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If you thought a little pandemic would stop 87-year-old Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg from going to the gym, then you’d be wrong. Although her personal trainer attempted to stop her from working out, the justice apparently “ain’t having it.”
According to Bryant Johnson, Ginsburg’s longtime trainer, the pair go to the Supreme Court’s private gym twice a week. Here’s more from Law360 (sub. req.):
The two are taking extra precautions to wipe down equipment and keep their distance. Johnson, a federal judiciary employee, has canceled appointments with his other clients and now is only working with Justice Ginsburg.
“Everybody’s been shut down. The only reason why I didn’t shut the justice down is because, hey, she ain’t having it,” said Johnson, who spent over 30 years in the U.S. Army and now works in D.C.’s federal district court. “She has that grandfather status to me and if she wants to train, that‘s the least that I can do.”
“Her choice is, she doesn’t make excuses not to do it,” Johnson said. “So we find ways to do it.”
Now, you may be worried about how Johnson is keeping our national treasure safe during a public health crisis. Don’t worry, because he says he’s taking very good care of her. “Well it’s like this: Before I go in, I wipe down every piece of equipment that I think she is going to touch and come in contact with,” he said. “Then I go back in and wash my hands.” Ginsburg knows her workouts so well that all Johnson has to do is set up the room. “It doesn’t require me to grab her, hold her, get up close and personal.”
The Supreme Court is currently on hiatus from oral arguments for the first time since the 1918 Spanish flu outbreak, but COVID-19 won’t keep Ginsburg from working out, which is the most Supreme flex of them all.
Coronavirus Isn’t Stopping RBG From Working Out [Law360 (sub. req.)]
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