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Hi all and welcome to this hot topic Not Boring Workout we’re calling The Heart-Pumping Guide to the Women Who Might Be One Heartbeat Away from Being President Workout.

Why is it a heart-pumping guide? Because today is going to be all about cardio...and Biden’s shortlist of running mates. So, start by jogging in place.

During this workout, and all of our workouts, you never need to worry about counting reps or keeping time. Each exercise will be described and then you will simply repeat or hold that exercise until I say stop. There’s a handy little bell-sound too.

Ding.

Good. Keep going but let’s add in high-knees. This is kind of like a quick march but with each step you want to raise your knee up and touch it with your opposite elbow. Left knee to right elbow. Right knee to left elbow. Quick quick quick.

As soon as it became clear that Joe Biden, for reasons I still can’t quite fathom, was going to be the Democrats presidential candidate, it also became clear that he would select a woman to be his VP.

There have only been two previous female candidates for VP which is pretty crazy. The first was Democrat Geraldine Ferarro who ran with Walter Mondale. They lost in a total landslide to Ronald Regan and George H.W. Bush in 1984. And then there was the pride and joy of Alaska, Republican Sarah Palin who was John McCain’s unfortunate pick to run with him against Barack Obama and um, oh yeah, Joe Biden.

Ding.

Time for jumping jacks. If I was actually doing this workout with you this would be my favorite part. I love jumping jacks. Makes me feel like a kid. So, jump kids! Jump!

It’s pretty fair to say that neither McCain nor Mondale were likely contenders to begin with but considering how things have been going lately Biden’s chances are looking up. That means there is a real chance that we’ll see our first female VP in 2020.

And not to be morbid but Biden will be 78 when he takes office and has already hinted that he might be one-n-done meaning his VP will probably be the Democratic presidential candidate in 2024.

When it comes to the current VP options, there have been quite a few names tossed around. And team Biden is keeping its cards close to the chest. That said, we’ve got a pretty good idea of who’s being considered.

Ding.

Heart rate going up? Good. Time for squats. You can do them fast or you can do them slow but you gotta keep doing them until I say stop. If you don’t know how to do them, stand with your feet a bit wider than hip-width apart. Bend your knees like you are going to sit in a chair. As your thighs get close to 90 degrees, stand back up. Try to keep your chest up and back straight. Keep going.

At first, it looked like it could be fellow really old person Elizabeth Warren or the younger but kind of uninspiring Amy Klobuchar. But as much of the country continues to protest against rampant systemic racism and demands more diverse representation in both government and corporations there is no question that Biden should and almost definitely will select a woman of color to join him on the campaign trail.

Yeah, I know, polls still have Warren in the mix but I just can’t see it happening. She’ll make an amazing Secretary of State or Treasury and I don’t even think she’d accept the offer in the current climate.

So, let’s take a closer look at the women most likely to end up a heartbeat away from the oval office.

Ding.

Told ya this was a hard workout. And now it’s time for Mountain Climbers. Place your hands flat on the floor, shoulder width apart. Extend your legs fully behind you with only your toes and balls of your feet touching the floor. Your body should be in a straight line, with your weight supported on your hands and toes only. Starting with either leg, flex your knee and hip at the same time to bring your knee up to your chest. Your other leg should remain fully extended. Now reverse the position of your legs, by extending the bent leg back and simultaneously flexing the straight leg until it is in the start position. It’s kind of like running in a pushup position. Go go go!

The current frontrunner is the 55-year-old former candidate and current Senator from California Kamala Harris.

If we were picking based on parents, Harris would probably win by a mile. Her mother, Shyamala Gopalan, was a Tamil Indian breast-cancer scientist who immigrated from India in 1960. Her father, Donald Harris, is a Stanford University Emeritus Professor of Economics, who emigrated from Jamaica in 1961. Pretty sweet genes.

Harris started off as a lawyer and made her way up the ranks of the California District Attorney’s office. In 2004, she was e...