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Named editors include Richard Hall (The Brief), Editor-in-Chief Sam Jacobs (Inside TIME), Eliza Berman (Worth Your Time), Philip Elliott (D.C. Brief), Justin Worland (Future Proof) and Harry Booth (In the Loop). Health Matters is written by TIME's health desk. #### How do I sign up for a TIME newsletter? Go to time.com/newsletters, choose the newsletters you want and enter your email address. There is no cost and no subscription requirement. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-network-2026q3/newsletters?i=bd0e4dd5-456b-4a25-9491-5243b898abad&cr=time-nl-network-2026q3-v1) ## Video: Obama’s Workout Vid Raises Security Questions [Watch (HLS stream): Obama’s Workout Vid Raises Security Questions](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ZBLhMz32.m3u8) (1:30)  _Published 2014-06-05. During a trip to Poland, President Obama decided to take some advice from the first lady and get in a workout at the Warsaw Marriott gym. However, someone recorded Obama in a video less than two minutes long, prompting jokes and security questions._ by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Jun 5, 2014 7:14 PM UTC by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Jun 5, 2014 7:14 PM UTC President Barack Obama, while on a trip to Poland this week, decided to take some advice from the First Lady and get in a workout at the Warsaw Marriott gym. However, someone recorded Obama’s gym session, prompting jokes and security questions. A Secret Service spokesman [told](http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/208239-secret-service-says-obama-was-safe-in-gym) _The Hill_ that the situation at the gym was under control despite the video. “\[This was\] no different than if the President visited a restaurant off the record and other diners took pictures of him,” the spokesperson said. Everyone was reportedly screened before entering the gym. ## Transcript There are definitely perks to being the POTUS. Meeting world leaders and traveling the world for example, but we're guessing being secretly recorded in a hotel gym halfway across the world, isn't so great. [ MUSIC ] I never thought we'd be using this music for the president. So what'd you think of his form? Lunges, flies, step- ups, working his biceps. During a trip to Poland, President Obama decided to take some advice from the First Lady and get in a workout at the Warsaw Marriott Gym. While he was working out, someone in the gym recorded this less than two minute- long video, which features the president doing lunges, shoulder presses, and more. Though, some on Twitter think he could have upped the weight a bit, but like most things with the president, it took less than 24 hours for this workout in a hotel gym, to become a big deal. New security questions tonight after President Obama secretly recorded. Some newspapers and reporters calling it a major security breach. Fox News anchor Greta Van Susteren added to the hysteria on her blog, writing, this is once again, our Secret Service failing us. The Hill caught up with a spokesperson from the Secret Service who said, despite the video, agents have the situation under control. This is no different than if the president visited a restaurant off the record, and other diners took pictures of him. The Secret Service also said everyone who went into the hotel was screened prior to entering the building. President Obama's Euro trip ends Friday with his trip to Normandy to commemorate the 70th anniversary of D- Day. 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