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Justice Ginsburg starts with a five-minute warm-up on the elliptical machine followed by light stretching. Then, she moves on to strength training, which begins with a machine bench press (BTW: Ruth can press 70 pounds). She does three sets of most exercises with 10 to 13 reps each. After that, she moves on to leg curls and leg presses, chest flies and lateral pull-downs, which she does on machines, She also does three sets of seated rows and three sets of standing rows. (Torch fat, get fit, and look and feel great with Women’s Health’s All in 18 DVD!)
Then, Justice Ginsburg busts out the one-legged squats, followed by pushups—legit, on the ground, no-knees.
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Planks are next: She does 30 seconds of a standard plank and 30 seconds of side planks on each side. After that, it’s on to arm and shoulder exercises while sitting on an exercise ball and then squats with dumbbell curls while pinning the exercise ball up against the wall.
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It doesn’t end there: Justice Ginsburg also does step-ups, leg exercises while holding onto a staff for balance, and upside-down Bosu ball squats. Finally, she wraps up by sitting on a bench (though a different kind than she’s used to sitting on) while holding a medicine ball, standing up, tossing her trainer the ball, and sitting back down again while holding the ball. All of that in an hour at the age of 83.
The verdict? Badass, indeed.