--- title: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Does 20 Push-Ups Every Day description: During a speech in New York City, Justice Ginsburg explains that she does 20 push-ups and 30-second planks every day. canonical: https://time.com/4504932/ruth-bader-ginsburg-push-ups/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-22T20:51:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:03:26.513Z og:title: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Does 20 Push-Ups Every Day og:description: Notorious, indeed og:url: https://time.com/4504932/ruth-bader-ginsburg-push-ups/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb13f44f7074bdef/6988a733428a9e1d68cd45c1/ruth-bader-ginsburg-push-ups.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: An Historic Evening with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Does 20 Push-Ups Every Day twitter:description: Notorious, indeed twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb13f44f7074bdef/6988a733428a9e1d68cd45c1/ruth-bader-ginsburg-push-ups.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ruth Bader Ginsburg Does 20 Push-Ups Every Day by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Sep 22, 2016 8:51 PM UTC  NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 21: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg presents onstage at An Historic Evening with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the Temple Emanu-El Skirball Center on September 21, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images) NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 21: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg presents onstage at An Historic Evening with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the Temple Emanu-El Skirball Center on September 21, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images)Michael Kovac/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Sep 22, 2016 8:51 PM UTC She’s known as [Notorious RBG](https://www.amazon.com/Notorious-RBG-Times-Bader-Ginsburg/dp/0062415832/?tag=timecom-20) for a reason. And notorious she shall remain. Other than being a Supreme Court justice, ardent feminist, and genius scholar, it turns out that Ruth Bader Ginsburg loves working out. In fact, it’s part of the 83 year-old’s [daily routine](http://motto.time.com/4503339/morning-routine-change/). During an event at the Temple Emanu-El Skirball Center in New York City, [Justice Ginsburg](http://motto.time.com/4398676/ruth-bader-ginsburg-next-president/) divulged how she stays in shape. [According](http://fortune.com/2016/09/22/ruth-bader-ginsburg-pushups/) to _Fortune_, Ginsburg does 20 push-ups and 30-second planks. She said,“I do 10, and then I breathe, and then I do 10 more.” Abs _and_ a mind of steel. Ginsburg has a positive outlook about her age and staying in shape. She doesn’t have plans on retiring any time soon yet, either. She explained, “At my age, you have to take it year by year. This year, I’m okay.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4504932/ruth-bader-ginsburg-push-ups/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4504932/ruth-bader-ginsburg-push-ups/"},"headline":"Ruth Bader Ginsburg Does 20 Push-Ups Every Day","datePublished":"2016-09-22T20:51:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:03:26.513Z","description":"Notorious, indeed","url":"https://time.com/4504932/ruth-bader-ginsburg-push-ups/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb13f44f7074bdef/6988a733428a9e1d68cd45c1/ruth-bader-ginsburg-push-ups.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb13f44f7074bdef/6988a733428a9e1d68cd45c1/ruth-bader-ginsburg-push-ups.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"An Historic Evening with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg","caption":"An Historic Evening with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg","creditText":"Michael Kovac/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4504932/ruth-bader-ginsburg-push-ups/","name":"Ruth Bader Ginsburg Does 20 Push-Ups Every Day"}}]}] ```