If you're looking for an excuse to skip your workout today, President Donald Trump just gave you a great (albeit incorrect) one.

Aside from the occasional trip to the golf course, the president reportedly never exercises—and the New Yorker found out why. Apparently, Trump believes "exercise is misguided." Why's that, you ask? According to POTUS, human are born with a "finite amount of energy" (yes, like batteries), and exercise depletes that energy supply.

Um, what?

Needless to say, this isn't true. For starters, there are a slew of reasons to exercise—the government's own National Institutes of Health recommends that adults spend 75 to 150 minutes working out each week. Just 20 minutes of exercise a day has been proven to make you happier, and exercise helps more oxygen flow to your brain (which can increase mental clarity).

And of course, humans aren't born with a "finite amount" of energy. We need to recharge from time to time—and we can do that by eating and resting. But it's not like we're assigned a given amount of energy at birth that just runs out after we've used it. That's why people can bounce back from things like exhaustion, illness, or strenuous exercise.

So in case you were wondering: No, exercise isn't misguided (at least the way Trump means it), and no, humans aren't like batteries. Glad we've cleared that up—I was really worried I would run out of energy before wrapping this article up.

See Twitter users' reactions to Trump's statements below.

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