-like rope-skipping skills (starting at the 19-second mark):

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Ryu Spaeth

Ryu Spaeth is deputy editor at TheWeek.com. Follow him on Twitter.