Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez does pushups in the House

Ron Dicker

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) had an active rebuttal for critics who say she isn’t fit for office.

The freshman lawmaker posted video Friday of her cranking out pushups with Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) during a recess from House hearings.

“I needed to get my head back in the game, so Rep. @jimmygomezca and I did some pushups to get the blood pumping,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote on Instagram.

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I admit, sometimes hearings get a little boring. We had a recess and I needed to get my head back in the game, so Rep. @jimmygomezca and I did some pushups to get the blood pumping. (Don’t judge me, I def fell off the workout wagon and am trying to get back on again 😂)

A post shared by Rep. Ocasio-Cortez (@repaoc) on Mar 15, 2019 at 12:38pm PDT

Ocasio-Cortez said “she fell off the workout wagon” and is trying to regain her fitness.

She revealed on Instagram last year that she led a healthier lifestyle before politics, The Hill pointed out.

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“I used to practice yoga 3-4x/week, eat nutritiously, read and write for leisure,” she wrote on Instagram. “[But] as soon as everything kicked up, that all went out the window. I went from doing yoga and making wild rice and salmon dinners to eating fast food for dinner and falling asleep in my jeans and makeup.”

Maybe, with her political stance, Ocasio-Cortez should investigate progressive high-intensity interval workouts.

  • This article originally appeared on HuffPost.

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