In 1999 Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was recovering from cancer. Her late husband urged her to find a personal trainer, and she found me. She was determined as all get-out, and we started building a regimen. After several months of our twice-weekly workouts, her bone density began to increase. Her doctor told me: “I’m not sure what you’re doing, but keep doing it.”
Keep doing it we have. We work out twice a week, usually in the gym at the Supreme Court. Sometimes we chat, but mostly we just get to it. We listen to PBS NewsHour, and she gives it her all. For example, she’s graduated from doing push-ups against a wall, to doing them on her knees, to full-on standard push-ups. Justice Ginsberg is T.A.N. (tough as nails). Try our routine yourself: All you need is a resistance band. Warm up by jogging or marching in place for five minutes.
Adapted from The RBG Workout: How She Stays Strong and You Can Too, by Bryant Johnson, illustrated by Patrick Welsh, out October 17

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