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    Michelle Obama helps break world record for jumping jacks

    Michelle Obama sets the world record for jumping jacks (AP)Michelle Obama has earned her family another place in history. This time, Mrs. Obama will share the honor with more than 300,000 other participants on Sunday who set the record for most people doing jumping jacks in a 24-hour period.

    The previous world record was just 20,000.

    In a video from the White House, seen below, Mrs. Obama thanked National Geographic Kids and the Guinness Book of World Records, who helped organize the event as part of Obama's Let's Move! initiative to promote physical fitness and healthy eating for children. She also said she hopes that physical fitness will be a priority for the kids who participated.

    "More than anything, I want to say, thanks to every single young person who showed that exercise isn't just good for you, but that it's fun too," Mrs. Obama said.

    On Sunday, Mrs. Obama led about 400 kids from elementary and middle schools in the Washington area on the South Lawn of the White House. Other jumping jack events were held around the world to reach the world-record mark.

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    22 comments

    • Jase  •  Arlington, Virginia  •  3 mths ago
      She's a class act. Smart, funny, and athletic. And her husband had Osama Bin Laden killed. And created a healthcare bill that will provide universal healthcare. Oh, and has started the long process of digging us out of the GOP-created hole. Now lets see any of you fat, GOP losers doing more than 1 pushup.
    • david  •  Anchorage, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Where are all the chubby kids, the one's who really need to do the working out?
    • Pat Simmons  •  Livingston, United States  •  5 mths ago
      if you voted for obama in 2008 to prove you weren't a racist,vote for anybody else in 2012 to prove you aren't an idiot!
      • Sharon 5 mths ago
        Right on! The Demos are no longer the party of the working class and social reformers. They have turned into the liberal take away my rights groups. The repubs look out for oil barons and corporate America. Who cares about those of us who worked our entire lives to raise responsible, respectable children with values to lose it all??????
      • Jase 3 mths ago
        What rights have the Dems taken away from you?
    • Daniel  •  Dothan, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Good. Now she can jump her way to her next vacation spot, instead of wearing out Air Force 1.
      • OG Word 5 mths ago
        Bush had the most vacation in the history of any president . . . .why our you so upset about the first lady taking a vacation...that's her right!!! . . . Obama 2012 #$%$
      • No Putting 5 mths ago
        "why our", you must have been one of many living in the projects that was "left behind". Stupid is stupid does, #$%$ She is the "first lady of the evening" to occupy the White House.
    • Whatever.  •  Canal Winchester, United States  •  5 mths ago
      That's nice... now please fix the economy.
    • David  •  Petah Tikva, Israel  •  5 mths ago
      FINALLY! One of the Obamas has accomplished something for the history books. Well done, Mrs. O. Perhaps you can find something useful for your husband to do now.
      - David, Land of Israel by way of Maryland
      • A Yahoo! User 4 mths ago
        erm, I think you should be asking the REPUBS about "David, Land of Israel by way of Maryland"
    • Sagacious  •  5 mths ago
      Michelle, just who is this Jack guy you been jumpin?
    • David  •  Petah Tiqwa, Israel  •  5 mths ago
      FINALLY! One of the Obamas has accomplished something for the history books. Well done, Mrs. O. Perhaps you can find something useful for your husband to do now.
      - David, Land of Israel by way of Maryland
    • Dan  •  5 mths ago
      AFTER THAT THE MOST SWINGING FROM TREES
      • A Yahoo! User 5 mths ago
        sick dan youdo the same
      • OG Word 5 mths ago
        gee Dan that statement doesn't seem the least bit racist? Come on man get with the program . . .this is America, we need to come together and put all those offensive remarks to bed. Obama 2012 #$%$!!
      • david 5 mths ago
        OG Word: I agree with you, yet my eyes strain from attempting to count the white kids within the picture. I concur, lets all pull together, lets keep the offensive remarks to bed. Do this for me: keep an awareness about you, and open mind when it comes to Mrs. O; she stacks her cards pretty one sided - and they tend to stack on her side of the color chart. No response needed, just make the observation for yourself.
    • seth  •  Palo Cedro, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Well....this is probable the first positive thing the Obama administration has done since they took office.
      • OG Word 5 mths ago
        read and learn!!! Obama 2012 #$%$
      • seth 5 mths ago
        Lol a black man supporting Obama...lol. You know a good many people voted for Obama to prove they weren't racist. I have a task for you OG Word. Vote for a white person to prove your not racist.
    • Crazy Lil Irishman  •  Wasilla, United States  •  5 mths ago
      They mean side straddle hops??
    • E.S.A.D.  •  5 mths ago
      Another great accomplishment for this administration.......
    • david  •  Anchorage, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Um, not to seem too crude; but was this picture taken on the front lawn of the White House? Or on a lawn in Zimbabwe?
    • Richard  •  Brooklyn, Michigan  •  5 mths ago
      Draw a circle around the old mans back put two eyes, the nose and who should put the mouth..
    • No Putting  •  Amarillo, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Yes while they play games at the white house the rest of us are trying to pay our bills, what a bunch of idiots.
    • david andrew  •  Greensburg, United States  •  5 mths ago
      you actually spent the time and money required to report this momentous historical event?
      Ah, to see history made before your own eyes ! This significant accomplishment of the Obama regime, for a change, did not cost the taxpayers anything or take away any of our freedoms. It is good to see the press is so alert ,
    • Felix Castillo  •  New York, United States  •  5 mths ago
      what kind of joke is that braking a record for jumping jack thats crazy jajajaj
    • O my what a fugly dress  •  Napa, United States  •  5 mths ago
      she jumped 3 jumping jacks but like her husband she will take all the credit for something she didn't do like catch Osama Bin Laden LOL
    • Tiffany  •  Atlanta, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Ugh you people should really get a life, do you think they are spending every waking moment of their lives sitting at a desk trying to take care of the United State's mess?!? No, they are normal human beings, get a grip. You all forget who put us in this mess, BUSH. Obama is just trying to clean it up. I swear you would think folks would be happy with Bush's mess being swept under the rug and getting further into debt. Obama exposed this nations financial crisis and wants to fix it and all people can do is complain about it. Where is Bush by the way? Somewhere chillin!
    • MooseCub  •  Verona, United States  •  5 mths ago
      since everyone here is an #$%$ i think its great, all that she has done to promote healthy children and has been one of the most proactive first ladies the white house has seen. her endeavors have been most successful in contrast to her husbands (sadly).
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