(applause)
(laughs)
So Chef Rush not only is a very busy chef,
his schedule is really a lot to handle.
Not only do you go to the gym every day for yourself, Chef,
but you also train people in the gym.
I do, I do.
So he manages a couple hours in the gym a day,
training other people, training himself,
and his job as chef.
(laughs)
(audience applause)
What is a general motivator to get people
to care more about their health and what they eat?
Is there a go-to rule for you?
Knowledge, I mean, it's your body,
you only have one of them. Yeah.
So that's just the whole principle.
And then you gotta think about your kids
because they live by examples.
Exactly! Right?
So what was the last meal you prepared at the White House?
Actually the last meal I prepared
was the meal that went viral for the Ramadan Iftar-
Oh, wow.
When I was outside.
It was vegetables, pattypan, grilled zucchini, squash.
So super healthy. Super healthy.
But it wasn't the vegetables that made the video
go around the world, it was the biceps.
(audience laughs)
Just to be clear.
So, who are some of your favorite eaters?
You've served four administrations,
do you have a favorite couple for eaters?
I do- Who are your best eaters?
So my best eaters,
the Obamas.
Oh, they're good eaters.
(laughs) (audience applause)
They were very good eaters
and I met them before they were the first couple.
Yes.
I met them, the first day I met them,
they were chowing down on giant cheeseburgers!
(laughs)
And as healthy as they are and they're all about good food
and lots of vegetables.
Of course they brought the White House garden-
The garden, right.
And the honey hive and all that.
But I know that Michelle keeps a stash of Milky Way. Mm-hmm.
(laughs) Shh! No, just kidding.
No, they really are.
They're very good eaters,
they have an appetite for life, I would have to agree.
So, do you have any top tips for us?
Since we have you here and your biceps, too.
Well, of course, top tips (laughs)
(audience laughs)
Of course, my go-to is simple.
Label reading.
Especially when it comes to your kids and your health.
Top to bottom we talk about the calorie intake,
which everything's about calorie intake these days.
If you look at your serving size-
Especially if the package is small,
a lot of Americans just assume that's the total calorie
of the entire pack, right?
That's true, that's true.
Yep, it's true.
Limit it, least as possible.
Like for me myself personally and my guys in the military
or whoever, I do probably about 30% of a daily intake,
the most minimum you can use is
the better you're gonna feel overall.
Do you have another top tip for us.
I do have another top tip.
My favorite Yeah.
It's what I do with all my guys in the military,
2000, it's the pushup.
(audience murmurs)
2222 pushups a day I do.
(audience applause)
A tip is something that's applicable to everyone's lives.
(laughs)
I don't think these ladies and the four guys
that are rolling in here are super psyched to get up
to try to bust out 2222 pushups.
(laughs)
Would you like to show us your pushups?
I would (laughs).
(audience applause)
We wanna learn the form.
(laughs) So I'm gonna give you-
What is proper form for a pushup?
So I'm gonna give you three quick versions of it.
So I'll be simple, intermediate
and then a little bit of advanced, right?
Okay, simple.
Simple is gonna be a modification
kind of like the plank.
So, just to get your stabilization down, your core,
working from here or here, just holding yourself.
That's it, not doing any movement, it's a plank.
Yeah, when you plant like that, that's what builds
your core strength, right?
Exactly. Okay.
The next one is gonna be a simple one for
the ladies and the men.
Regular, cross your legs, hold your legs, on your knees
and just do pushup.
Half a pushup.
Well (laughs).
See now that's lovely for someone who has a butt
as big as mine (laughs).
(audience laughs)
'Cuz I can lower it down and up a lot quicker (laughs).
Okay, then number three.
And lastly-
For the advanced.
Advanced is my 2222, is just go and you just,
you just push and push-
(audience applause)
And push, and push, and push, and keep pushing (laughs).
Okay, okay!
We don't have time for 2000, yes?
(laughs) But, I was gonna ask you if you wanna sit on
and we do little pushes?
Hell yes!
(audience applause)
(laughs) Hey!
Alright, are you ready?
Ohh! (laughs)
(audience applause)
And push, and push (laughs).
Thank you, to Chef Andre!
C'mon up here, c'mon.
I wanna say stop and thank you (laughs).
Thank you Chef, that was hilarious.
Thank you, thank you.
(audience applause)