Watch Obama and Biden jog around the West Wing to a disco beat

The White House wants you to know that President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden exercise just like the rest of us — by jogging around the West Wing, in a suit and tie, with 1970s action-movie music playing in the background. This documented stylized exercise routine is a gift for people who have shared their own physical activity with the world under First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move challenge (#LetsMove, if you're wondering how to share your own).

At the end, we find out the real reason they're jogging all over the White House — their wives. Maybe they aren't so different than the rest of us after all. --Peter Weber

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.