Michelle Obama reveals she hits the gym as early as 4.30am EVERY DAY (that's one way to tackle a weakness for french fries)

Daily workouts at 6am? Not bad, Paul Ryan. But there's another influential political figure who's apparently often finished with hers by then: Michelle Obama.

Especially during the school year, the First Lady gets up at 4.30am or 5am to work out before her kids wake up.

Mrs Obama made the admission on iVillage, the women's website where she is serving as a guest editor this week, with a theme of 'Rev Up Your Back-to-School Routine.'

In shape: Michelle Obama, pictured promoting her Let's Move campaign last October, has revealed that she hits the gym as early as 4.30am every day

'Barack and I work out every day,' she told the site in an interview to appear online this week. 

'I usually get to the gym before he does. But he is usually there either in the middle of my workout or right at the end.