{"id":5093,"date":"2023-08-23T13:51:40","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T18:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=5093"},"modified":"2023-08-23T13:51:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T18:51:41","slug":"ramaswamy-follows-rfk-jr-viral-pushup-trend-in-sharing-his-own-workout-videos-ahead-of-first-gop-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=5093","title":{"rendered":"Ramaswamy follows RFK Jr. viral pushup trend in sharing his own workout videos ahead of first GOP debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-118.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-5094\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"931\" height=\"523\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-118.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-118.png 931w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-118-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-118-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-118-293x165.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-118-390x219.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 931px) 100vw, 931px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy shared videos of himself doing burpees and playing tennis as part of &#8220;debate prep&#8221; before Milwaukee&#8217;s showdown.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republican presidential candidate and political newcomer&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/person\/r\/vivek-ramaswamy\">Vivek Ramaswamy,&nbsp;<\/a>seemingly following Democratic 2024 contender Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.\u2019s viral pushup trend, shared his own workout video dubbed part of his \u201cdebate prep\u201d before taking on fellow GOP White House hopefuls during the first primary debate in Milwaukee Wednesday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMore debate prep this morning, with my favorite sparring partner,\u201d Ramaswamy wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday, sharing a video of him and his wife Apoorva Ramaswamy doing burpees in a garage gym with the song \u201cBring Em Out,\u201d from artist T.I.\u2019s 2004 album \u201cUrban Legend,\u201d sounding off.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A shirtless Ramaswamy, a tech entrepreneur and the youngest presidential candidate at age 38, was seen in another video shared to his X account Monday audibly\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VivekGRamaswamy\/status\/1693657867163779545\" target=\"_blank\">volleying tennis balls<\/a>\u00a0on the court. \u201cThree hours of solid debate prep this morning,\u201d he wrote, sharing an American flag.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The videos, respectively viewed millions of times, seem to follow the growing trend set by Democratic presidential candidate Kennedy, as well as billionaire tech rivals Elon Musk&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/mark-zuckerberg-teams-up-ufcs-israel-adesanya-alexander-volkanovski-feud-elon-musk-intensifies\">and Mark Zuckerberg,<\/a>&nbsp;publicly boasting about their physical fitness and strength in training footage shared online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In June, 69-year-old RFK Jr. shared a video on X of himself \u2013 also shirtless \u2013 banging out&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/rfk-jr-posts-push-up-video-viral-bench-press-getting-shape-debates-president-biden\">nearly 10 pushups.&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGetting in shape for my debates with President Biden!\u201d he captioned the video, which garnered 17.5 million views as of Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fitness influencers and conservative activists championed Kennedy for his physical abilities \u2013 and muscular, tan physique \u2013 after another video of his bench-pressing skills went viral.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some praised the videos as an inspiration for men especially, while others juxtaposed the display against 80-year-old Biden\u2019s repeated gaffes and\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6328636052112\" target=\"_blank\">public falls and stumbles.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ramaswamy, who says that the United States is at&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/politics\/vivek-ramaswamy-rips-blackrock-state-street-vanguard-most-powerful-cartel-human-history\">a \u201c1776\u201d moment<\/a>&nbsp;on the cusp of a hopefully new, positive \u201crevolution,\u201d is to stand center stage along with&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/desantis-campaign-boasts-endorsements-latest-poll-numbers-sign-momentum-iowa\">Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis<\/a>&nbsp;during the first GOP primary debate to be hosted by Fox News in Wisconsin at 9 p.m. ET.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Standing alongside them will be former Vice President Mike Pence and former ambassador and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina will stand in the number five and six positions, while former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum will stand on the wings of the debate stage.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former President Donald Trump, the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-leading-desantis-scott-42-support-likely-iowa-caucusgoers-poll\" target=\"_blank\">current front-runner<\/a>\u00a0for the 2024 GOP nomination, has said he is opting out of the debate. In a TRUTH Social post early Wednesday, Trump said he would \u201cproudly\u201d surrender Thursday on his fourth indictment out of Fulton County, Georgia, related to alleged 2020 election interference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/conservativemodern.com\/ramaswamy-follows-rfk-jr-viral-pushup-trend-in-sharing-his-own-workout-videos-ahead-of-first-gop-debate\/\">https:\/\/conservativemodern.com\/ramaswamy-follows-rfk-jr-viral-pushup-trend-in-sharing-his-own-workout-videos-ahead-of-first-gop-debate\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy shared videos of himself doing burpees and playing tennis as part of &#8220;debate prep&#8221; before Milwaukee&#8217;s showdown. Republican presidential candidate and political newcomer&nbsp;Vivek Ramaswamy,&nbsp;seemingly following Democratic 2024 contender Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.\u2019s viral pushup trend, shared his own workout video dubbed part of his \u201cdebate prep\u201d before taking on fellow GOP White House hopefuls during the first primary debate in Milwaukee Wednesday.&nbsp; \u201cMore debate prep this morning, with my favorite sparring partner,\u201d Ramaswamy wrote on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elections"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5093"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5095,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5093\/revisions\/5095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}