Washington ( CNN ) -- They 're not exactly gym buddies , but a personal trainer in Poland can now say he worked out with the President of the United States . Jean Ekwa was at the Marriott gym with Barack Obama in Warsaw and confessed to some eavesdropping in an interview with CNN 's Brooke Baldwin . Someone in the hotel workout room captured every grunt and stretch of Obama 's routine , then leaked the video on Wednesday . Ekwa said Obama was lifting 25-pound free weights . `` As for the technique , I ca n't honestly say that it 's perfect , '' Ekwa , a personal trainer , said . Ekwa noted that everyone present in the gym had been scanned by the Secret Service . He said when he first saw the roughly 10 agents at the gym , he did n't think he would be allowed in . `` All the people there tried to play it cool , '' he said . `` On the inside I was very excited . I did n't want to do anything that would end up with security guards breaking my arm or something . '' While Ekwa could n't give Obama top marks , fitness guru Tony Horton called his form `` pretty good . '' `` I 'd give him a solid B-plus , maybe an A-minus , '' Horton , creator of the P90X workout , said Thursday on CNN 's New Day . Horton , whose workout has been adopted by Republican Reps. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and Aaron Schock of Illinois , advised Obama to `` breathe a little bit more . '' But said he was glad Obama decided to hit the gym while abroad . `` I 'm just thrilled that our President shows up to Poland and ends up doing a workout for a half an hour before going to bed instead of grabbing a Scotch and a cigarette , '' Horton said . Comments online ran the gamut , as some Twitter users knocked the weight of the President 's dumbbells while others cheered him for staying active . Gawker , meanwhile , published a list of Obama 's biggest workout mistakes : from `` wearing long pants '' to not lunging far enough during his exercise . The viral website even called him out for using the elliptical machine . Horton instead focused on the importance of the President 's commitment to fitness , which he said helps keep his mind sharp . First lady Michelle Obama has pushed Americans to get in shape and is working to end childhood obesity by encouraging kids to get active through her `` Let 's Move '' campaign , which she launched in 2010 . Setback for first lady in food fight with Congress . The candid video might have caught Obama off guard , but likely not unaware , former White House videographer Arun Chaudhary said . It shows Obama calmly perusing the rack of free weights , which he used to lunge and lift and perform an intense set of curls . `` President Obama is somebody who just acts the same on and off camera and has this unique ability just to sort of not care about it , '' Chaudhary said . `` He is very aware that everybody in that gym has a cell phone and that they 're probably taking a video . '' Chaudhary backed up the Secret Service 's claims that Obama was safe , assuring that all hotel guests were without a doubt screened by the President 's security detail . `` I think it 's unusual for us to see the President working out in a gym , but as a security level it 's not different than him getting pancakes at a diner in Iowa , '' he said . `` For me , this gym tape is almost ... no different than ( White House photographer ) Pete Souza 's photo of the first lady and the President touching heads in the freight elevator on Inauguration Day , '' Chaudhary said . The video does show a lanky Obama in a different light than his Russian counterpart , Vladimir Putin , who has been photographed shirtless hunting , fishing and riding horseback . `` This is not him strangling a tiger on top of a horse while he 's shirtless , '' Chaudhary said of Obama . `` This is someone doing what they do in a non-glamorous way . ''
Jean Ekwa worked out alongside President Obama in Poland and said he was lifting 26-pound weights . `` As for the technique , I ca n't honestly say that it 's perfect , '' Ekwa , a personal trainer , said . P90X founder Tony Horton gave Obama a `` B-plus , maybe an A-minus '' on form . Former White House videographer : Obama `` just acts the same on and off camera ''