William Howard Taft, the 27th president, was known to spend time on the golf links.
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Warren G. Harding, left, the 29th president, also was an avid golfer.
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Herbert Hoover, the 31st president, and members of his Cabinet were known to play with a medicine ball on the south lawn of the White House. The game became known as Hooverball.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president, was not very active because of polio, but he enjoyed swimming.
Jimmy Carter, the 39th president, has been known to enjoy jogging. He collapsed while running a 10-kilometer race in Maryland in 1979.
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Ronald Reagan, the 40th president, enjoyed horseback riding. He suffered minor injuries when he was thrown from a horse in 1989. He also had a bedroom converted into an exercise room in the White House.
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Bill Clinton, the 42nd president, often jogged for exercise. While he was in office, a running path was put in along the South Lawn driveway at the White House.
Barack Obama, the 44th president, is known to enjoy exercising -- so much so that he has released several workout music playlists over the years. What's his favorite athletic activity? Basketball, in addition to regularly playing golf.
