What it was like actually doing the ‘ultimate presidential debate workout’

Before the presidential debate, The Tab VT created the “ultimate presidential debate workout.” Writer Cody Davis challenged me to complete the workout based on last night’s debate, and I accepted.

It should be noted that I was also tweeting me feelings and getting some of these workouts done as the debate was going on, in addition to the lags (which I account for), so I may not have been 100 percent accurate.

An actual morning after photo

Twenty push-ups every time Trump says the word ‘immigration’

I did a total of forty push-ups. He mostly stuck to repeating that Mexicans are stealing our jobs and need to be deported.

Fifty sit-ups every time Clinton laughs off a question

I changed “sit-ups” to “bicycles” because I prefer them and did a total of 100. I definitely felt the Bern (hehe).

One-minute plank every time a candidate is asked a question about the military

I could be wrong, but based on my calculations, I only had to do one.

Thirty ab-twists every time your hear the words ‘free trade’ or ‘NAFTA’

I changed this to 10 crunches because in the beginning they were going off and I was scared, but I ended up doing a little more than that, because based on my tally, I only had to do 6 sets.

One-minute wall-sit every time the moderator asks a stupid question

I didn’t catch any stupid questions (mostly because Trump was always talking over the moderator), so I changed it to “any time Trump argues with or cuts off the moderator,” and with that I had to do three minutes of wall sits.

Get creative

For this, I added three exercises.

Ten squats each time Trump says ‘Mexico’ or ‘China’

I did 70 squats. It sucked. My butt thanks me, though.

Two kickbacks per side when Trump cuts Clinton off

Each side got fifty kickbacks. So much booty toning.

Ten jumping jacks per lag

A solid sixty jumping jacks did the cardio trick.

This was a pretty awesome workout, and I will probably keep it in mind for an at-home workout in the future. As for soreness, my abs and thighs are killing me today.

Messy room, toned booty!