Michelle Obama can skip rope way better than you can
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):
Her husband got all the headlines for his alleged sportiness during the 2008 campaign, but we're pretty sure he can't do that.
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