"If elected, Mr. Trump, I can state unequivocally, will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency," he said .
Two years later, results from Trump's second official medical exam released in February 2019 said the president is in "very good health overall," but is clinically obese the latest warning after he was told in January 2018 to lose 10 to 15 pounds.
Though Trump does practice healthy habits like refraining from smoking and drinking, he is not a fan of exercise.
"All my friends who work out all the time, they're going for knee replacements, hip replacements they're a disaster," Trump told The New York Times in 2015.
Trump isn't the only president who didn't like working out, though most were more active than he is.
Here's how he stacks up against past occupants of the Oval Office.
Other than golfing, Trump is not too hot on exercise, despite his insistence that he does work out. "I get exercise. I mean, I walk, I this, I that," he once told Reuters.
When Trump plays golf, he drives a golf cart. During the campaign, Trump also said he viewed rallies as a form of exercise.
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President Barack Obama enjoyed golfing, too, which Trump frequently criticized him for.
Obama was also famously a pro at basketball, and he did 45 minutes of weight training and cardio every morning.
President George W. Bush was a leg guy. In his youth, Bush ran the Houston Marathon in well under four hours, and was an avid biker in his later years.
In 2004, Bush tumbled off his mountain bike on mile 16 of 17 at his ranch in Texas. He was wearing a helmet and mouth guard, so he just got a few scrapes and bruises. After the White House doctor fixed him up, Bush finished the course.
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President Bill Clinton was known for going on long jogs in the morning, often to McDonalds. The White House had a "straggler van" follow behind him to pick up Secret Service agents who couldnt keep up.
President George H.W. Bush enjoyed playing speed golf, according to the former director of the White House Athletic Center, adding more cardio to the otherwise leisurely game.
President Ronald Reagan, a former actor, was a fitness nut. He practiced an intensive workout program in order to keep all his muscles in shape following his 1981 assassination attempt.
President Gerald Ford wasnt too hot on working out, but he did enjoy lounging in the pool he had installed in the White House.
While he played football in school, President John F. Kennedys back problems kept him from too strenuous of activities while he was in office. He did like to go sailing at the familys summer home in Cape Cod.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower made golf a presidential sport. He took it up in order to improve his fitness after a heart attack in 1955.
In addition to taking 1.5-mile daily walks, President Harry Truman had a bowling alley installed in the White House.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt was an avid swimmer, using it to keep his upper body in shape after being paralyzed from the waist down. He worked out in the water at least three times a week.
To stay fit, President Herbert Hoovers physician invented "Hooverball," a sport that involved throwing a medicine ball over a net. This gave Hoover a more diversified fitness routine than other pastimes might have.
Former President Calvin Coolidge was allergic to real horses, but he kept in shape by riding a mechanical horse instead.
While the story that President William Howard Taft once got stuck in a bathtub is a myth, he did notoriously weigh over 300 pounds. His physical instructor outlined 15 exercises for him to do, including: "Lie flat on the back. Raise chin to chest and then back to floor pushing the arms along the side of the body as you raise the chin. 8 to 15 times."
President Theodore Roosevelt was obsessed with staying in tip-top shape. Not only did he love working out, he also practiced tennis, judo, boxing, polo, and of course, horseback riding.
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President John Quincy Adams definitely took fitness seriously. He reportedly walked up to six miles every morning, and used to skinny dip in the Potomac River, once treading water for almost an hour without touching the bottom.
President Thomas Jefferson was also fond of horseback riding, and once wrote that it is important to spend afternoons on "exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading."
Horseback riding presidents stretches back to George Washington, who was a skilled rider. The former general preferred to ride on his own rather than travel in a carriage.
With company like this, Trump might want to follow doctors orders and mix up his approach to fitness.
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