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President-elect Barack Obama returned to the gym on Monday where shipbuilding has gone almost every morning, except one, since it began 12 days of vacation in his native Hawaii.

Obama, his wife Michelle Martin and his friend visited the gym Nesbitt Semper Fit Center at the Marine Corps at a naval base in Hawaii. She did not speak with the press but greeted about two dozen people after exercise.


The president-elect, who was not only to the gym on Christmas Day, posed for some pictures.

Obama has sought to stay away from public gaze, opting more for making private lunch at his house rented former teachers for their vacation or at the residence of a friend.

On Sunday, the family made a tour of scenic two hours north on the coast of the island of Oahu to the home of Bobby Titcomb, a friend from high school in Mokuleia, where they spent nearly seven hours.

The president-elect has no scheduled public activities during his break, but his relatives say they have been receiving reports on national security and has spoken with his transition team.


Obama, his wife and daughters left Chicago on December 20. They were expected back on January 1, before the president-elect to assume the post on 20 March.